Nelson, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Nelson	British Columbia	National
Population	11,592	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	927	5	4
Median age	42.7	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	58%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	36%	41%	43%
Speak English only	87.7%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Nelson is 17443% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Nelson is 1% higher than British Columbia
In Nelson 1.13% of the population is Chinese
In Nelson 0.98% of the population is South Asian
In Nelson 0.88% of the population is Japanese

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Chinese	1.1%
South Asian	1.0%
Japanese	0.9%
Latin American	0.7%
Black	0.6%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United States	3.7%
United Kingdom	3.0%
Italy	0.8%
Germany	0.6%
Philippines	0.5%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Nelson age breakdown

Source: The Nelson, BC data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.