Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHalf of Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast is over 55.6, older than 95% of Canadian towns
Here 63% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%. 88% of households live in a single-detached house. Few places have as many one-person households: 32% here, more than in 70% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s population at 2,691 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
Older than most towns
Line Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 55.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast went from 2,043 people in 2016 to 2,407 in 2021, +18%: faster growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +18% since 2016, faster than 95% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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. The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%.
In Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast, 31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 7.3% in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast, 55.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5.9% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 15%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast sits below 61% of Canadian towns for renter households (21%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Median household income here: $80,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s median household took in $80,000 before tax, 7% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 66% 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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (60%) or in the Americas (17%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 23% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.4% of residents.
Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast: 4.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 67% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 8.6% in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast and 15% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
8.1% of residents speak English and French, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
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
At home: English 96%, French 0.2%. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 5.6% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
52% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% are 65 or more.
In its size band (2,652 to 2,731), the 3rd oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Waskaganish, at 25; the oldest, Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay, is at 60. Division No. 8, Subdivision L (53.6), Bouctouche (54.4), Eastman (56.8) and Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay (60): the towns nearest Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast in median age.
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast | 2,691 | — | 55.6 | 31% | 19% |
| Gibsons | 5,090 | 4.0 km | 56 | 35% | 21% |
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast | 4,279 | 6.0 km | 50.8 | 26% | 15% |
| Roberts Creek | 3,779 | 10.9 km | 51.2 | 28% | 14% |
| Bowen Island | 4,501 | 11.6 km | 50 | 25% | 23% |
| Lions Bay | 1,375 | 18.1 km | 50.4 | 25% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s residents
Is Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast good for families?
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 5.9%. Schools near Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
Half of Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s households had more than $80,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
About 2,691, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,407 people in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast, 18% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of Canadian towns. 10% are under 15 and 31% 65 or older.
Is Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
Immigrants: 19% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 8.6%. Indigenous identity: 4.5%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
63% said they have no religion and 35% that they are Christian; 2.6% named another faith.
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).