Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0More residents with no religion than 98% of Canadian towns: 66%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 91% of Canadian towns: 7.9%. At the same time, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 75% of Canadian towns. There are 9% more residents than in 2016. The census found that 77% of households live in a single-detached house in Kimberley.
Kimberley grew +9% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 78% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, by more than +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%.
Half of Kimberley is over 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents. 17% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kimberley, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 31% in Kimberley and 27% across Canada’s towns. 7.5% of households are one-parent families.
More common-law partners than 77% of Canadian towns: 15%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Set beside that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Kimberley, 22% of households rent their home, fewer than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 44% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%.
The middle household earns $81,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Kimberley: half had less than $81,000, 6% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 25% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 75% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
8.4% of residents are immigrants; across Canada’s towns the figure is 17%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. For Kimberley, the census puts residents without Canadian citizenship at 3.9%.
Kimberley: 6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 75% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 3% in Kimberley and 15% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 7.3% 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 1.9%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 5%, beside a typical 9.5%.
An employment rate of 56%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 56%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Hampton Village, youngest at 32.3, to Pictou County, Subdivision C, oldest at 52. The towns whose median age is nearest to Kimberley’s: Riverbend (44.6), Silver Springs (45.2), South Slope (45.3) and Barbertown (45.3).
Kimberley and its 3 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Kimberley with figures are 19–27 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberley | 9,037 | — | 45.2 | 24% | 8.4% |
| Electoral Area E, East Kootenay | 1,881 | 19.5 km | 54 | 29% | 7.8% |
| Cranbrook | 22,703 | 23.7 km | 45.2 | 24% | 8.7% |
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay | 7,006 | 27.4 km | 49.6 | 23% | 9.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Kimberley’s residents
What is the population of Kimberley?
The latest figure is an estimate: 9,037 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Kimberley counted 8,115, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kimberley?
Half the residents are older than 45.2 and half younger, older than 69% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Kimberley bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.9%.
How diverse is Kimberley?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 8.4%. A visible minority makes up 3% and Indigenous residents 6%.
What religion are people in Kimberley?
Most often Christian (32%) or no religion (66%); other religions make up 2.2%.
Is Kimberley good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near Kimberley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kimberley?
Median total household income in Kimberley was $81,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).