Photo: Green slash · CC BY-SA 3.0More residents with no religion than 99% of Canadian towns: 70%
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 12% in Sun Peaks Mountain and 19% across Canada’s towns. On households in single-detached houses, Sun Peaks Mountain sits lower than 91% of Canadian towns: 17%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,546 for July 2025. Here, 35% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Sun Peaks Mountain
Growing faster than most
Sun Peaks Mountain went from 616 people in 2016 to 1,404 in 2021, +128%: faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 23% of residents lived elsewhere, 2.1 times the typical share; over five years, 76% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, Sun Peaks Mountain outgrew 99% of Canadian towns: +128%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%.
A median age of 40: Sun Peaks Mountain is younger than 63% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. For Sun Peaks Mountain, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.3%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Sun Peaks Mountain households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
4.8% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
Common-law partners: 14%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 46%; Sun Peaks Mountain has 50%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Sun Peaks Mountain: 27% of households rent their home, above 54% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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. As a reference point, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $84,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Sun Peaks Mountain’s households had a total income above $84,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $87,000, the median across British Columbia’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 35% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Sun Peaks Mountain: 23% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 96% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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 (59%) and in Oceania or elsewhere (15%). 14% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 81% of Canadian towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 64% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
70% said they have no religion, more than say they are Christian
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
On the census count, 12% of residents belong to a visible minority. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 2.5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
88% have English as their mother tongue; 7.8% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
1.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 41%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 4.2% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 60%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
Sun Peaks Mountain is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Peaks Mountain | 1,546 | — | 40 | 12% | 19% |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola | 4,540 | 15.5 km | 50.4 | 24% | 7.5% |
| Chase | 2,591 | 15.8 km | 59.6 | 39% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Sun Peaks Mountain’s residents
What religion are people in Sun Peaks Mountain?
70% said they have no religion and 27% that they are Christian; 3.6% named another faith.
Is Sun Peaks Mountain good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 4.8%. Schools near Sun Peaks Mountain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sun Peaks Mountain?
Half of Sun Peaks Mountain’s households had more than $84,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Sun Peaks Mountain?
About 1,546, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,404 people in Sun Peaks Mountain, 128% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sun Peaks Mountain?
The median age is 40. 17% are under 15 and 12% 65 or older.
Is Sun Peaks Mountain bilingual?
7.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.8%.
How diverse is Sun Peaks Mountain?
Immigrants: 19% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 12%. Indigenous identity: 2.5%.
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).