Chase River, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Chase River	Nanaimo	British Columbia
Population	2,900	101,513	5,149,422
Population density (sq km)	671	1,066	5
Median age	44.1	45.0	42.3
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	67%	65%	71%
Families w/ kids at home	33%	33%	41%
Speak English only	96.0%	92.7%	89.7%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Key Findings

The population density in Chase River is 37% lower than Nanaimo
The median age in Chase River is 2% lower than Nanaimo
In Chase River 1.96% of the population is South Asian
In Chase River 1.38% of the population is Chinese
In Chase River 0.54% of the population is Japanese

Compare Nanaimo, BC Demographics

Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
South Asian	2.0%
Chinese	1.4%
Japanese	0.5%
Black	0.4%
Southeast Asian	0.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	4.3%
United States	0.9%
Philippines	0.9%
Germany	0.7%
India	0.7%

Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Chase River age breakdown

Source: The Chase River, Nanaimo, BC data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada.