Merritt, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Merritt	British Columbia	National
Population	7,733	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	276	5	4
Median age	45.9	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	61%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	34%	41%	43%
Speak English only	93.1%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Merritt is 5128% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Merritt is 9% higher than British Columbia
In Merritt 6.98% of the population is South Asian
In Merritt 1.18% of the population is Black
In Merritt 0.91% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
South Asian	7.0%
Black	1.2%
Filipino	0.9%
Chinese	0.8%
Korean	0.7%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
India	3.3%
United Kingdom	1.5%
United States	1.1%
Philippines	0.7%
South Korea	0.6%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Merritt age breakdown

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