Photo: Gerry Thomasen from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0Half of Electoral Area B, Strathcona is over 58.4, older than 98% of Canadian towns
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are under 15 in Electoral Area B, Strathcona. There are 2% more residents than in 2016. The share of residents with no religion stands at 70%. 95% of households live in a single-detached house, a higher share than in 96% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area B, Strathcona
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Electoral Area B, Strathcona is 58.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 46%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 35% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +2% change since 2016: slower than 62% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across British Columbia’s towns +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 1%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Canadian towns: 35%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 12% of residents, 2.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 5.7%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of Canadian towns: 46%
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 1.9 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. The share of one-parent families stands at 3.6%. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
More common-law partners than 81% of Canadian towns: 17%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
37% of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Electoral Area B, Strathcona: 27% of households rent their home, above 53% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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 are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Newer homes outnumber old: 33% date from 2001 or later, 13% from before 1961.
A median household income of $49,200 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $49,200, the middle household in Electoral Area B, Strathcona earned 43% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 31% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Electoral Area B, Strathcona: 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 77% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
5.1% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in the Americas (54%), then in Europe (36%).
A higher share of Indigenous residents than 61% of Canadian towns, at 3.8%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 3.3% in Electoral Area B, Strathcona. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
11% of residents speak English and French, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue; in Electoral Area B, Strathcona, 2.8%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 99%, French 0.5%.
Electoral Area B, Strathcona ranks above 68% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 38%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 9.2%, against 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 47% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 47%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 35% are 65 or over.
Every nearby town is younger than Electoral Area B, Strathcona
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 17–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area B, Strathcona.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona | 1,074 | — | 58.4 | 35% | 19% |
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | 2,981 | 17.3 km | 58.4 | 37% | 19% |
| Campbell River | 38,300 | 21.0 km | 48 | 26% | 11% |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona | 4,546 | 22.2 km | 52 | 26% | 11% |
| Electoral Area A, qathet | 1,330 | 23.1 km | 57.2 | 32% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. 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 Electoral Area B, Strathcona’s residents
Is Electoral Area B, Strathcona good for families?
Under 15: 9.4% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 38% of households. One-parent families: 3.6%. Schools near Electoral Area B, Strathcona are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
The median household in Electoral Area B, Strathcona took in $49,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
Electoral Area B, Strathcona had about 1,074 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,059, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
A median age of 58.4. Children under 15 make up 9.4%, and people 65 and over 35%.
Is Electoral Area B, Strathcona bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 11% are. Another 0% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 2.8%.
How diverse is Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
19% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.3% belong to a visible minority and 3.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
19% are Christian and 70% have no religion; 11% follow another religion.
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).