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Area 2006-07
Name Type 1996+ 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001+ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 % Chg
Vancouver C 536,511 545,373 550,433 556,863 563,114 569,473 575,611 583,282 590,358 597,628 606,901 611,869 0.82
Surrey C 316,655 328,933 338,003 345,446 353,340 363,004 374,642 383,682 393,381 404,113 413,361 423,935 2.56
Burnaby C 186,712 190,250 191,423 194,337 198,584 202,419 203,894 205,649 207,520 210,339 213,052 216,336 1.54
Richmond C * 154,695 159,597 163,233 166,219 168,280 171,517 173,772 176,081 178,062 180,796 183,147 186,628 1.90
Abbotsford C 109,538 113,117 114,460 116,302 118,187 120,500 122,741 123,859 127,641 128,741 129,964 131,827 1.43
Coquitlam C 105,917 108,762 111,643 113,702 115,290 117,814 119,563 120,452 119,730 120,263 120,529 120,512 -0.01
Kelowna C * @ 92,859 94,989 97,176 97,865 99,276 100,495 102,049 104,350 105,182 108,559 111,802 116,479 4.18
Saanich DM 105,252 106,663 107,029 107,373 107,402 108,179 109,169 110,695 111,534 112,643 113,745 114,130 0.34
Delta DM 99,034 100,349 100,534 100,681 101,051 101,178 101,212 101,414 101,325 101,634 101,844 101,668 -0.17
Langley, Township of DM 83,192 87,437 88,857 89,509 90,001 90,685 90,858 92,033 93,922 96,011 98,315 100,049 1.76
North Vancouver DM 83,418 84,543 85,046 85,293 85,454 85,905 85,976 86,690 86,395 86,478 86,916 86,954 0.04
Kamloops C * 79,385 80,333 80,352 80,177 80,431 80,656 81,299 81,480 82,049 82,915 84,463 85,746 1.52
Nanaimo C *# 72,804 74,474 74,838 75,150 75,355 76,185 77,067 78,351 79,337 80,792 82,549 83,469 1.11
Victoria C 76,677 76,976 76,738 76,520 76,515 77,362 78,098 78,685 79,657 80,846 81,977 82,653 0.82
Prince George C 78,239 78,426 77,368 76,990 77,018 75,568 74,742 75,559 76,208 75,028 74,810 75,375 0.76
Chilliwack C *# 62,466 63,169 64,051 64,895 65,034 65,671 66,279 67,434 69,055 70,357 72,540 74,819 3.14
Maple Ridge DM 58,340 60,156 61,250 62,552 64,144 65,922 67,044 67,974 68,848 70,857 72,283 73,248 1.34
New Westminster C 51,488 52,804 54,445 55,669 57,156 57,044 57,972 59,386 60,092 60,531 61,441 62,607 1.90
Port Coquitlam C 48,590 50,321 51,234 51,841 52,361 53,497 54,752 54,987 55,267 55,344 55,400 55,735 0.60
North Vancouver C 43,268 43,725 44,550 44,938 45,489 46,236 46,606 45,755 45,727 46,583 47,506 47,463 -0.09
West Vancouver DM 42,269 42,792 42,929 43,025 43,027 43,229 43,279 43,431 43,329 44,124 44,320 44,097 -0.50
Vernon C *# 32,993 33,705 34,278 34,277 34,657 34,957 35,327 35,892 36,155 36,925 37,716 38,518 2.13
Mission DM 31,683 32,024 32,282 32,304 32,403 32,638 33,039 33,672 34,554 35,410 36,159 36,719 1.55
Penticton C 32,097 32,360 32,349 32,371 32,318 32,340 32,291 32,434 32,242 32,120 33,550 34,002 1.35
Campbell River C * @ 29,982 30,518 30,591 30,120 29,759 29,700 29,596 29,848 29,991 30,474 31,078 31,553 1.53
Port Moody C 21,689 22,806 23,331 24,106 24,292 24,854 24,992 25,320 26,004 27,523 28,769 30,004 4.29
North Cowichan DM # 26,222 26,549 26,802 27,051 27,144 27,290 27,470 27,644 27,997 28,337 28,940 29,436 1.71
Langley C 23,437 23,763 24,126 24,264 24,413 24,673 24,486 24,527 24,388 24,931 24,853 25,134 1.13
Langford C # 18,206 18,839 19,026 19,175 19,450 19,660 20,274 20,986 21,585 22,565 23,452 24,817 5.82
Courtenay C *# 18,016 18,613 18,809 18,924 18,999 19,103 19,413 20,748 21,321 22,069 22,907 23,911 4.38
White Rock C 17,834 18,373 18,340 18,623 18,748 19,047 19,179 19,108 19,450 19,813 19,720 19,839 0.60
Cranbrook C *# 18,831 19,167 19,267 19,460 19,196 19,281 19,405 19,230 19,119 19,058 19,242 19,409 0.87
Oak Bay DM 18,456 18,579 18,569 18,559 18,488 18,573 18,683 18,753 18,853 18,917 18,846 18,795 -0.27
Fort St. John C *# 15,683 15,859 16,154 16,208 16,486 16,734 16,912 16,934 17,291 17,739 18,249 18,774 2.88
Port Alberni C * 19,163 19,268 19,002 18,707 18,530 18,516 18,386 18,345 18,402 18,417 18,484 18,527 0.23
Esquimalt DM 16,821 16,900 16,808 16,644 16,653 16,834 16,963 17,044 17,229 17,397 17,696 17,754 0.33
Salmon Arm C # 15,181 15,552 15,796 15,854 15,824 15,873 15,846 16,050 16,288 16,509 16,815 17,267 2.69
Pitt Meadows C @ 13,956 14,463 14,551 14,902 15,018 15,311 15,410 15,249 15,443 15,853 16,399 16,757 2.18
Central Saanich DM 15,125 15,364 15,539 15,710 15,824 16,018 16,103 16,211 16,347 16,628 16,556 16,619 0.38
Squamish DM # 14,549 14,911 14,999 14,909 14,778 14,871 14,814 14,947 15,114 15,308 15,704 16,106 2.56
Colwood C 14,383 14,471 14,529 14,439 14,375 14,345 14,502 14,600 14,768 15,057 15,413 15,764 2.28
Powell River C # 13,610 13,882 13,737 13,667 13,558 13,550 13,472 13,420 13,464 13,499 13,643 13,818 1.28
Prince Rupert C 17,397 17,221 16,417 15,930 15,643 15,282 14,789 14,271 14,026 13,600 13,588 13,435 -1.13
Comox T *@ 11,460 11,566 11,624 11,695 11,660 11,660 11,766 11,995 12,241 12,592 12,727 13,139 3.24
Sidney T 11,062 11,108 11,318 11,350 11,332 11,404 11,422 11,533 11,535 11,879 11,890 12,017 1.07
Terrace C * 13,298 13,417 13,266 13,060 12,849 12,639 12,379 12,251 12,164 11,979 11,961 11,911 -0.42
Parksville C * 9,796 10,081 10,203 10,339 10,592 10,773 10,752 10,854 10,935 11,258 11,538 11,879 2.96
Dawson Creek C * @ 11,579 11,503 11,499 11,432 11,222 11,224 11,164 11,144 11,274 11,336 11,563 11,811 2.14
Summerland DM *# 10,927 11,066 11,041 11,070 11,101 11,181 11,209 11,302 11,241 11,350 11,394 11,563 1.48
Williams Lake C *# 10,895 11,028 11,098 11,612 11,725 11,639 11,493 11,316 11,473 11,353 11,332 11,394 0.55
North Saanich DM 10,750 10,820 10,861 10,858 10,838 10,890 10,977 11,107 11,186 11,349 11,372 11,319 -0.47
Lake Country DM 9,329 9,575 9,593 9,621 9,488 9,672 9,624 9,681 9,736 9,895 10,096 10,615 5.14
Sooke DM *# 8,783 8,977 9,052 9,125 9,119 9,116 9,187 9,315 9,581 9,886 10,165 10,504 3.33
Coldstream DM * 9,288 9,428 9,451 9,450 9,478 9,504 9,544 9,661 9,690 9,794 9,953 10,218 2.66
Quesnel C * 8,806 8,970 8,856 10,238 10,367 10,481 10,261 10,045 10,008 9,907 9,855 9,915 0.61
Nelson C @ 9,948 9,883 9,655 9,609 9,555 9,703 9,601 9,699 9,692 9,644 9,748 9,914 1.70
Whistler DM 7,592 8,294 8,843 8,965 9,094 9,283 9,521 9,789 9,888 9,445 9,716 9,877 1.66
Kitimat DM 11,564 11,560 11,336 11,163 10,881 10,733 10,438 10,173 10,123 9,788 9,529 9,332 -2.07
View Royal T 6,691 6,890 6,984 7,234 7,411 7,587 7,931 8,209 8,424 8,864 9,150 9,200 0.55
Sechelt DM 7,596 7,879 8,009 8,040 8,044 8,113 8,164 8,243 8,283 8,599 8,863 9,157 3.32
Qualicum Beach T *# 6,934 7,047 7,183 7,138 7,203 7,224 7,283 7,375 7,375 8,771 8,869 9,010 1.59
Ladysmith T *# 6,691 6,786 6,823 6,858 6,821 6,874 7,036 7,230 7,375 7,621 7,885 8,144 3.28
Castlegar C *# 7,287 7,283 7,308 7,285 7,299 7,307 7,253 7,166 7,623 7,622 7,628 7,794 2.18
Trail C *# 7,963 7,817 7,878 7,851 8,040 7,905 7,966 7,895 7,816 7,843 7,636 7,769 1.74
Revelstoke C # 8,356 8,286 8,123 7,985 7,888 7,827 7,828 7,720 7,680 7,631 7,626 7,627 0.01
Merritt C *# 7,924 7,880 7,820 7,639 7,520 7,396 7,359 7,322 7,372 7,372 7,371 7,457 1.17
Kimberley C 6,983 6,918 6,816 6,768 6,767 6,767 6,638 6,529 6,538 6,507 6,481 6,639 2.44
Hope DM 6,468 6,578 6,573 6,553 6,491 6,455 6,439 6,450 6,475 6,459 6,513 6,432 -1.24
Smithers T # 5,856 5,869 5,835 5,766 5,738 5,651 5,658 5,556 5,602 5,444 5,504 5,426 -1.42
Creston T * 4,980 5,071 5,081 5,040 5,070 5,004 4,969 4,996 4,973 4,993 5,079 5,309 4.53
Peachland DM 4,675 4,772 4,738 4,780 4,796 4,857 4,936 4,952 4,939 5,030 5,128 5,290 3.16
Spallumcheen DM 5,512 5,533 5,502 5,438 5,383 5,358 5,284 5,209 5,342 5,301 5,231 5,209 -0.42
Duncan C* 4,751 4,906 4,908 4,832 4,837 4,903 4,882 4,961 4,999 5,052 5,233 5,167 -1.26
Metchosin DM 4,889 4,928 4,958 5,013 5,036 5,070 5,050 5,110 5,095 5,085 5,052 5,158 2.10
Osoyoos T * 4,152 4,298 4,384 4,390 4,440 4,483 4,508 4,628 4,615 4,807 4,979 5,115 2.73
Kent DM 5,039 5,032 5,062 5,052 5,112 5,141 5,033 4,971 5,063 5,066 4,998 5,062 1.28
Oliver T # 4,425 4,468 4,437 4,439 4,405 4,409 4,484 4,512 4,507 4,553 4,594 4,722 2.79
Mackenzie DM 6,257 6,152 5,965 5,794 5,660 5,433 5,306 5,128 5,068 4,936 4,813 4,715 -2.04
Fort Nelson T *# 4,603 4,724 4,619 4,522 4,356 4,371 4,376 4,385 4,618 4,707 4,735 4,622 -2.39
Gibsons T 3,867 3,910 3,945 3,932 3,970 4,076 4,095 4,158 4,168 4,286 4,387 4,547 3.65
Armstrong C 4,045 4,170 4,266 4,302 4,388 4,442 4,482 4,476 4,489 4,496 4,466 4,524 1.30
Fernie C * @ 5,062 4,940 4,801 4,792 4,736 4,812 4,754 4,620 4,623 4,554 4,460 4,453 -0.16
Grand Forks C* 4,138 4,268 4,245 4,259 4,208 4,230 4,180 4,201 4,233 4,266 4,249 4,325 1.79
Vanderhoof DM 4,580 4,666 4,617 4,629 4,613 4,582 4,489 4,374 4,354 4,319 4,296 4,285 -0.26
Golden T 4,126 4,152 4,102 4,097 4,165 4,195 4,202 4,146 4,093 4,012 4,022 4,043 0.52
Port Hardy DM 5,501 5,337 5,130 4,942 4,793 4,774 4,620 4,400 4,479 4,174 4,064 4,011 -1.30
Sparwood DM 4,136 4,034 4,053 4,020 3,965 3,978 3,966 3,926 3,877 3,812 3,819 3,863 1.15
Lantzville †† DM -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3,477 3,671 3,698 3,661 3,695 0.93
Bowen Island IM * 2,849 2,894 2,946 2,969 3,014 3,085 3,167 3,291 3,359 3,433 3,517 3,551 0.97
Rossland C *# 3,942 3,887 3,840 3,856 3,811 3,804 3,736 3,688 3,575 3,572 3,469 3,508 1.12
Invermere DM # 2,786 2,899 2,939 2,958 2,961 2,983 2,953 2,996 2,955 2,998 3,153 3,321 5.33
Houston DM 4,098 4,219 4,193 3,988 3,870 3,733 3,522 3,419 3,577 3,372 3,351 3,202 -4.45
Lake Cowichan T * 2,960 2,978 2,962 2,930 2,899 2,950 2,972 2,955 2,969 3,007 3,096 3,103 0.23
Enderby C 2,847 2,924 2,921 2,933 2,943 2,941 2,941 2,934 2,924 2,942 2,976 3,046 2.35
Cumberland VL# 2,640 2,741 2,751 2,732 2,722 2,732 2,734 2,791 2,775 2,828 2,900 3,018 4.07
Sicamous DM 2,925 2,935 3,014 2,972 2,880 2,839 2,814 2,752 2,795 2,741 2,820 2,885 2.30
Princeton T 2,926 2,940 2,889 2,874 2,788 2,724 2,766 2,802 2,764 2,785 2,815 2,822 0.25
Port McNeill T *# 3,046 3,082 3,043 3,024 2,961 2,944 2,877 2,821 2,809 2,797 2,771 2,740 -1.12
Chetwynd DM * 3,113 3,026 2,855 2,920 2,816 2,704 2,664 2,534 2,667 2,689 2,769 2,679 -3.25
Elkford DM 2,831 2,795 2,742 2,701 2,720 2,702 2,680 2,670 2,629 2,600 2,599 2,587 -0.46
Chase VL # 2,541 2,581 2,562 2,551 2,571 2,567 2,531 2,525 2,512 2,515 2,538 2,503 -1.38
Tumbler Ridge DM 3,931 3,744 3,295 2,614 2,012 1,932 2,388 2,431 2,373 2,406 2,552 2,490 -2.43
Lillooet DM *# 3,001 3,013 2,962 2,901 2,886 2,859 2,729 2,627 2,629 2,502 2,466 2,409 -2.31
Pemberton VL *# 897 1,170 1,328 1,621 1,603 1,708 1,814 1,910 2,035 2,285 2,277 2,283 0.26
Logan Lake DM * 2,578 2,568 2,509 2,405 2,350 2,280 2,279 2,304 2,300 2,286 2,277 2,270 -0.31
Burns Lake VL 1,867 1,916 1,932 1,960 1,991 2,027 2,060 2,094 2,150 2,173 2,209 2,219 0.45
Fruitvale VL # 2,192 2,188 2,165 2,147 2,152 2,114 2,089 2,119 2,072 2,096 2,059 2,100 1.99
Highlands DM 1,478 1,545 1,587 1,639 1,694 1,747 1,743 1,741 1,882 2,000 1,991 2,012 1.05
Anmore VL * 997 1,035 1,186 1,299 1,351 1,403 1,468 1,567 1,628 1,773 1,856 1,992 7.33
100 Mile House DM 1,921 1,991 1,999 1,938 1,891 1,815 1,848 1,871 1,915 1,941 1,977 1,981 0.20
Warfield VL 1,854 1,836 1,845 1,830 1,839 1,815 1,821 1,795 1,794 1,804 1,821 1,876 3.02
Ashcroft VL # 1,920 1,963 1,904 1,910 1,904 1,866 1,847 1,820 1,826 1,780 1,758 1,809 2.90
Lumby VL 1,752 1,801 1,757 1,704 1,716 1,689 1,688 1,662 1,673 1,698 1,719 1,770 2.97
Tofino DM 1,220 1,272 1,344 1,422 1,461 1,530 1,529 1,603 1,610 1,705 1,732 1,752 1.15
Harrison Hot Springs VL # 930 1,115 1,185 1,261 1,324 1,402 1,457 1,521 1,566 1,621 1,644 1,645 0.06
Nakusp VL # 1,803 1,795 1,823 1,773 1,762 1,772 1,745 1,712 1,675 1,627 1,613 1,598 -0.93
Ucluelet DM * 1,728 1,698 1,656 1,643 1,657 1,627 1,551 1,510 1,605 1,570 1,569 1,567 -0.13
Gold River VL 2,121 1,982 1,814 1,601 1,518 1,418 1,376 1,375 1,460 1,389 1,433 1,473 2.79
Fort St. James DM 2,132 2,127 2,081 2,060 2,057 2,011 1,884 1,781 1,690 1,585 1,456 1,463 0.48
Taylor DM 1,075 1,077 1,100 1,162 1,190 1,193 1,246 1,300 1,328 1,395 1,444 1,460 1.11
Lions Bay VL * 1,395 1,392 1,390 1,383 1,453 1,439 1,424 1,430 1,408 1,405 1,400 1,394 -0.43
Keremeos VL 1,204 1,209 1,213 1,230 1,234 1,249 1,269 1,275 1,271 1,299 1,351 1,386 2.59
Telkwa VL *# 1,241 1,339 1,403 1,420 1,418 1,431 1,407 1,399 1,373 1,376 1,367 1,364 -0.22
Kaslo VL 1,099 1,110 1,109 1,097 1,081 1,077 1,066 1,083 1,093 1,105 1,126 1,223 8.61
Fraser Lake VL # 1,400 1,352 1,332 1,292 1,336 1,323 1,280 1,213 1,263 1,224 1,179 1,183 0.34
Cache Creek VL * 1,156 1,185 1,135 1,120 1,079 1,102 1,099 1,046 1,130 1,115 1,092 1,104 1.10
Salmo VL 1,245 1,244 1,248 1,215 1,195 1,169 1,164 1,130 1,101 1,082 1,066 1,086 1.88
Valemount VL # 1,354 1,360 1,352 1,299 1,271 1,247 1,202 1,125 1,061 1,003 1,080 1,081 0.09
Montrose VL # 1,177 1,166 1,159 1,146 1,120 1,114 1,110 1,104 1,077 1,069 1,068 1,070 0.19
Hudson's Hope DM 1,163 1,151 1,118 1,109 1,075 1,084 1,051 1,050 1,102 1,082 1,066 1,062 -0.38
Vill of Queen CharlotteVL -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 948 982 3.59
Masset VL 1,349 1,017 947 1,031 1,021 966 956 966 969 971 988 975 -1.32
Port Alice VL 1,384 1,353 1,306 1,243 1,180 1,175 1,120 1,025 1,054 926 880 893 1.48
Sechelt Ind Gov Dist IGD 763 816 819 838 811 829 826 813 808 821 827 810 -2.06
Radium Hot Springs VL # 549 559 542 548 573 608 612 637 654 687 765 805 5.23
Canal Flats†† VL -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 693 707 735 795 8.16
Pouce Coupe VL 928 916 920 891 861 869 835 810 786 784 782 785 0.38
Belcarra VL 689 705 709 709 713 712 717 719 705 709 712 701 -1.54
McBride VL 768 789 761 738 742 742 723 705 713 713 697 694 -0.43
Midway VL 710 705 685 680 672 666 663 662 655 649 654 676 3.36
Greenwood C 811 803 770 730 716 695 689 676 667 670 660 667 1.06
New Hazelton DM 857 857 822 795 809 783 777 744 726 707 666 647 -2.85
Port Edward DM 731 761 754 739 716 688 668 659 648 638 612 607 -0.82
Clinton VL *# 756 744 739 689 654 648 623 612 594 550 610 604 -0.98
Alert Bay VL 637 573 578 589 605 608 620 612 609 601 586 584 -0.34
New Denver VL # 599 596 583 585 560 561 554 554 539 534 539 529 -1.86
Stewart DM 893 829 732 698 692 690 670 653 633 583 531 528 -0.56
Port Clements VL 582 588 582 538 520 538 521 507 502 491 466 472 1.29
Granisle VL 461 459 438 425 390 368 372 365 384 377 382 393 2.88
Tahsis VL 979 913 795 726 680 626 551 501 494 444 397 383 -3.53
Slocan VL 347 350 355 348 348 351 345 354 348 342 332 364 9.64
Sayward VL 456 457 436 409 400 396 388 382 374 368 361 345 -4.43
Hazelton VL 363 361 370 368 362 360 352 332 324 300 311 318 2.25
Wells DM *# 271 267 262 246 248 245 246 241 263 250 248 249 0.40
Lytton VL 335 333 331 328 330 333 323 300 287 273 251 247 -1.59
Silverton VL 249 249 242 228 235 232 223 223 215 208 197 203 3.05
Zeballos VL 242 243 227 223 244 234 221 218 214 204 201 193 -3.98
Sechelt Ind Gov Dist IGD 36 36 36 36 37 38 34 30 27 23 19 19 0.00
Total Incorporated Mun. 3,355,267 3,422,770 3,456,084 3,486,515 3,516,216 3,555,227 3,590,106 3,631,728 3,673,471 3,724,271 3,780,054 3,833,290 1.41
Total British Columbia 3,874,276 3,948,544 3,983,077 4,011,342 4,039,198 4,078,447 4,115,413 4,155,370 4,203,807 4,260,246 4,320,255 4,380,256 1.39
Source:
Population Section, BC Stats,
Ministry of Labour & Citizens' Services,
Government of British Columbia.
December 2007.
Notes:
All figures correspond to municipal boundaries as of July 1st of the year stated.
All figures are as of July 1st of the year stated.
C = City, T = Town, VL = Village, DM = District Municipality, IM = Island Municipality, IGD = Indian Government District.
* Denotes a boundary change between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 2001.
# Denotes a boundary or status change between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2006.
@ Denotes a boundary or status change between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2007
+ 1996, 2001 and 2006 (preliminary) Census year figures include an estimate of net census undercount.
++ New incorporations Lanzville on June 25, 2003, Canal Flats on June 29, 2004 and Queen Charlotte Village on Dec 7, 2006
Note that the Sechelt Indian Government District is split between two Regional Districts, thus the two table occurences here.
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