Photo: Mangoandmay · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Sicamous is over 57.6, older than 97% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Sicamous, 11%. The census found that 61% of residents said they have no religion locally. 5.7% of residents are immigrants, a lower share than in 79% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 2,854 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Sicamous
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Sicamous is 57.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Sicamous’s population changed by +8% since 2016, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across British Columbia’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31% in Sicamous, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Sicamous, 6.9%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sicamous, 57.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Sicamous has 4.4%. One-person households account for 34%.
13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 65% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Half of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
19% of households rent their home, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 2%, above nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 64%.
Median household income: $65,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Sicamous had $65,000 before tax, 24% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within British Columbia’s towns, the household in the middle had $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Sicamous sits above 64% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (13%)
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
2.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (74%) or in the Americas (16%).
Indigenous residents: 9.7%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.3% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. For Indigenous residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 4.8% speak French as well
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Sicamous comes in at 4.8%. On the census count, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns, at 4.1%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 19%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 45% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 31% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 45% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 3rd of 41 towns of 2,820 to 2,889 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is McKernan, at 30; the oldest, Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, is at 61.2. By median age, Sicamous sits among Weedon (56.4), Botwood (56.4), Saint-Michel-des-Saints (58.8) and Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2).
Sicamous sits below 2 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Sicamous has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–29 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicamous | 2,854 | — | 57.6 | 31% | 5.7% |
| Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap | 1,518 | 9.3 km | 55.2 | 27% | 8% |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | 4,969 | 22.2 km | 49.2 | 23% | 8.7% |
| Salmon Arm | 20,891 | 24.4 km | 51.6 | 30% | 10% |
| Blind Bay | 9,984 | 27.8 km | 58.8 | 34% | 10% |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | 3,475 | 28.9 km | 61.2 | 39% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into 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.
- 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.
Questions about Sicamous’s residents
How diverse is Sicamous?
5.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.3% belong to a visible minority and 9.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Sicamous?
38% are Christian and 61% have no religion; 1.2% follow another religion.
Is Sicamous good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 4.4%. Schools near Sicamous are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sicamous?
The median household in Sicamous took in $65,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sicamous?
Sicamous had about 2,854 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,613, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sicamous?
A median age of 57.6, older than 97% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 31%.
Is Sicamous bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
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).