Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Indigenous residents make up 13% in Electoral Area C, Peace River, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
The share of children under 15 tops 87% of Canadian towns: 21%. Households in single-detached houses account for 80%. One-person households are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Some 6,344 people live in Electoral Area C, Peace River, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area C, Peace River
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 3.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Electoral Area C, Peace River went from 6,667 people in 2016 to 5,947 in 2021, −11%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Electoral Area C, Peace River’s population moved −11% on 2016, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across British Columbia’s towns.
In Electoral Area C, Peace River, 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.7% of residents. The median age in Electoral Area C, Peace River is 40.4, lower than in 61% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area C, Peace River, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
4.8% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
Electoral Area C, Peace River: 57% of residents 15 and over are married, above 86% of Canadian towns
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 21% of adults, beside a typical 27%. More common-law partners than in 66% of Canadian towns: 13%. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Below 77% of Canadian towns: 14% of households rent their home
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
29% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5.3% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%.
Median household income here: $124,000 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
At $124,000, the middle household in Electoral Area C, Peace River out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 44%. The provincial yardstick is $87,000, the median across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Electoral Area C, Peace River, 9.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns
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
5.8% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 73% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (54%), then in the Americas (33%).
Electoral Area C, Peace River sits above 95% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (59%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 2.2% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 4.1% also speak French
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
0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 85% of Canadian towns: 4.1%. At home: English 98%, French 0.2%.
Below 94% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 17% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
63% 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.
At 63%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 18th of 41 towns of 6,240 to 6,439 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 31.3 in The Orchards At Ellerslie to 60 in Peachland. By median age, Electoral Area C, Peace River sits among Duggan (39.4), Beechborough-Greenbrook (39.9), Pointe-Calumet (40.8) and Princeville (41.2).
Every neighbour of Electoral Area C, Peace River has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 6,344 | — | 40.4 | 13% | 5.8% |
| Fort St. John | 24,383 | 4.4 km | 32.4 | 8.3% | 12% |
| Taylor | 1,415 | 17.4 km | 35.6 | 11% | 3.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Peace River’s residents
Is Electoral Area C, Peace River good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 68% of households. One-parent families: 4.8%. Schools near Electoral Area C, Peace River are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area C, Peace River?
The median household in Electoral Area C, Peace River took in $124,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area C, Peace River?
Electoral Area C, Peace River had about 6,344 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,947, 11% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area C, Peace River?
A median age of 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 13%.
Is Electoral Area C, Peace River bilingual?
4.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Electoral Area C, Peace River?
5.8% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.2% belong to a visible minority and 13% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Electoral Area C, Peace River?
40% are Christian and 59% have no religion; 1% follow another religion.
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).