Photo: Andybremner2012 · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 94% of Canadian towns: half of Lillooet is over 54.4
The share of children under 15 trails 92% of Canadian towns: 11%. Lillooet had about 2,065 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,110 households at the 2021 Census. Across Lillooet, 66% of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 8.1%, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lillooet
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 22% of residents, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 16% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Line Lillooet’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 54.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lillooet’s population moved +1% on 2016, less than in 70% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 10% below the census count. Across British Columbia’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Lillooet ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Across Lillooet, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Lillooet households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 35%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, a higher share than in 62% of Canadian towns.
More common-law partners than 66% of Canadian towns: 13%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 17%, a lower share than 70% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 69% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median household income here: $66,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $66,000, the middle household in Lillooet earned 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 21% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
9.7% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Lillooet has 9.7%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (43%) and in the Americas (23%).
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 97% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 5.1% in Lillooet. Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 92%, and 2.6% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Lillooet sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 96% of Canadian towns: 2.6% of residents speak English and French.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 68% of Canadian towns: 20%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Lillooet, 20%, and 34% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 18%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
51% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% are 65 or more.
No nearby town is as young as Lillooet
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 40–46 km from Lillooet.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lillooet | 2,065 | — | 54.4 | 31% | 9.7% |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,189 | 40.4 km | 55.2 | 34% | 14% |
| Cache Creek | 1,053 | 45.5 km | 57.2 | 31% | 12% |
| Ashcroft | 1,744 | 46.4 km | 58.4 | 37% | 9.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Lillooet’s residents
What is the population of Lillooet?
About 2,065, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,302 people in Lillooet, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lillooet?
The median age is 54.4. 11% are under 15 and 31% 65 or older.
Is Lillooet bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 97% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lillooet?
Immigrants: 9.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5.1%. Indigenous identity: 22%.
What religion are people in Lillooet?
66% said they have no religion and 32% that they are Christian; 2.2% named another faith.
Is Lillooet good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 47% of households and one-parent families 9%. Schools near Lillooet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lillooet?
Half of Lillooet’s households had more than $66,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).