Older than 85% of Canadian towns: half of Ocean Park is over 49.7
19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, against 26% in Ocean Park. The neighbourhood counted 10,845 residents and 3,970 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents with no religion at 53% here. One-person households are rarer here than in 86% of Canadian towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
50–54 is the most common age band: 8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ocean Park, 49.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.7 people per household, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 8.3%.
Common-law partners make up 4.8% in Ocean Park, less than in 91% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 23% of adults, against a typical 27%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%. Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 60% in Ocean Park.
14% of households rent their home, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. In Ocean Park, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$117,000 a year is the median household income here
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. 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; Ocean Park’s, at $117,000, is 36% higher. $87,000 is the median household income across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 23% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
34% of residents are immigrants, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Here 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. Immigrants make up 17% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 70% of Canadian towns, at 32%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (2.6%). Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 68% of Canadian towns: 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 60% of Canadian towns, at 9.7%
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.7% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. 21% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 4.3% speak neither official language.
Ocean Park: 48% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 83% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 2.3%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 48%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 48%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (10,614 to 11,100 people), the 5th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Liverpool is the oldest at 55.6, Lethbridge County the youngest at 32.8. The closest ages to Ocean Park’s belong to Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North (47.3), Saint-Sacrement (47.8), Exeter (50) and Yarmouth (50.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Ocean Park
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Park | 10,845 | — | 49.7 | 26% | 34% |
| Crescent Heights | 9,033 | 1.7 km | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 3.9 km | 58 | 37% | 29% |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 3.9 km | 48.3 | 25% | 41% |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 4.1 km | 52.9 | 33% | 34% |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 4.9 km | 43.4 | 23% | 36% |
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | 5.0 km | 39.9 | 15% | 37% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across British Columbia’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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 Ocean Park’s residents
What religion are people in Ocean Park?
Most often Christian (38%) or no religion (53%); other religions make up 8.2%.
Is Ocean Park good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 8.3%. Schools near Ocean Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ocean Park?
Median total household income in Ocean Park was $117,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Ocean Park?
10,845, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Ocean Park alone.
What is the average age in Ocean Park?
Half the residents are older than 49.7 and half younger, older than 85% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Ocean Park bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9.7% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 86% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Ocean Park?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 34%. A visible minority makes up 32% and Indigenous residents 1.7%.
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).