Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population
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Age
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Statistic:
Characteristic Capital, Regional district (RD)More information:
British Columbia
[Census division]
Counts Rates
Total Men＋ Women＋ Total Men＋ Women＋
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the total population aged 15 years and over - 100% data 363,070 174,245 188,825 100.0 100.0 100.0
Married or living common-law 203,960 101,785 102,180 56.2 58.4 54.1
Married 159,930 79,805 80,130 44.0 45.8 42.4
Living common-law 44,025 21,980 22,050 12.1 12.6 11.7
Living common law - Never married 32,120 16,035 16,090 8.8 9.2 8.5
Living common law - Separated 1,460 795 660 0.4 0.5 0.3
Living common law - Divorced 9,510 4,750 4,760 2.6 2.7 2.5
Living common law - Widowed 935 395 535 0.3 0.2 0.3
Not married and not living common-law 159,110 72,460 86,645 43.8 41.6 45.9
Not married and not living common law - Never married 100,570 53,570 47,000 27.7 30.7 24.9
Not married and not living common law - Separated 9,350 4,025 5,325 2.6 2.3 2.8
Not married and not living common law - Divorced 29,405 10,590 18,810 8.1 6.1 10.0
Not married and not living common law - Widowed 19,785 4,275 15,510 5.4 2.5 8.2
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% data5 115,355 ... ... 100.0 ... ...
2 persons 70,395 ... ... 61.0 ... ...
3 persons 21,755 ... ... 18.9 ... ...
4 persons 17,965 ... ... 15.6 ... ...
5 or more persons 5,245 ... ... 4.5 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.7 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Average number of children in census families with children6 1.6 ... ... 1.6 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% data 115,355 ... ... 100.0 ... ...
Total couple families 99,345 ... ... 86.1 ... ...
Married couples 77,340 ... ... 67.0 ... ...
With children6 33,980 ... ... 29.5 ... ...
Without children 43,360 ... ... 37.6 ... ...
Common-law couples 22,005 ... ... 19.1 ... ...
With children6 5,755 ... ... 5.0 ... ...
Without children 16,250 ... ... 14.1 ... ...
Total one-parent families 16,005 ... ... 13.9 ... ...
in which the parent is a woman+ 12,200 ... ... 10.6 ... ...
in which the parent is a man+ 3,810 ... ... 3.3 ... ...
Total - Persons in private households - 100% data 406,075 196,725 209,350 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total - Persons in census families 305,575 150,885 154,690 75.3 76.7 73.9
Married spouses or common-law partners 198,700 99,205 99,490 48.9 50.4 47.5
Parents in one-parent families 16,005 3,810 12,195 3.9 1.9 5.8
Children6 90,870 47,865 43,005 22.4 24.3 20.5
In a two-parent family 68,235 35,670 32,570 16.8 18.1 15.6
In a one-parent family 22,630 12,195 10,430 5.6 6.2 5.0
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 100,500 45,845 54,660 24.7 23.3 26.1
Living alone 62,480 26,505 35,980 15.4 13.5 17.2
Living with other relatives7 8,825 3,660 5,160 2.2 1.9 2.5
Living with non-relatives only 29,200 15,680 13,520 7.2 8.0 6.5
Household type
Total - Household type - 100% data 185,205 ... ... 100.0 ... ...
One-census-family households without additional persons 99,425 ... ... 53.7 ... ...
Couple-family households 86,845 ... ... 46.9 ... ...
With children6 34,160 ... ... 18.4 ... ...
Without children 52,690 ... ... 28.4 ... ...
One-parent-family households 12,575 ... ... 6.8 ... ...
Multigenerational households8 3,825 ... ... 2.1 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households9 1,620 ... ... 0.9 ... ...
One-census-family households with additional persons9 6,860 ... ... 3.7 ... ...
Two-or-more-person non-census-family households 10,995 ... ... 5.9 ... ...
One-person households 62,480 ... ... 33.7 ... ...

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Note: Gender

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman).

Gender includes the following concepts:

  • gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
  • gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.

A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time.

Some people may not identify with a specific gender.

Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "＋" symbol.

"Men＋" includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons.

"Women＋" includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released November 15, 2023.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed December 13, 2025).

Note(s):

Footnote 5

A census family is defined as a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a one-parent family. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family structure.

Footnote 6

There is no age restriction on children. Includes children living with a grandparent or grandparents without a parent present.

Footnote 7

Includes foster children.

Footnote 8

Multigenerational households represent all households where there is at least one person who is both the grandparent of a person in the household and the parent of another person in the same household. They also represent all households where there is at least one person who is both the child of a person in the household and the grandchild of another person in the same household. In previous censuses, multigenerational households were only created based on the former definition, not the latter. As a result, there may be small differences in counts for 2011 and 2016 in archived tables.

Footnote 9

Excludes multigenerational households.

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