Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.08.3% of residents are under 15, below 97% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion make up 60%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 33,969 residents and 19,665 households in Fairview. On the census count, 0.4% of households live in a single-detached house. More residents without Canadian citizenship than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns: 14%.
What stands out about the people of Fairview
Many people living alone
51% of households are one person living alone, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 20% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Many graduates
64% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 17% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
59% of households rent their home, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 94% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
35% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 55% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
6.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 97% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
30–34 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Locally, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Fairview is 40.7, lower than in nearly three fifths of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fairview, 40.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women.
51% of households are one person living alone, more than in 97% 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.
The typical household size is 1.7 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 95% of Canadian towns: 4.5% of households are one-parent families. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%.
A higher share of common-law partners than 81% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 33%, Fairview is behind 81% of Canadian towns on that count. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
35% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
16% of homes were built before 1961 and 15% in 2001 or later. Fairview has more renter households than 90% of Canadian towns, at 59%.
The midpoint household income is $83,100 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Fairview’s median household took in $83,100 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $87,000 is the median household income across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 26% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
20% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 93% 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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (44%) and in Europe (33%). On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, immigrants are common here: 32%, more than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 28% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 67% of Canadian towns, at 30%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (3.3%) and Muslim (2.2%). Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.8% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents: 14%, a higher share than 69% of Canadian towns
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, 10% mostly speak another language; 1.1% speak neither English nor French. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are more common here than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 64% in Fairview, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 1.4% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 69% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 69%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 20th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between DT Core (34.8) and Sorel-Tracy (53.2) lies the rest of the group. Bois-Francs (39.9), Saint-Constant (40), Dieppe (40.8) and Leamington (41.2): the towns nearest Fairview in median age.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Fairview
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 33,969 | — | 40.7 | 20% | 32% |
| Granville Entertainment District | 19,125 | 1.5 km | 36.3 | 10% | 41% |
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 1.7 km | 39 | 16% | 29% |
| Yaletown | 40,297 | 2.0 km | 38.2 | 13% | 39% |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 2.0 km | 38.6 | 17% | 37% |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 2.0 km | 38.4 | 15% | 37% |
| Shaughnessy | 8,034 | 2.2 km | 45.1 | 22% | 46% |
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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Fairview’s residents
How diverse is Fairview?
Immigrants: 32% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 30%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in Fairview?
60% said they have no religion and 29% that they are Christian; 11% named another faith.
Is Fairview good for families?
8.3% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 38% of households and one-parent families 4.5%. Schools near Fairview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fairview?
Half of Fairview’s households had more than $83,100 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Fairview?
33,969, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Fairview alone.
What is the average age in Fairview?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 59% of Canadian towns. 8.3% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Fairview bilingual?
14% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.6%.
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).