Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRenter households make up 7.6% in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, less than in 95% of Canadian towns
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 6.6% in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet. Its population is much the same as in 2016. Census figures put immigrants at 40% here. With a median age of 49.2, Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet is older than 83% of Canadian towns.
From 2016 to 2021, 77% of Canadian towns grew faster than Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet: ±0%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
In Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, 12% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
23% of Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet is 65 or over, against 21% across British Columbia’s towns and 19% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 72% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 65% and 2.2%. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
More common-law partners than 83% of Canadian towns: 18%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet has 54%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet sits above 81% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (86%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 37% date from 2001 or later, 13% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
Median household income here: $128,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet: half had more than $128,000, 49% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet sits above 69% of Canadian towns for residents without Canadian citizenship (10%)
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (52%) and in Asia (21%). Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 62% of Canadian towns: 9.8%. The benchmark for residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns: 5.8%. Of the immigrants living here, 29% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
60% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 96% 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 (3.4%). Measured more widely, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. On top of that, across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet has 10%.
15% of residents speak English and French, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
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
1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 3.8% in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home, 6.2% mostly speak another language; 0.5% speak neither English nor French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 51%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 1.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
56% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 56%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of the 5 towns nearest Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, 4 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–43 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet | 1,055 | — | 49.2 | 23% | 40% |
| Squamish | 28,578 | 4.1 km | 37.6 | 12% | 20% |
| Lions Bay | 1,375 | 30.2 km | 50.4 | 25% | 35% |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast | 2,691 | 38.9 km | 55.6 | 31% | 19% |
| Bowen Island | 4,501 | 42.2 km | 50 | 25% | 23% |
| Gibsons | 5,090 | 42.8 km | 56 | 35% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. For each measure we take the median of British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s residents
What is the average age in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
49.2 is the median age. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet bilingual?
15% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3.8%.
How diverse is Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
Immigrants make up 40% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 10% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
Christian: 35%. No religion: 60%. Another religion: 5.9%.
Is Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 65% of households are couple families and 2.2% one-parent families. Schools near Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
$128,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,055 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,057 in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, 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).