Photo: Marlon Richmond · CC BY-SA 4.0Visible minority residents: 84%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 22% in Sunset. Census day 2021: 37,186 residents and 12,630 households in the neighbourhood. Children under 15: 13% of the total. Few places have as many renter households: 49% here, more than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Sunset
More immigrants than most towns
54% of residents are immigrants, against 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (88%), then in Europe (4.3%); 24% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 84%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 54%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24
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.
16% of residents are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Add to that, with a median age of 38.8, Sunset is younger than 71% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sunset, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 88% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-person households at 21%, Sunset is behind 72% of Canadian towns on that count. For Sunset, the census puts one-parent families at 9%. Shared houses stand out: 9.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 95% of Canadian towns.
Only 4.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Sunset
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 37% of adults (typical: 27%). 47% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 90% of Canadian towns: 18%
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. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $92,500 a year in household income
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
The middle household in Sunset had $92,500 before tax, 8% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 35% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Sunset: 54% of residents are immigrants, 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 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 24% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Across Sunset, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Immigrants: 17% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Residents with no religion make up 31% in Sunset, less than in 62% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (19%), Hindu (8.1%), Buddhist (3.5%) and Muslim (3.2%). Across the comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, Sunset sits lower than 79% of Canadian towns: 1.1%.
69% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
Bilingual residents make up 4%, against 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.4% of the total.
39% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 71% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 9.4% (typical 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 60% of adults
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.
Employment here, 60%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
The 7th youngest of 41 towns of 34,565 to 39,966 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 34.8 (Malton) up to 53.2 (Sorel-Tracy). In age, Sunset keeps company with Leduc (36.8), Metrotown (38), Cochrane (39.2) and Cecil-P.-Newman (39.4).
Sunset sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset | 37,186 | — | 38.8 | 16% | 54% |
| Victoria-Fraserview | 31,095 | 2.1 km | 45 | 23% | 58% |
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 2.4 km | 43 | 23% | 54% |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 2.7 km | 39.6 | 17% | 46% |
| Marpole | 28,182 | 2.8 km | 40.3 | 17% | 52% |
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 2.8 km | 39.6 | 16% | 34% |
| Little Saigon | 11,086 | 3.3 km | 37.9 | 13% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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. 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 Sunset’s residents
What religion are people in Sunset?
Christian: 33%. No religion: 31%. Another religion: 36%.
Is Sunset good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 43% of households are couple families and 9% one-parent families. Schools near Sunset are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sunset?
$92,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Sunset (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Sunset?
37,186, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Sunset alone.
What is the average age in Sunset?
38.8 is the median age, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Sunset bilingual?
English and French: 4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 88%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.4%.
How diverse is Sunset?
Immigrants make up 54% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 84% are members of a visible minority, and 1.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).