Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0More residents with no religion than 94% of Canadian towns: 57%
Here 14% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 19%. Locally, 30% of households live in a single-detached house. More immigrants than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns: 33%. With about 38,285 residents in July 2025, Port Moody counted 13,110 households at the 2021 Census.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2016, behind 77% 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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 14% higher again. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across British Columbia’s towns.
Younger than 53% of Canadian towns: half of Port Moody is under 41.6
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15 account for 17%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Port Moody, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. 8.9% of households are one-parent families.
Married residents 15 and over make up 53% in Port Moody, more than in 73% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Port Moody has 9.6%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Port Moody sits above 83% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (15%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 38% date from 2001 or later, 6.9% from before 1961. At 25%, renter households sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $115,000 a year
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
Half of Port Moody’s households had a total income above $115,000, 34% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across British Columbia’s towns is $87,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 25% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Port Moody, 9.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 66% 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
Recent arrivals are nearly a quarter of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (54%) or in Europe (28%). On residents who moved in within the year, Port Moody sits higher than 62% of Canadian towns: 12%.
In Port Moody, 33% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.9%). On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 3.1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
67% have English as their mother tongue; 8% 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
At home: English 80%, French 0.3%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 48% in Port Moody, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 3% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 64%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (35,444 to 41,910 people), the 21st oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 34.8 (Malton) up to 53.2 (Sorel-Tracy). The towns whose median age is nearest to Port Moody’s: Langley (41.2), Moose Jaw (41.6), Pierrefonds-Est (41.7) and Hastings-Sunrise (41.7).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Port Moody
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Moody | 38,285 | — | 41.6 | 14% | 33% |
| Anmore | 2,508 | 2.9 km | 45.6 | 13% | 28% |
| Coquitlam | 173,599 | 3.0 km | 41.6 | 16% | 46% |
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 4.9 km | 34 | 10% | 36% |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 5.9 km | 40.7 | 16% | 46% |
| Port Coquitlam | 67,724 | 6.9 km | 41.6 | 16% | 34% |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 8.0 km | 44.7 | 23% | 43% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Port Moody’s residents
What is the average age in Port Moody?
Half the residents are older than 41.6 and half younger, younger than 53% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
Is Port Moody bilingual?
8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Port Moody?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 33%. A visible minority makes up 33% and Indigenous residents 3.1%.
What religion are people in Port Moody?
Most often Christian (35%) or no religion (57%); other religions make up 8.1%.
Is Port Moody good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 8.9%. Schools near Port Moody are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Port Moody?
Median total household income in Port Moody was $115,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Port Moody?
The latest figure is an estimate: 38,285 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Port Moody counted 33,535, about the same as 2016.
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).