Photo: Xicotencatl · CC BY-SA 4.0Children under 15: 8.6%, a lower share than 97% of Canadian towns
Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Kitsilano has 2.3%. The median age in the neighbourhood is 39, lower than in 70% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 27,320 residents and 15,570 households here. 62% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Kitsilano
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 50%, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 16% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Many graduates
67% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 19% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 61% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 90% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
21% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.9 times the typical share; 51% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 94% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 30–34: 13% of residents, 2.1 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 16% of residents are 65 or over in Kitsilano. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kitsilano, 39. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 96% 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.
In Kitsilano the average household is 1.7 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The census found that 4.5% of households are one-parent families here. Shared houses stand out: 7.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners: 20%, a higher share than 84% 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
Singles who have never married make up 38% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Lower than in 89% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Renter households: 61%, a higher share than 91% 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
Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 80% of Canadian towns: 11% of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
$83,600 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. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Kitsilano’s households had a total income above $83,600 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among British Columbia’s towns, the typical figure is $87,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
21% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 94% 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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 16% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. On immigrants, Kitsilano sits higher than 70% of Canadian towns: 29%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (42%) and in Asia (33%).
Kitsilano sits above 59% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (23%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (2.8%). Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. At 1.5%, the share of Indigenous residents is lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 71% of Canadian towns, at 17%
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%; Kitsilano has 2.9%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. 8.1% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.8% speak neither official language.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 97% of Canadian towns: 67%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 1.5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 70% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
70% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Among 41 towns of 26,155 to 28,557 people, the 16th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Harbourfront-CityPlace (32.3), at the other Picton (56.8). The towns whose median age is nearest to Kitsilano’s: Vieux-Rosemont (38.5), Grandview-Woodland (38.8), South Riverdale (39.3) and West Hill (39.9).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Kitsilano
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | — | 39 | 16% | 29% |
| Greektown | 16,618 | 1.7 km | 37.8 | 15% | 29% |
| Fairview | 33,969 | 1.7 km | 40.7 | 20% | 32% |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 2.1 km | 38.4 | 15% | 37% |
| Granville Entertainment District | 19,125 | 2.4 km | 36.3 | 10% | 41% |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 2.4 km | 46.6 | 25% | 50% |
| West End | 30,785 | 2.6 km | 39.9 | 17% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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. For each measure we take the median of British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Kitsilano’s residents
Is Kitsilano bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 17% are. Another 0% speak only French and 82% only English, and French is the first language of 2.9%.
How diverse is Kitsilano?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 29%. A visible minority makes up 23% and Indigenous residents 1.5%.
What religion are people in Kitsilano?
Most often Christian (30%) or no religion (62%); other religions make up 8%.
Is Kitsilano good for families?
Children under 15 are 8.6% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 37% of households and one-parent families 4.5%. Schools near Kitsilano are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kitsilano?
Median total household income in Kitsilano was $83,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Kitsilano?
27,320, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Kitsilano alone.
What is the average age in Kitsilano?
Half the residents are older than 39 and half younger, younger than 70% of Canadian towns; 8.6% are children under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
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).