Photo: Northwest · CC BY-SA 4.0In Strawberry Hill, 86% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Households average 3.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Half of Strawberry Hill’s 37,037 residents are older than 35.2 (younger than 90% of Canadian towns), in 11,155 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 29% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Lower than in 93% of Canadian towns: 11% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Strawberry Hill
A mix of backgrounds
86% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 51% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 51% of residents; the medians are 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (85%) or in Oceania or elsewhere (5.3%), and 31% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Strawberry Hill’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 35.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 17% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Strawberry Hill is under 35.2
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 20–24: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 14% of residents are 65 or over in Strawberry Hill.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Strawberry Hill, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A lower share of one-person households than 83% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Below 98% of Canadian towns: 2.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
32% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Higher than in 77% of Canadian towns: 54% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Strawberry Hill ranks above 69% of Canadian towns on renter households: 36%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 1.3% from before 1961. 1.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 61% of Canadian towns. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$92,400 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Strawberry Hill’s median household took in $92,400 before tax, 7% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across British Columbia’s towns has $87,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 36% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Strawberry Hill, 51% of residents are immigrants, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year: 15% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants: 17% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Most immigrants were born in Asia (85%) or in Oceania or elsewhere (5.3%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 96% of Canadian towns: 12%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 75% grew up with another language
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
Bilingual residents: 2.4% here, 5.8% across British Columbia’s towns and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Strawberry Hill has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 99% of Canadian towns, at 0.2%. At home, 52% mostly speak another language; 11% speak neither English nor French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 31%, a higher share than 57% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 15% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 60%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 60% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 2nd of 41 towns of 34,525 to 39,668 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 34.8 (Malton) up to 53.2 (Sorel-Tracy). Next to Strawberry Hill on this scale come Malton (34.8), Panorama Ridge (35.7) and Mount Pleasant (36.3).
Strawberry Hill sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | — | 35.2 | 14% | 51% |
| Panorama Ridge | 36,473 | 3.1 km | 35.7 | 13% | 52% |
| Newton | 51,222 | 3.1 km | 36.2 | 15% | 48% |
| Colebrook | 3,617 | 3.4 km | 48 | 23% | 42% |
| Brownsville | 23,515 | 4.2 km | 34.6 | 14% | 47% |
| Sullivan | 42,135 | 5.1 km | 35.6 | 11% | 48% |
| Whalley | 52,642 | 6.3 km | 34.9 | 12% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Strawberry Hill’s residents
How diverse is Strawberry Hill?
Immigrants: 51% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 86%. Indigenous identity: 1.7%.
What religion are people in Strawberry Hill?
12% said they have no religion and 12% that they are Christian; 75% named another faith.
Is Strawberry Hill good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 44% of households and one-parent families 8.5%. Schools near Strawberry Hill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Strawberry Hill?
Half of Strawberry Hill’s households had more than $92,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Strawberry Hill?
Strawberry Hill had 37,037 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Strawberry Hill?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Strawberry Hill bilingual?
2.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.2%.
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).