Smithers, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Smithers	British Columbia	National
Population	5,791	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	358	5	4
Median age	39.5	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	68%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	42%	41%	43%
Speak English only	93.0%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.1%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Smithers is 6671% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Smithers is 7% lower than British Columbia
In Smithers 1.38% of the population is Chinese
In Smithers 1.36% of the population is Black
In Smithers 1.23% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Chinese	1.4%
Black	1.4%
Filipino	1.2%
South Asian	0.5%
Arab	0.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United States	1.6%
Netherlands	1.4%
Philippines	1.0%
United Kingdom	0.9%
Germany	0.9%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Smithers age breakdown

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