Richmond, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Richmond	British Columbia	National
Population	222,489	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	1,593	5	4
Median age	42.9	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	77%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	49%	41%	43%
Speak English only	83.9%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Richmond is 30048% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Richmond is 1% higher than British Columbia
In Richmond 54.55% of the population is Chinese
In Richmond 8.55% of the population is South Asian
In Richmond 6.28% of the population is Filipino

Compare Richmond, BC Demographics

Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Chinese	54.6%
South Asian	8.6%
Filipino	6.3%
Multiple Visible Minorities	2.7%
Japanese	1.7%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
China	23.4%
Hong Kong	11.0%
Philippines	7.3%
Taiwan	3.7%
India	2.9%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Richmond age breakdown

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