Census Profile, 2016 Census
Wells, District municipality [Census subdivision], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province]

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Characteristic Wells, DM
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
British Columbia

[Province]
Data quality , Wells, District municipality [Census subdivision], British Columbia  Map : Wells, District municipality [Census subdivision], British Columbia
Change geography 1
Data quality : British Columbia [Province]  Map : geography 2
Change geography 2
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 217 ... ... 4,648,055 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 245 ... ... 4,400,057 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 -11.4 ... ... 5.6 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 158 ... ... 2,063,417 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 112 ... ... 1,881,969 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1.4 ... ... 5.0 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 158.28 ... ... 922,503.01 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 220 110 105 4,648,055 2,278,245 2,369,815
0 to 14 years 25 15 15 691,390 355,400 335,985
0 to 4 years 15 5 10 220,625 113,355 107,275
5 to 9 years 10 5 0 236,900 122,070 114,830
10 to 14 years 5 0 0 233,860 119,975 113,885
15 to 64 years 150 75 75 3,107,680 1,527,280 1,580,400
15 to 19 years 0 0 0 258,980 133,000 125,985
20 to 24 years 5 0 0 287,560 147,615 139,945
25 to 29 years 15 10 10 303,000 151,585 151,415
30 to 34 years 25 15 10 313,750 155,035 158,715
35 to 39 years 15 5 5 293,590 143,070 150,520
40 to 44 years 10 5 10 295,045 141,930 153,115
45 to 49 years 5 5 5 322,365 155,325 167,040
50 to 54 years 20 10 10 354,375 172,065 182,310
55 to 59 years 30 15 15 354,925 171,210 183,715
60 to 64 years 20 15 10 324,095 156,450 167,645
65 years and over 40 20 15 848,985 395,560 453,425
65 to 69 years 20 5 15 287,520 139,490 148,035
70 to 74 years 20 15 0 201,785 97,675 104,110
75 to 79 years 5 0 5 145,225 68,715 76,510
80 to 84 years 0 0 0 105,255 48,645 56,610
85 years and over 0 0 0 109,190 41,035 68,155
85 to 89 years 0 0 0 67,510 27,930 39,575
90 to 94 years 0 0 0 31,815 10,615 21,205
95 to 99 years 0 0 0 8,545 2,215 6,330
100 years and over 0 0 0 1,325 275 1,050
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 11.4 13.6 14.3 14.9 15.6 14.2
15 to 64 years 68.2 68.2 71.4 66.9 67.0 66.7
65 years and over 18.2 18.2 14.3 18.3 17.4 19.1
85 years and over 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 1.8 2.9
Average age of the population 44.4 46.0 42.7 42.3 41.5 43.1
Median age of the population 48.8 52.0 44.5 43.0 41.9 44.0

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Wells, DM [Census subdivision], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed March 28, 2024).

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