Douglas sits above 90% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (53%)
Nearly a fifth of residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 4,555 residents and 1,655 households in Douglas. Locally, 46% of households live in a single-detached house. One-person households are rarer here than in 81% of Canadian towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 74% of Canadian towns: 9.4%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With a median age of 42.8, Douglas is older than 54% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 19% of residents are 65 or over here. More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Douglas, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 79% of Canadian towns: 2.8 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.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Douglas has 6%.
Douglas sits above 95% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (61%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law; in Douglas, 8.4%. Never married and not common-law: a fifth of adults (typical: 27%).
In Douglas, 13% of households rent their home, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
79% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4.1% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $126,400 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Douglas’s, at $126,400, is 47% higher. The provincial yardstick is $87,000, the median across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 23% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Douglas ranks above 73% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 14%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
A fifth of residents are immigrants; across Canada’s towns the figure is 17%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (46%) and in Europe (34%).
25% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (6.1%). Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a lower share than in 61% of Canadian towns.
7.6% of residents speak English and French, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French account for 1.1%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
41% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 61% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
41 towns of 4,473 to 4,641 people: this is the 17th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Fairfield Park (31.6) and Caraquet (54.4) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Douglas in age: Rockwood (42.1), Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare (42.8), Casselman (43.6) and Red Hill (43.7).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Douglas
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 4,555 | — | 42.8 | 19% | 20% |
| Grandview | 16,947 | 4.2 km | 39.9 | 16% | 37% |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 4.4 km | 58 | 37% | 29% |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 4.5 km | 52.9 | 33% | 34% |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 5.3 km | 43.4 | 23% | 36% |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 7.1 km | 48.3 | 25% | 41% |
| Morgan Creek | 8,084 | 7.2 km | 44.8 | 21% | 34% |
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. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about Douglas’s residents
How diverse is Douglas?
Immigrants make up 20% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 25% are members of a visible minority, and 2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Douglas?
Christian: 38%. No religion: 53%. Another religion: 9.2%.
Is Douglas good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 64% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near Douglas are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Douglas?
$126,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Douglas (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Douglas?
Douglas had 4,555 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Douglas?
42.8 is the median age, older than 54% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Douglas bilingual?
English and French: 7.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.1%.
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).