Powell River, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Powell River	British Columbia	National
Population	13,967	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	428	5	4
Median age	52.6	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	69%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	30%	41%	43%
Speak English only	93.1%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.1%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Powell River is 7992% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Powell River is 24% higher than British Columbia
In Powell River 0.62% of the population is Black
In Powell River 0.58% of the population is Chinese
In Powell River 0.55% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	0.6%
Chinese	0.6%
Filipino	0.6%
South Asian	0.5%
Korean	0.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	3.9%
United States	1.3%
Italy	1.1%
Germany	0.9%
Netherlands	0.8%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Powell River age breakdown

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