Photo: calind · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer renter households than 92% of Canadian towns: 9.1%
The figure for residents with no religion is 53% in Electoral Area D, Peace River and 35% across Canada’s towns. This British Columbia town has fewer one-person households than 69% of Canadian towns, at 22%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 5,100 for July 2025. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.1% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area D, Peace River
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
11% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 2.2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Electoral Area D, Peace River went from 5,920 people in 2016 to 4,793 in 2021, −19%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Electoral Area D, Peace River’s population moved −19% 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 6%.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents are under 15
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8.9% of residents. With a median age of 44, Electoral Area D, Peace River is older than 62% of Canadian towns. Typically, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. In Electoral Area D, Peace River, 18% of residents are 65 or over, beside 19% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area D, Peace River, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 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.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 5.2% in Electoral Area D, Peace River.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 87% of Canadian towns: 57%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of common-law partners (12%), Electoral Area D, Peace River is above 61% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 88% of Canadian towns: 90%
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
27% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 11% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Household income at the median: $101,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Electoral Area D, Peace River’s median household took in $101,000 before tax, 17% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 20% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 77% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (44%) or in Europe (37%). Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 6.4%, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. One in ten immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
In Electoral Area D, Peace River, 11% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 1.3%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
92% have English as their mother tongue; 3.9% also speak 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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Electoral Area D, Peace River, 3.9%. At home: English 95%, French 0.1%. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.5% here, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 9.5%, a lower share than 96% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 15% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 64%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 64%.
Of 41 towns its size (5,018 to 5,175 people), the 18th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 31.6 (River-Osborne) up to 61.6 (Northern Bruce Peninsula). Next to Electoral Area D, Peace River on this scale come Rushdale (42.8), Starlight Village (44), Coverdale (44.8) and Big Lakes County (45.6).
Electoral Area D, Peace River is older than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 8–64 km from Electoral Area D, Peace River.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Peace River | 5,100 | — | 44 | 18% | 6.4% |
| Dawson Creek | 13,635 | 8.0 km | 35.6 | 14% | 10% |
| Taylor | 1,415 | 47.7 km | 35.6 | 11% | 3.4% |
| Saddle Hills County | 2,449 | 57.3 km | 40 | 18% | 3.1% |
| Fort St. John | 24,383 | 60.5 km | 32.4 | 8.3% | 12% |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 6,344 | 63.8 km | 40.4 | 13% | 5.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across British Columbia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Electoral Area D, Peace River’s residents
What is the population of Electoral Area D, Peace River?
About 5,100, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,793 people in Electoral Area D, Peace River, 19% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area D, Peace River?
The median age is 44, older than 62% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Electoral Area D, Peace River bilingual?
3.9% 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 0.5%.
How diverse is Electoral Area D, Peace River?
Immigrants: 6.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.3%. Indigenous identity: 11%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area D, Peace River?
53% said they have no religion and 45% that they are Christian; 2.1% named another faith.
Is Electoral Area D, Peace River good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 65% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Electoral Area D, Peace River are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area D, Peace River?
Half of Electoral Area D, Peace River’s households had more than $101,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $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).