Photo: Buchanan-Hermit · Public domainAbove 78% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents belong to a visible minority
With immigrants at 30%, Cloverdale is ahead of 72% of Canadian towns on that count. 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 74% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 13,615 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 4,705 households. Residents aged 65 and over: 15% of the total.
Half of Cloverdale is under 39.6, younger than 66% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 13% in Cloverdale and 11% across Canada’s towns. More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 7.2% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cloverdale, 39.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Cloverdale households average 2.9 people, larger than in 85% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households trails 63% of Canadian towns: 24%. In Cloverdale, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
7.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 77% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
52% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Cloverdale ranks below 76% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 42%
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: just over a quarter of the total. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $108,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $108,500, the middle household in Cloverdale out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 26%. Within British Columbia’s towns, the household in the middle had $87,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 29% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 12%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 34% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 66% of Canadian towns: 40%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (19%). The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 3.7%.
English is the mother tongue of 66%, and 4.4% speak French as well
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 76%, French 0.2%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 82% of Canadian towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.7%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns: 28%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 9.6% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
62% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
20th lowest median age among 41 towns of 13,302 to 13,943
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 29.7 in Sandy Hill to 62 in Sidney. Closest in median age to Cloverdale are Mount Dennis (39.5), Ville-Émard (39.6), Beaurivage (40.3) and Hammonds Plains (42).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Cloverdale
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | — | 39.6 | 15% | 30% |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 1.8 km | 42.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Provinceton | 11,625 | 1.9 km | 38.2 | 13% | 34% |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 2.2 km | 41.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Surrey Centre | 16,482 | 2.5 km | 39 | 15% | 28% |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 2.8 km | 35 | 6.9% | 31% |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 2.8 km | 34.5 | 7.2% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about Cloverdale’s residents
Is Cloverdale bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Cloverdale?
30% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 41% belong to a visible minority and 3.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cloverdale?
34% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 26% follow another religion.
Is Cloverdale good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 51% of households. One-parent families: 8.1%. Schools near Cloverdale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cloverdale?
The median household in Cloverdale took in $108,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cloverdale?
13,615, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Cloverdale alone.
What is the average age in Cloverdale?
A median age of 39.6, younger than 66% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 15%.
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).