Photo: Sarena D · CC BY-SA 4.0Ucluelet ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 71%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 86% of Canadian towns: 8.5%. Ucluelet had about 2,452 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 860 households at the 2021 Census. Residents aged 65 and over: 14% of the total. More renter households than in 66% of Canadian towns: 34%.
What stands out about the people of Ucluelet
Growing faster than most
Ucluelet went from 1,717 people in 2016 to 2,066 in 2021, +20%: faster growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 21% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.9 times the typical share; over five years, 58% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 96% of Canadian towns: Ucluelet changed by +20% since 2016
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 19%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
Half of Ucluelet is under 39.6, younger than 66% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Ucluelet, 16% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% of Canadian towns
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: 8.7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. For Ucluelet, the census puts one-parent families at 6.4%. In Ucluelet, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 20% in Ucluelet, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Ucluelet comes in at 37%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
56% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 60% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. 31% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 10% built before 1961. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $83,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Ucluelet’s households had a total income above $83,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 41% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Ucluelet: 21% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 94% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 38% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Locally, 12% of residents are immigrants.
6.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 77% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents belong to a visible minority in Ucluelet. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Above 68% of Canadian towns: 3.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue
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 home: English 96%, French 1%. The benchmark for residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns: 1.5%. 9.9% of residents speak English and French, a higher share than in 61% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 33%, a higher share than 61% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 5% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 69% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 69%.
3 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ucluelet
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Ucluelet with figures are 13–64 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ucluelet | 2,452 | — | 39.6 | 14% | 12% |
| Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot | 1,009 | 13.2 km | 38.8 | 17% | 7.4% |
| Tofino | 2,772 | 35.0 km | 36.4 | 12% | 9.9% |
| Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot | 1,875 | 56.7 km | 58.8 | 33% | 11% |
| Port Alberni | 19,671 | 63.9 km | 49.2 | 27% | 10% |
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 3,069 | 64.4 km | 50.4 | 24% | 7.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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 Ucluelet’s residents
How diverse is Ucluelet?
Immigrants make up 12% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 10% are members of a visible minority, and 6.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ucluelet?
Christian: 21%. No religion: 71%. Another religion: 8.3%.
Is Ucluelet good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 48% of households are couple families and 6.4% one-parent families. Schools near Ucluelet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ucluelet?
$83,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ucluelet (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Ucluelet?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,452 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,066 in Ucluelet, 20% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ucluelet?
39.6 is the median age. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Ucluelet bilingual?
9.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.2% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3.1%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).