Photo: Tmv · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents who moved in within the year make up 24% in Anderson Walk, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, half of residents belong to a visible minority here. Here, 37% of residents are immigrants. 23% of households live in a single-detached house, a lower share than in 88% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Anderson Walk’s population at 4,210, in 1,610 households.
What stands out about the people of Anderson Walk
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 24% of residents lived elsewhere, 2.2 times the typical share; over five years, 60% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 15% of residents are 65 or over in Anderson Walk
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Half of Anderson Walk’s residents are under 39.9, younger than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. In Anderson Walk, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. No age band is larger than 30–34: 9.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Anderson Walk, 39.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.5 people per household, more than in 54% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 7.1% in Anderson Walk. Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Anderson Walk comes in at 28%.
Common-law partners make up 8.1% in Anderson Walk, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 54% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of renter households than 51% of Canadian towns: 26%
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. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 91% date from 2001 or later, 2.2% from before 1961.
$98,900 a year: the median household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $98,900, the middle household in Anderson Walk out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 15%. Within British Columbia’s towns, the household in the middle had $87,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Anderson Walk, 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (71%) or in Europe (15%). For residents without Canadian citizenship, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. Of the immigrants living here, 28% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 76% of Canadian towns: 44%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (14%) and Hindu (2.4%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Indigenous residents make up 2.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
60% have English as their mother tongue; 5.8% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 0.7%. At home, 21% mostly speak another language; 3.9% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Anderson Walk sits above 73% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (41%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 4.4% (typical 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 64% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 64% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Banff Trail, youngest at 31.7, to Barry's Bay, oldest at 58.4. St. George (38.5), Calder (39.1), Napierville (40.4) and Crabtree (40.4): the towns nearest Anderson Walk in median age.
Of the 6 towns nearest Anderson Walk, 5 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | — | 39.9 | 15% | 37% |
| Morgan Creek | 8,084 | 0.8 km | 44.8 | 21% | 34% |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 1.1 km | 48.3 | 25% | 41% |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 2.2 km | 43.4 | 23% | 36% |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 3.6 km | 52.9 | 33% | 34% |
| Grandview | 16,947 | 3.8 km | 39.9 | 16% | 37% |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 4.4 km | 58 | 37% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Anderson Walk’s residents
What is the average age in Anderson Walk?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 15% 65 or older.
Is Anderson Walk bilingual?
English and French: 5.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.7%.
How diverse is Anderson Walk?
Immigrants: 37% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 50%. Indigenous identity: 2.3%.
What religion are people in Anderson Walk?
44% said they have no religion and 35% that they are Christian; 22% named another faith.
Is Anderson Walk good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Anderson Walk are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Anderson Walk?
Half of Anderson Walk’s households had more than $98,900 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Anderson Walk?
The 2021 Census counted 4,210 people in Anderson Walk.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).