Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 58.4: Electoral Area C, Strathcona is older than 98% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Electoral Area C, Strathcona comes in at 78%. Children under 15 are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,981 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,335 households. Here, 92% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area C, Strathcona
Older than most towns
Half of Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s residents are under 58.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Electoral Area C, Strathcona went from 2,431 people in 2016 to 2,737 in 2021, +13%: faster growth than in 88% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +13% change since 2016: faster than 88% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, by more than +6%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns: 37%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (4.6%), Electoral Area C, Strathcona is below 99% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area C, Strathcona, 58.4. 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 90% of Canadian towns: 2 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.
The share of one-person households tops just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 37%. Here, 3.4% of households are one-parent families.
In Electoral Area C, Strathcona, 14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 74% 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
Never married and not common-law: a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Across Electoral Area C, Strathcona, 49% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Below 65% of Canadian towns: 19% of households rent their home
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: 23% date from 2001 or later, 11% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%.
A median household income of $60,800 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s median household took in $60,800 before tax, 29% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across British Columbia’s towns has $87,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 22% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.8% in Electoral Area C, Strathcona, less than in 74% 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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (54%) and in the Americas (37%). Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 73% of Canadian towns: 2.2%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Recent arrivals are 4.9% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 68% of Canadian towns: 4.7%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 2.4% of residents belong to a visible minority in Electoral Area C, Strathcona. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area C, Strathcona sits above 60% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (9.7%)
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 97%, French 0.9%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are more common here than in 64% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area C, Strathcona sits above 53% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (29%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6.5% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
42% 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. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 37% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 42% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (2,935 to 3,022 people), the 1st oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Albany is the youngest of them at 29.9; Electoral Area C, Strathcona, at 58.4, the oldest. Next to Electoral Area C, Strathcona on this scale come Dewdney Place (54.7) and Dégelis (55.2).
Every neighbour of Electoral Area C, Strathcona has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | 2,981 | — | 58.4 | 37% | 19% |
| Campbell River | 38,300 | 9.5 km | 48 | 26% | 11% |
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona | 1,074 | 17.3 km | 58.4 | 35% | 19% |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona | 4,546 | 17.8 km | 52 | 26% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s residents
What is the population of Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
About 2,981, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,737 people in Electoral Area C, Strathcona, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
The median age is 58.4, older than 98% of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 37% 65 or older.
Is Electoral Area C, Strathcona bilingual?
English and French: 9.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 2.2%.
How diverse is Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
Immigrants: 19% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.4%. Indigenous identity: 4.7%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
78% said they have no religion and 18% that they are Christian; 4.3% named another faith.
Is Electoral Area C, Strathcona good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 3.4%. Schools near Electoral Area C, Strathcona are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
Half of Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s households had more than $60,800 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).