Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents with no religion: 66%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
With children under 15 at 12%, Metchosin is behind 88% of Canadian towns on that count. This British Columbia town has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 92% of Canadian towns, at 6.7%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 5,207 for July 2025. The census found that a fifth of households are one person living alone here.
What stands out about the people of Metchosin
Older than most towns
Metchosin’s median age is 50.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Metchosin has grown +8%, faster than 71% 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
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across British Columbia’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
Older than 87% of Canadian towns: half of Metchosin is over 50.8
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Set against 19% across Canada’s towns, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Metchosin. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in three fifths of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Metchosin, 50.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Metchosin households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Metchosin has 4.9%.
Metchosin ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 53%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. The census found that 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Metchosin.
Households in single-detached houses: 78%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%. Here, 18% of households rent their home.
$104,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Metchosin’s, at $104,000, is 21% higher. $87,000 is the median household income across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 20% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
14% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Metchosin, 3.5%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (65%) and in the Americas (19%).
Metchosin sits above 69% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (4.8%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 4% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. The benchmark for Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns: 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 92%, and 6.6% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 98%, French 0.3%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in two thirds of Canadian towns: 1.1%.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 9.3% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%.
56% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
6th highest median age among 41 towns of 5,129 to 5,292
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Oliver is the oldest at 58, Rundle Heights the youngest at 32.9. By median age, Metchosin sits among Centre Hastings (49.2), Marystown (50.8), Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay (52) and Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac (52.8).
Every neighbour of Metchosin has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metchosin | 5,207 | — | 50.8 | 26% | 14% |
| Colwood | 22,794 | 7.2 km | 42.4 | 19% | 13% |
| Langford | 59,664 | 8.7 km | 38.4 | 14% | 16% |
| View Royal | 12,795 | 12.4 km | 44.8 | 21% | 18% |
| New Songhees 1A | 2,052 | 12.7 km | 50 | 28% | 11% |
| Sooke | 17,248 | 12.7 km | 44.8 | 20% | 12% |
| Esquimalt | 19,512 | 12.7 km | 43.2 | 21% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. For each measure we take the median of British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Metchosin’s residents
What is the average age in Metchosin?
A median age of 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Metchosin bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Metchosin?
14% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 4% belong to a visible minority and 4.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Metchosin?
31% are Christian and 66% have no religion; 2.4% follow another religion.
Is Metchosin good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 4.9%. Schools near Metchosin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Metchosin?
The median household in Metchosin took in $104,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Metchosin?
Metchosin had about 5,207 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,067, 8% more than 2016.
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).