Photo: GoToVan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Osoyoos is older than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 63.2
The share of children under 15 is 7.7%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Osoyoos’s population at 5,724 for July 2025. Residents with no religion: 45% of the total. Higher than in 73% of Canadian towns: 33% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Osoyoos
Older than most towns
Line Osoyoos’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 63.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 46% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Growth of +10% since 2016 puts Osoyoos ahead of 81% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%.
Osoyoos ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 46%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Osoyoos comes in at 5.6%. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Osoyoos, 63.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 people on average
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.
By its share of one-parent families (6%), Osoyoos is below 83% of Canadian towns.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law in Osoyoos.
A lower share of renter households than 64% of Canadian towns, at 19%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 7.8% from before 1961. Single-detached houses hold 59% of households, less than in 57% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 0.4%. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $66,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $66,000, the middle household in Osoyoos earned 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 19% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 15% in Osoyoos, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (59%), then in Asia (23%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Most recent wave: 9.5% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
4.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (4.3%). The comparison figure for Indigenous residents is 2.8% across Canada’s towns. One in ten residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns.
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 2.5% in Osoyoos, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
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
At home, 7.2% mostly speak another language; 1.8% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 70% of Canadian towns. Typically, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
In Osoyoos, 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 8.9% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 39% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 39%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 46% are 65 or over.
The 1st oldest of 41 towns of 5,627 to 5,819 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 27.8 (Montcalm) up to 63.2 (Osoyoos). By median age, Osoyoos sits among Duncan (55.6) and Chertsey (56).
Osoyoos is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osoyoos | 5,724 | — | 63.2 | 46% | 20% |
| Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,429 | 1.7 km | 58 | 34% | 26% |
| Osoyoos 1 | 1,484 | 16.3 km | 58.8 | 36% | 0% |
| Oliver | 5,262 | 18.9 km | 58 | 37% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Osoyoos’s residents
What is the population of Osoyoos?
Osoyoos had about 5,724 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,556, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Osoyoos?
A median age of 63.2, older than 99% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 7.7%, and people 65 and over 46%.
Is Osoyoos bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.4% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 2.5%.
How diverse is Osoyoos?
20% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 10% belong to a visible minority and 4.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Osoyoos?
49% are Christian and 45% have no religion; 6.2% follow another religion.
Is Osoyoos good for families?
Under 15: 7.7% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near Osoyoos are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Osoyoos?
The median household in Osoyoos took in $66,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).