Photo: Xicotencatl · CC BY-SA 4.0In North Vancouver, 55% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 21% in North Vancouver. The town has more immigrants than three quarters of Canadian towns, at 32%. The 2021 Census found 32,700 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 97,845. Across North Vancouver, 8.8% of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
From 2016 to 2021, 58% of Canadian towns grew faster than North Vancouver: +3%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across British Columbia’s towns +6%.
North Vancouver is older than 64% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44.4
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in North Vancouver and 11% across Canada’s towns. The highest share aged 65 or over among British Columbia’s towns is Qualicum Beach’s: 56%. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ North Vancouver, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On the census count, 8.1% of households are one-parent families.
In North Vancouver, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
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%. Common-law partners: 7.6% of the total. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 49%, a lower share than 69% 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
Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. The figure for renter households is 24% in North Vancouver and 25% across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $123,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of North Vancouver’s households had a total income above $123,000, 43% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns the median is $87,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 25% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
North Vancouver: 10% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 68% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (51%) and in Europe (30%). Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 13% here, more than in 64% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns: 5.8%. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 25% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 2.8% of residents.
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents belong to a visible minority
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (6.4%). Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.8% here, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%.
Above 64% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents speak English and French
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
At home: English 81%, French 0.6%. Typically, 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.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 89% of Canadian towns: 54%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 2.1%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
Oldest by rank: 12th of 41 towns of 74,621 to 128,693 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Fort McMurray (34.4), at the other Lindsay (51.6). Next to North Vancouver on this scale come Repentigny (44.4), Saanich (44.4), Drummondville (44.8) and Niagara Falls (44.8).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around North Vancouver are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Vancouver | 97,845 | — | 44.4 | 19% | 32% |
| North Vancouver | 66,624 | 2.4 km | 42 | 18% | 38% |
| Burrard Inlet 3 | 2,820 | 5.4 km | 43.2 | 16% | 25% |
| Heights | 22,141 | 6.4 km | 44.2 | 21% | 40% |
| Capilano 5 | 3,376 | 6.5 km | 45.6 | 22% | 37% |
| Hastings-Sunrise | 36,072 | 6.6 km | 41.7 | 19% | 43% |
| Grandview-Woodland | 28,119 | 6.8 km | 38.8 | 14% | 27% |
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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about North Vancouver’s residents
How diverse is North Vancouver?
Immigrants: 32% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 29%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in North Vancouver?
55% said they have no religion and 34% that they are Christian; 11% named another faith.
Is North Vancouver good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near North Vancouver are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in North Vancouver?
Half of North Vancouver’s households had more than $123,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of North Vancouver?
About 97,845, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 88,168 people in North Vancouver, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in North Vancouver?
The median age is 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is North Vancouver bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 11% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 88% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
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).