Photo: John Newcomb · CC BY 3.0Residents with no religion: 58%, a higher share than 95% of Canadian towns
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 3.4%, View Royal is ahead of 69% of Canadian towns on that count. Across View Royal, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The median age locally is 44.8, higher than in 66% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 12,795 people (July 2025 estimate), in 4,915 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of View Royal
Growing faster than most
View Royal went from 10,408 people in 2016 to 11,575 in 2021, +11%: faster growth than in 85% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
View Royal’s population changed by +11% since 2016, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across British Columbia’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Children under 15 make up 14% in View Royal, less than in 71% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. As a reference point, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.4% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ View Royal, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women.
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.
The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in View Royal. 7.4% of households are one-parent families, a lower share than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners make up 13% in View Royal, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 80% of Canadian towns: 36%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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: 40% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. The share of renter households is 33%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
$98,000 a year: where the middle household sits
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 $98,000, the middle household in View Royal out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 14%. Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 22% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 62% of Canadian towns, at 12%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
29% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (42%) or in Europe (38%).
6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
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, 18% of residents belong to a visible minority in View Royal. The usual figure: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
View Royal: 8.7% of residents speak English and French, above 56% of Canadian towns
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 91%, French 0.5%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. View Royal sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 38% in View Royal, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 6.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 61%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
In its size band (12,522 to 13,090), the 12th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Thompson (31) and the oldest North Saanich (56.8). In age, View Royal keeps company with Highland Creek (44.5), Winchester (44.8), Gander (45.2) and Lakeview (45.4).
Around View Royal, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about View Royal’s residents
What is the population of View Royal?
Statistics Canada estimates 12,795 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 11,575 in View Royal, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in View Royal?
44.8 is the median age, older than 66% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is View Royal bilingual?
8.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.8%.
How diverse is View Royal?
Immigrants make up 18% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 18% are members of a visible minority, and 6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in View Royal?
Christian: 35%. No religion: 58%. Another religion: 7.5%.
Is View Royal good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 53% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near View Royal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in View Royal?
$98,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in View Royal (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).