Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 50.4: Electoral Area B, North Okanagan is older than 86% of Canadian towns
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, against 7.3% in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan. In Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, 54% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few renter households: 15% here, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns. The town had about 3,415 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,290 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
Older than most towns
Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s median age is 50.4; 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.
A change of +2% since 2016 leaves Electoral Area B, North Okanagan behind 63% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 4%.
Electoral Area B, North Okanagan: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 83% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 14% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 23% in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, less than in 65% 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-parent families trails 85% of Canadian towns: 5.8%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Electoral Area B, North Okanagan sits above 74% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (54%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). 10% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 64% of Canadian towns: 74%
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
18% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 13% built before 1961.
$82,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s households had a total income above $82,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among British Columbia’s towns, the typical figure is $87,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
12% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (46%) and in Asia (32%). Electoral Area B, North Okanagan has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns, at 3%. Recent arrivals are 14% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
4.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 7.7%, below 62% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
90% have English as their mother tongue; 4.4% also speak French
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. Electoral Area B, North Okanagan has fewer bilingual residents than 82% of Canadian towns, at 4.4%.
18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 9.1% (typical 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 26% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 55% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 12th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (32.8) and the oldest Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap (61.2). In age, Electoral Area B, North Okanagan keeps company with Portneuf (49.6), Sables-Spanish Rivers (50.4), Channel-Port aux Basques (54) and Merrickville (54.4).
Electoral Area B, North Okanagan sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | — | 50.4 | 26% | 12% |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 2.6 km | 47.2 | 21% | 11% |
| Vernon | 49,527 | 5.6 km | 49.2 | 28% | 12% |
| Coldstream | 11,380 | 8.7 km | 48.4 | 23% | 11% |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 | 3,482 | 11.2 km | 65 | 50% | 8.2% |
| Spallumcheen | 5,843 | 12.0 km | 48 | 23% | 7.6% |
| Armstrong | 5,643 | 15.5 km | 50 | 30% | 7.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Each comparison is its own median: over British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s residents
What is the average age in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
50.4 is the median age, older than 86% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 26%.
Is Electoral Area B, North Okanagan bilingual?
English and French: 4.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
How diverse is Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
Immigrants make up 12% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 7.7% are members of a visible minority, and 4.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
Christian: 43%. No religion: 54%. Another religion: 2.8%.
Is Electoral Area B, North Okanagan good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 59% of households are couple families and 5.8% one-parent families. Schools near Electoral Area B, North Okanagan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
$82,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,415 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,274 in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, 2% 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).