Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA larger share of visible minority residents than 87% of Canadian towns: 53%
The share of immigrants tops nearly four fifths of Canadian towns: 35%. Locally, 17% of households are one person living alone. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 71% of Canadian towns. Sunrise Estates counted 4,292 residents and 1,295 households at the 2021 Census.
Younger than 55% of Canadian towns: half of Sunrise Estates is under 41.2
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Among British Columbia’s towns, Qualicum Beach has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 56%. Locally, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sunrise Estates, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Sunrise Estates households average 3.2 people, larger than in 95% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.9%, below 71% of Canadian towns.
Below 90% of Canadian towns: 5.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Sunrise Estates, 57%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 26%, a higher share than 52% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Two in five homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home.
$118,800 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Sunrise Estates’s, at $118,800, is 38% higher. Household incomes across British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 29% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
8.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (71%), then in Europe (15%). Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 65% of Canadian towns: 9.5%. To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
53% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (32%) and Muslim (4.2%). Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 2.4%.
English is the mother tongue of 57%, and 4.4% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At 0.7%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. 24% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 5.3% speak neither official language. Sunrise Estates has fewer bilingual residents than 82% of Canadian towns, at 4.4%.
In Sunrise Estates, 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 11%, against 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
64% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 64%.
Among 41 towns of 4,210 to 4,372 people, the 13th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Fraipont (33.6), at the other Highlands East (58.8). Nearest to Sunrise Estates in age: Tuxedo (40.9), Bruleville (41), Patricia Heights (41.8) and Ozerna (42.5).
Around Sunrise Estates, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | — | 41.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 0.9 km | 42.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 2.2 km | 39.6 | 15% | 30% |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 2.2 km | 34.5 | 7.2% | 31% |
| Langley | 35,444 | 2.7 km | 41.2 | 20% | 23% |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 3.0 km | 35 | 6.9% | 31% |
| Provinceton | 11,625 | 3.9 km | 38.2 | 13% | 34% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Sunrise Estates’s residents
Is Sunrise Estates bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Sunrise Estates?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 53% are members of a visible minority, and 2.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Sunrise Estates?
Christian: 25%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 40%.
Is Sunrise Estates good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 53% of households are couple families and 6.9% one-parent families. Schools near Sunrise Estates are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sunrise Estates?
$118,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Sunrise Estates (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Sunrise Estates?
4,292, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Sunrise Estates alone.
What is the average age in Sunrise Estates?
41.2 is the median age, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 19%.
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).