Photo: MSTakesPictures · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is under 31.4, younger than 98% of Canadian towns
The share of residents with no religion tops 97% of Canadian towns: 62%. At 36%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in 99% of Canadian towns. Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is home to some 22,031 people (July 2025 estimate), in 7,685 households at the 2021 Census. For Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, the census puts households in single-detached houses at 6.4%.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver
Younger than most towns
Line Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 31.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 15% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 46% of residents; the medians are 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (78%) or in Europe (12%), and 41% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
67% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 46% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 80% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 26%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +15% change since 2016: faster than 92% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 18%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 25%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (12%), Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is below 88% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, 31.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver sits above 85% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (11%)
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver has more one-person households than 71% of Canadian towns, at 33%. The comparison figure for one-parent families is 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 85% of Canadian towns: 6.2%
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 just over two in five adults, beside a typical 27%. For comparison, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 52%
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
Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, 57% of households rent their home in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver. Newer homes outnumber old: 71% date from 2001 or later, 4.8% from before 1961.
The median household brings in $63,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver had $63,600 before tax, 26% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 27% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A larger share of immigrants than 89% of Canadian towns: 46%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
In Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, a third of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (78%) or in Europe (12%).
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver sits above 93% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (67%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents trails 73% of Canadian towns: 1.4%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%. Other faiths: Muslim (7%), Buddhist (3.7%) and Hindu (2.1%).
9.7% of residents speak English and French, a share 60% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 57%, French 0.5%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.4%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 80% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 1% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
52% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
52% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 12% are 65 or more.
Of 41 towns its size (21,533 to 22,529 people), the 1st youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, at 31.4, to Cobourg, at 54.8. In age, Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver keeps company with Church-Wellesley (33.8) and Petite-Bourgogne (34.2).
No nearby town is as young as Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | 22,031 | — | 31.4 | 12% | 46% |
| West Point Grey | 13,429 | 2.5 km | 43.9 | 22% | 39% |
| Dunbar-Southlands | 21,117 | 4.2 km | 44.3 | 19% | 40% |
| Greektown | 16,618 | 4.3 km | 37.8 | 15% | 29% |
| Musqueam 2 | 1,879 | 4.3 km | 42 | 20% | 0% |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 5.7 km | 46.6 | 25% | 50% |
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 6.0 km | 39 | 16% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s residents
What is the population of Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
Statistics Canada estimates 22,031 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 18,612 in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
31.4 is the median age, younger than 98% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 12%.
Is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver bilingual?
9.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.4%.
How diverse is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
Immigrants make up 46% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 67% are members of a visible minority, and 1.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
Christian: 22%. No religion: 62%. Another religion: 16%.
Is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 43% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
$63,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (Canada’s towns: $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).