Photo: Extemporalist · CC0Half of Peachland is over 60, older than 99% of Canadian towns
By its share of children under 15 (9.3%), Peachland is below 96% of Canadian towns. Meanwhile, residents with no religion are more common here than in 92% of Canadian towns. This British Columbia town had about 6,302 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 2,690 households at the 2021 Census. For Peachland, the census puts one-parent families at 4.6%.
What stands out about the people of Peachland
Older than most towns
Half of Peachland’s residents are under 60 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 38% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+7% since 2016, a pace 66% of Canadian towns didn’t match
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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
5.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Peachland, 60. 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.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, 27% of households are one person living alone.
57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Peachland. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 66% of Canadian towns: 18%
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
In Peachland, 69% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 27% date from 2001 or later, 3.7% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $81,000 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $81,000, the middle household in Peachland earned 6% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For British Columbia’s towns, the median household income is $87,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 22% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 58% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are just over one in ten immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.3% of residents. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (71%), then in the Americas (13%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 3.3%, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Peachland ranks above 69% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 4.9%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Peachland, 3.8%. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 5.4% 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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Peachland comes in at 5.4%. At home: English 97%, French 0.3%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 17% in Peachland, less than in 75% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.3% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 43%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 43%; 38% of residents are 65 or over.
The 1st oldest of 41 towns of 6,197 to 6,411 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The Orchards At Ellerslie is the youngest of them at 31.3; Peachland, at 60, the oldest. By median age, Peachland sits among Lanark Highlands (52) and Lac-Brome (58).
Every neighbour of Peachland has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peachland | 6,302 | — | 60 | 38% | 16% |
| Tsinstikeptum 9 | 10,514 | 12.2 km | 58.4 | 37% | 12% |
| West Kelowna | 40,274 | 12.9 km | 44 | 21% | 14% |
| Tsinstikeptum 10 | 2,081 | 18.5 km | 52 | 25% | 11% |
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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Peachland’s residents
What religion are people in Peachland?
43% are Christian and 55% have no religion; 2.3% follow another religion.
Is Peachland good for families?
Under 15: 9.3% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 4.6%. Schools near Peachland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Peachland?
The median household in Peachland took in $81,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Peachland?
Peachland had about 6,302 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,789, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Peachland?
A median age of 60, older than 99% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 9.3%, and people 65 and over 38%.
Is Peachland bilingual?
5.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Peachland?
16% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.8% belong to a visible minority and 4.9% have an Indigenous identity.
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).