Saltspring Island, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Saltspring Island	British Columbia	National
Population	11,001	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	58	5	4
Median age	56.3	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	67%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	30%	41%	43%
Speak English only	87.0%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.1%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Saltspring Island is 1005% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Saltspring Island is 33% higher than British Columbia
In Saltspring Island 0.97% of the population is Black
In Saltspring Island 0.92% of the population is Latin American
In Saltspring Island 0.90% of the population is Chinese

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Visible Minority Population

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

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	8.5%
United States	4.9%
Germany	1.2%
France	0.6%
Other Western Europe	0.6%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Saltspring Island age breakdown

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