Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 48: Kent is older than 80% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion; in Kent, 47%. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 81% of Canadian towns. With about 7,093 residents in July 2025, Kent counted 2,350 households at the 2021 Census.
A +4% change since 2016: slower than 52% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across British Columbia’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again.
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of children under 15 trails 63% of Canadian towns: 15%. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kent, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women.
Kent households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 6.8% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. In Kent, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Common-law partners: 9.5%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
26% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Here, 48% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of renter households than 71% of Canadian towns: 16%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 71% of households live in a single-detached house in Kent. The usual figure: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. A third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 14% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$78,000 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Kent had $78,000 before tax, 9% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns the median is $87,000. In 2020, 20% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
16% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 12% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (63%) and in Asia (21%).
7.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 81% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (8%), Kent is below just over three fifths of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 85%, and 3.6% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 95%, French 0.4%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 90% of Canadian towns: 3.6%. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Only 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Kent
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 12%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 54% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
The 13th oldest of 41 towns of 6,965 to 7,259 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Fairwinds is the oldest at 61.6, Edgeley the youngest at 31.2. In age, Kent keeps company with Carlisle (46.5), Concord (47.7), Yarmouth (48.8) and Merritt (49.2).
Around Kent, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 7,093 | — | 48 | 26% | 16% |
| Rosedale | 2,401 | 5.3 km | 46 | 20% | 12% |
| Harrison Hot Springs | 2,148 | 6.4 km | 57.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley | 1,155 | 14.3 km | 58.8 | 34% | 14% |
| Skowkale | 1,114 | 16.5 km | 62.4 | 44% | 0% |
| Chilliwack | 105,520 | 17.2 km | 40.4 | 19% | 15% |
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley | 1,748 | 18.0 km | 53.6 | 27% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across British Columbia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Kent’s residents
Is Kent bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Kent?
Immigrants make up 16% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 8% are members of a visible minority, and 7.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Kent?
Christian: 50%. No religion: 47%. Another religion: 3.2%.
Is Kent good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 57% of households are couple families and 6.8% one-parent families. Schools near Kent are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kent?
$78,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Kent (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Kent?
Statistics Canada estimates 7,093 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 6,300 in Kent, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kent?
48 is the median age, older than 80% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 26%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).