Photo: CPG1100 · CC BY-SA 4.0More Indigenous residents than 94% of Canadian towns: 15%
The median age in Prince George is 38.8, lower than in 71% of Canadian towns. Renter households: nearly a third of the total. About 85,944 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The figure for one-person households is 30% in Prince George and 27% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Prince George
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 15% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 6.6% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 52% of Canadian towns: Prince George changed by +4% since 2016
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%.
In Prince George, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Prince George has fewer residents aged 65 and over than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns, at 16%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Prince George, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
More one-parent families than 71% of Canadian towns: 9.6%
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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Prince George ranks below 66% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 41%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 31% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Census figures put common-law partners at 13% in Prince George. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Prince George ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 1.8%
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
The share of households in single-detached houses is 58%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. 14% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 11% built before 1961.
A median household income of $88,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Prince George’s households had a total income above $88,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among British Columbia’s towns, the typical figure is $87,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 25% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
In Prince George, 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 77% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants: 10% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (42%) and in Europe (36%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
60% of residents said they have no religion, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (3.2%). Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. In Prince George, 12% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 5% speak French as well
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: English 94%, French 0.2%. Lower than in 74% of Canadian towns: 5% of residents speak English and French. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
In Prince George, 23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 59% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 11% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
An employment rate of 60%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. 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%, below this 60%.
41 towns of 66,480 to 113,983 people: this is the 6th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Lindsay is the oldest at 51.6, Grande Prairie the youngest at 34. Mirabel (37.2), Lethbridge (38), Fredericton (40) and New Westminster (40.4): the towns nearest Prince George in median age.
Every nearby town is older than Prince George
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince George | 85,944 | — | 38.8 | 16% | 10% |
| Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George | 4,802 | 13.9 km | 45.6 | 18% | 5.5% |
| Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George | 3,764 | 15.4 km | 44.4 | 17% | 5.8% |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George | 3,811 | 17.1 km | 45.6 | 18% | 6.5% |
| Electoral Area F, Fraser-Fort George | 1,402 | 17.6 km | 46.4 | 19% | 8.4% |
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 Prince George’s residents
What is the population of Prince George?
About 85,944, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 76,708 people in Prince George, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Prince George?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Prince George bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Prince George?
Immigrants: 10% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 12%. Indigenous identity: 15%.
What religion are people in Prince George?
60% said they have no religion and 34% that they are Christian; 6.1% named another faith.
Is Prince George good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 47% of households and one-parent families 9.6%. Schools near Prince George are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Prince George?
Half of Prince George’s households had more than $88,000 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).