Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.09.4% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Households in Mount Pleasant hold 1.8 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 64%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 37,091, in 20,415 households. The census found that 2.2% of households live in a single-detached house here.
What stands out about the people of Mount Pleasant
Many people living alone
47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 9.9% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 60% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 93% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 22% of residents lived elsewhere, 2 times the typical share; over five years, 58% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
36% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 54% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.3% in Mount Pleasant, less than in 98% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With a median age of 36.3, Mount Pleasant is younger than 86% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Locally, 9.9% of residents are 65 or over. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 18% of residents, 2.8 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mount Pleasant, 36.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 47% in Mount Pleasant, more than in 95% 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.
One-parent families: 3.7%, below 98% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 92% of Canadian towns.
A higher share of common-law partners than 85% of Canadian towns, at 21%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 30% in Mount Pleasant and 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 93% of Canadian towns: 36% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 43% date from 2001 or later, 18% from before 1961. Higher than in 91% of Canadian towns: 60% of households rent their home.
Half above, half below $87,400 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $87,400, the middle household in Mount Pleasant earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. In 2020, 30% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Above 95% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
31% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 30% of residents are immigrants. At 13%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in 77% of Canadian towns.
In Mount Pleasant, 36% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Jewish (2.2%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Indigenous residents make up 3.2%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents speak English and French
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
10% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.5% speak neither official language. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 2% here, more than in 61% of Canadian towns.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 61% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
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, 2.9% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 75% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 75%.
Of 41 towns its size (34,525 to 39,668 people), the 4th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 34.8 (Malton) to 53.2 (Sorel-Tracy) across the group. In age, Mount Pleasant keeps company with Strawberry Hill (35.2), Panorama Ridge (35.7), Metrotown (38) and Sunset (38.8).
The towns around Mount Pleasant are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 37,091 | — | 36.3 | 9.9% | 30% |
| Strathcona | 13,783 | 1.7 km | 43.7 | 20% | 35% |
| Little Saigon | 11,086 | 1.8 km | 37.9 | 13% | 36% |
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 1.9 km | 39.6 | 16% | 34% |
| Yaletown | 40,297 | 2.0 km | 38.2 | 13% | 39% |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 2.2 km | 38.6 | 17% | 37% |
| Fairview | 33,969 | 2.4 km | 40.7 | 20% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Mount Pleasant’s residents
What is the population of Mount Pleasant?
37,091, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Mount Pleasant alone.
What is the average age in Mount Pleasant?
36.3 is the median age, younger than 86% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 9.4%. 65 and over: 9.9%.
Is Mount Pleasant bilingual?
13% 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 2%.
How diverse is Mount Pleasant?
Immigrants make up 30% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 3.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Mount Pleasant?
Christian: 27%. No religion: 64%. Another religion: 9.1%.
Is Mount Pleasant good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 9.4%. 39% of households are couple families and 3.7% one-parent families. Schools near Mount Pleasant are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mount Pleasant?
$87,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Mount Pleasant (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).