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Name/Area Type 1976+ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981+ 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986+
Alberni-Clayoquot 32,957 33,025 33,085 32,786 33,046 33,397 33,187 32,686 32,412 31,954 31,354
Port Alberni C * 20,056 19,959 20,088 19,835 20,039 20,394 20,244 19,934 19,599 19,286 18,838
Tofino VL * 628 625 623 656 728 725 715 680 1,013 996 973
Ucluelet VL 1,211 1,263 1,377 1,452 1,519 1,640 1,624 1,596 1,609 1,553 1,569
Unincorporated Areas 11,062 11,178 10,997 10,843 10,760 10,638 10,604 10,476 10,191 10,119 9,974
Bulkley-Nechako 33,453 34,148 35,088 36,100 37,561 39,362 39,886 39,694 39,246 39,130 38,794
Burns Lake VL 1,470 1,484 1,555 1,671 1,753 1,826 1,800 1,870 1,803 1,806 1,786
Fort St. James VL 2,168 2,189 2,272 2,306 2,311 2,348 2,284 2,262 2,172 2,139 2,054
Fraser Lake VL 1,469 1,521 1,576 1,537 1,507 1,588 1,628 1,563 1,423 1,343 1,225
Granisle VL 1,245 1,333 1,360 1,357 1,455 1,475 1,597 1,068 721 527 670
Houston DM 2,744 2,707 2,918 3,092 3,341 4,037 4,012 3,983 4,072 4,121 4,049
Smithers T 3,879 4,027 4,024 4,210 4,408 4,697 4,936 4,967 5,038 5,007 4,883
Telkwa VL 708 779 791 808 806 861 893 867 887 899 892
Vanderhoof VL * 2,045 2,061 2,100 2,196 2,351 2,393 2,453 3,603 3,657 3,651 3,632
Unincorporated Areas 17,725 18,047 18,492 18,923 19,629 20,137 20,283 19,511 19,473 19,637 19,603
Capital 236,245 238,195 242,099 246,048 251,207 255,880 258,897 262,479 266,383 270,859 275,043
Central Saanich DM 7,582 7,697 8,670 9,192 9,618 10,118 10,545 11,043 11,264 11,651 11,841
Esquimalt DM 15,447 16,032 15,965 16,324 16,425 16,319 16,414 16,494 16,539 16,552 16,619
North Saanich DM 4,804 4,931 5,083 5,363 5,722 6,255 6,479 6,659 6,961 7,158 7,478
Oak Bay DM 18,023 17,708 17,554 17,479 17,492 17,351 17,265 17,310 17,185 17,364 17,619
Saanich DM 75,191 75,892 76,281 77,163 79,135 80,794 81,590 82,075 83,639 84,538 86,049
Sidney T 6,881 6,721 6,689 6,825 7,626 8,126 8,322 8,617 8,984 9,164 9,267
Victoria C 64,183 64,177 66,029 66,164 66,428 66,149 66,089 66,884 67,519 68,245 68,974
Unincorporated Areas 44,134 45,037 45,828 47,538 48,761 50,768 52,193 53,397 54,292 56,187 57,196
Cariboo 52,896 54,124 56,090 56,729 58,824 60,813 62,416 62,977 63,555 63,106 62,469
Quesnel C * 7,828 7,927 8,031 8,049 8,425 8,466 8,928 8,816 8,850 8,879 8,650
Williams Lake C * 6,358 6,651 7,424 7,772 8,334 8,591 9,872 10,648 10,699 10,563 10,635
100 Mile House VL 1,627 1,677 1,673 1,635 1,704 1,976 1,979 1,998 1,957 1,858 1,750
Unincorporated Areas 37,083 37,869 38,962 39,273 40,361 41,780 41,637 41,515 42,049 41,806 41,434
Central Coast 4,287 4,140 4,124 4,023 3,854 3,123 3,119 3,140 3,193 3,233 3,273
Central Fraser Valley 90,189 95,456 101,567 105,477 111,569 118,062 123,149 127,746 133,094 137,457 141,695
Abbotsford DM 9,767 10,174 10,602 10,896 11,905 13,107 13,622 13,735 14,292 14,581 15,032
City of Langley C 10,402 12,119 13,620 14,427 15,306 15,533 15,848 16,066 16,517 17,044 17,154
Langley DM 37,555 39,098 40,735 41,789 43,436 45,740 47,154 48,979 51,302 53,096 55,184
Matsqui DM 31,990 33,533 36,089 37,854 40,430 43,139 45,941 48,292 50,154 51,847 53,337
Unincorporated Areas 475 532 521 511 492 543 584 674 829 889 988
Central Kootenay 50,218 50,712 50,937 51,169 52,345 53,449 53,622 53,949 53,355 52,329 50,938
Castlegar C 6,399 6,570 6,632 6,718 6,920 7,076 7,035 6,962 6,840 6,731 6,596
Creston T 3,626 3,665 3,832 3,988 4,175 4,275 4,285 4,259 4,189 4,183 4,227
Kaslo VL 773 821 820 822 828 874 924 909 955 928 884
Nakusp VL 1,451 1,489 1,532 1,490 1,505 1,531 1,537 1,518 1,501 1,490 1,456
Nelson C 9,572 9,689 9,673 9,360 9,589 9,513 9,481 9,596 9,194 8,823 8,612
New Denver VL 683 662 635 654 620 657 696 711 706 676 615
Salmo VL 1,114 1,176 1,188 1,201 1,179 1,197 1,201 1,210 1,121 1,075 1,046
Silverton VL 258 235 248 265 287 286 288 273 265 260 241
Slocan VL 360 395 379 340 354 359 337 347 339 334 305
Unincorporated Areas 25,982 26,010 25,998 26,331 26,888 27,681 27,838 28,164 28,245 27,829 26,956
Central Okanagan 72,925 75,249 76,386 78,525 82,721 87,314 89,010 90,018 91,295 91,360 92,782
Kelowna C 53,190 53,702 54,236 55,308 58,183 60,679 61,190 61,906 62,639 62,586 63,369
Peachland DM 2,337 2,478 2,525 2,548 2,677 2,926 3,092 3,092 3,101 3,068 3,076
Unincorporated Areas 17,398 19,069 19,625 20,669 21,861 23,709 24,728 25,020 25,555 25,706 26,337
Columbia-Shuswap 36,407 36,953 37,892 38,720 39,697 41,127 44,221 43,880 43,084 42,279 41,419
Golden T 3,363 3,357 3,359 3,378 3,578 3,569 3,559 3,485 3,540 3,686 3,713
Revelstoke C * 4,727 4,786 5,147 5,505 5,711 5,694 8,467 8,507 8,541 8,575 8,563
Salmon Arm DM 9,605 9,811 10,018 10,256 10,360 11,036 11,595 11,734 11,740 11,685 11,567
Unincorporated Areas 18,712 18,999 19,368 19,581 20,048 20,828 20,600 20,154 19,263 18,333 17,576
Comox-Strathcona 58,592 60,511 62,436 64,290 66,389 70,400 71,903 72,142 72,879 73,347 73,563
Campbell River DM * 12,377 12,806 13,430 14,472 15,105 16,261 16,792 16,813 17,029 17,324 17,588
Comox T 5,481 5,871 6,041 6,310 6,518 6,764 6,767 6,758 6,797 6,821 7,093
Courtenay C * 7,917 8,243 8,369 8,516 8,664 9,225 9,692 9,752 9,889 9,905 9,974
Cumberland VL * 1,735 1,856 1,934 1,947 1,987 1,992 1,977 1,993 2,028 1,970 1,912
Gold River VL 1,996 2,074 2,169 2,225 2,266 2,287 2,211 2,117 2,059 2,002 1,943
Sayward VL 392 425 410 411 483 494 496 459 470 468 430
Tahsis VL 1,718 1,687 1,753 1,774 1,779 1,797 1,814 1,771 1,710 1,666 1,504
Zeballos VL 346 324 344 369 357 337 290 240 247 200 201
Unincorporated Areas 26,630 27,225 27,986 28,266 29,230 31,243 31,864 32,239 32,650 32,991 32,918
Cowichan Valley 48,271 49,347 50,405 50,803 51,937 54,067 55,081 54,890 54,714 54,523 54,414
Duncan C 4,205 4,829 4,724 4,540 4,432 4,337 4,366 4,432 4,300 4,194 4,186
Ladysmith T 4,098 4,301 4,378 4,405 4,536 4,666 4,741 4,658 4,632 4,607 4,538
Lake Cowichan VL * 2,425 2,330 2,372 2,338 2,542 2,450 2,525 2,522 2,380 2,273 2,241
North Cowichan DM 16,335 16,040 16,747 17,049 17,602 18,665 19,084 19,058 19,277 19,153 19,300
Unincorporated Areas 21,208 21,847 22,184 22,471 22,825 23,949 24,365 24,220 24,125 24,296 24,149
Dewdney-Alouette 53,743 56,259 57,666 59,509 61,440 63,614 64,450 66,358 67,859 69,564 71,925
Maple Ridge DM 30,204 30,775 31,155 31,949 32,577 33,084 33,499 33,925 34,564 35,561 37,314
Mission DM 15,371 17,052 17,804 18,521 19,441 20,571 20,752 20,992 21,596 22,142 22,742
Pitt Meadows DM 4,810 5,138 5,432 5,716 6,144 6,367 6,559 7,807 8,086 8,231 8,273
Unincorporated Areas 3,358 3,294 3,275 3,323 3,278 3,592 3,640 3,634 3,613 3,630 3,596
East Kootenay 47,599 48,743 49,868 51,407 53,181 55,141 57,598 57,590 56,994 56,271 54,893
Cranbrook C 13,853 14,347 14,993 15,718 16,037 16,347 16,748 16,762 16,863 16,691 16,465
Elkford DM 1,925 2,105 2,334 2,651 3,013 3,225 3,594 3,874 3,605 3,388 3,297
Fernie C 4,717 4,852 4,938 5,057 5,204 5,584 5,995 5,784 5,570 5,487 5,359
Invermere DM 1,221 1,360 1,426 1,596 1,796 2,018 2,071 2,098 2,098 2,066 2,063
Kimberley C 7,270 7,226 7,118 7,155 7,340 7,547 7,595 7,364 7,279 7,159 6,941
Sparwood DM 4,158 4,222 4,244 4,017 4,075 4,270 4,843 4,908 4,805 4,774 4,692
Unincorporated Areas 14,455 14,631 14,815 15,213 15,716 16,150 16,752 16,800 16,774 16,706 16,076
Fraser-Cheam 52,647 54,047 55,087 54,746 56,261 58,358 58,931 59,064 59,378 59,488 59,992
Chilliwack DM 37,921 38,636 39,432 39,071 40,260 41,650 41,981 42,052 42,264 42,167 42,773
Harrison Hot Spring VL 588 548 573 582 564 585 619 617 663 655 675
Hope T 3,030 3,056 3,040 3,070 3,103 3,284 3,393 3,263 3,283 3,323 3,153
Kent DM 3,001 3,149 3,166 3,213 3,234 3,489 3,635 3,743 3,721 3,767 3,884
Unincorporated Areas 8,107 8,658 8,876 8,810 9,100 9,350 9,303 9,389 9,447 9,576 9,507
Fraser-Fort George 81,704 86,201 87,629 89,380 90,216 91,920 93,392 93,110 93,432 93,102 92,512
Mackenzie DM 5,490 5,540 5,555 5,893 5,943 6,066 6,076 6,080 5,930 5,809 5,743
McBride VL 634 672 641 672 648 657 655 656 687 655 612
Prince George C 61,509 65,659 66,886 67,989 68,413 69,457 70,682 70,278 70,743 70,471 70,056
Valemount VL 899 941 994 1,008 1,103 1,160 1,245 1,233 1,271 1,248 1,202
Unincorporated Areas 13,172 13,389 13,553 13,818 14,109 14,580 14,734 14,863 14,801 14,919 14,899
Greater Vancouver 1,118,243 1,121,655 1,135,805 1,157,701 1,191,123 1,208,238 1,225,818 1,247,088 1,274,241 1,299,113 1,324,436
Belcarra VL * -- -- -- -- -- 445 469 480 497 558 573
Burnaby DM 135,631 135,187 135,378 138,767 140,236 141,063 142,217 144,235 147,491 149,642 152,084
Coquitlam DM 57,081 57,068 57,502 57,998 60,924 63,064 63,522 66,044 68,990 70,702 72,339
Delta DM 66,113 67,236 68,890 71,643 74,765 76,644 78,137 79,601 80,202 81,061 82,405
Lions Bay VL 811 918 1,011 1,018 1,092 1,112 1,144 1,162 1,179 1,228 1,199
New Westminster C 39,459 38,729 38,635 38,705 39,361 39,692 39,375 39,662 40,574 41,519 41,664
North Vancouver C 32,989 33,317 33,678 34,409 35,034 35,189 35,436 35,833 36,355 36,623 37,503
North Vancouver DM 65,531 65,595 65,560 66,323 67,496 67,367 67,667 67,675 68,384 69,748 71,126
Port Coquitlam C 24,562 25,522 25,951 26,725 27,901 28,312 28,438 29,162 29,573 29,880 30,223
Port Moody C 11,954 11,966 12,700 13,795 14,550 15,339 15,445 15,457 16,071 15,987 16,342
Richmond DM 82,496 85,081 88,953 91,606 96,624 99,261 101,548 104,230 107,208 110,408 113,270
Surrey DM 119,683 123,877 129,427 134,836 143,912 151,371 158,101 165,864 174,177 180,664 188,375
Vancouver C 423,332 419,089 419,787 422,923 429,153 429,446 434,070 436,742 441,903 448,445 454,098
West Vancouver DM 36,725 36,042 35,939 36,192 36,684 36,796 36,818 37,062 37,286 37,600 37,854
White Rock C 12,771 12,868 13,349 13,499 13,911 13,842 13,873 14,055 14,254 14,679 14,872
Unincorporated Areas 9,105 9,160 9,045 9,262 9,480 9,295 9,558 9,824 10,097 10,369 10,509
Kitimat-Stikine 39,741 38,820 39,380 39,598 41,333 43,603 44,710 43,889 42,798 41,703 40,912
Hazelton VL 381 363 362 383 387 403 430 440 435 437 451
Kitimat DM 12,293 11,963 12,333 12,360 12,636 13,205 13,422 12,886 12,423 12,194 11,633
New Hazelton DM * -- -- -- -- -- 733 769 760 745 802 826
Stewart DM 1,418 1,359 1,321 925 1,321 1,499 1,837 1,816 1,530 927 889
Terrace DM 10,513 10,267 10,136 10,366 10,853 11,211 11,433 11,284 11,254 11,092 10,902
Unincorporated Areas 15,136 14,868 15,228 15,564 16,136 16,552 16,819 16,703 16,411 16,251 16,211
Kootenay-Boundary 32,451 32,342 32,500 32,693 33,031 34,065 33,848 33,258 32,885 32,266 31,351
Fruitvale VL 1,519 1,529 1,627 1,734 1,812 1,955 1,969 1,945 1,982 2,004 1,998
Grand Forks C 3,165 3,211 3,227 3,304 3,368 3,567 3,617 3,627 3,599 3,496 3,392
Greenwood C 952 922 911 891 891 876 892 890 899 821 791
Midway VL 602 622 640 680 650 648 652 675 683 669 662
Montrose VL 1,224 1,196 1,198 1,189 1,202 1,260 1,229 1,263 1,245 1,259 1,222
Rossland C 3,806 3,763 3,785 3,816 3,842 4,072 4,006 3,945 3,866 3,706 3,587
Trail C 10,208 10,119 9,982 9,817 9,844 9,842 9,511 8,977 8,783 8,583 8,218
Warfield VL 2,002 1,924 1,978 2,061 1,970 2,019 2,009 1,989 1,963 1,958 1,902
Unincorporated Areas 8,973 9,056 9,152 9,201 9,452 9,826 9,963 9,947 9,865 9,770 9,579
Mount Waddington 12,840 13,023 13,683 14,057 14,484 15,114 15,695 15,884 16,031 15,805 15,508
Alert Bay VL 620 642 688 625 633 642 676 690 707 712 701
Port Alice VL 1,538 1,532 1,590 1,600 1,645 1,716 1,611 1,551 1,519 1,536 1,436
Port Hardy DM 3,780 3,754 4,093 4,446 4,829 5,252 5,710 5,799 5,904 5,644 5,627
Port McNeil T 1,521 1,610 1,897 2,207 2,392 2,546 2,595 2,567 2,629 2,657 2,652
Unincorporated Areas 5,381 5,485 5,415 5,179 4,985 4,958 5,103 5,277 5,272 5,256 5,092
Nanaimo 63,335 64,684 65,882 66,755 70,011 78,994 80,917 81,667 83,198 83,921 84,896
Nanaimo C 41,294 41,361 41,070 40,361 41,240 48,268 50,123 50,000 50,463 50,383 50,691
Parksville T * 3,254 3,697 4,088 4,496 4,909 5,331 5,608 5,726 5,835 5,917 6,010
Qualicum Beach T 1,759 1,863 1,957 2,158 2,393 2,902 3,145 3,235 3,415 3,447 3,512
Unincorporated Areas 17,028 17,763 18,767 19,740 21,469 22,493 22,041 22,706 23,485 24,174 24,683
North Okanagan 47,993 49,615 51,070 52,181 53,514 55,704 56,993 57,067 57,384 57,366 56,908
Armstrong C 2,312 2,374 2,406 2,437 2,509 2,743 2,779 2,799 2,777 2,787 2,790
Coldstream DM 5,117 5,444 5,694 5,834 6,126 6,612 6,815 7,131 7,193 7,214 7,101
Enderby C 1,522 1,659 1,698 1,761 1,787 1,866 1,921 1,850 1,820 1,780 1,783
Lumby VL 1,107 1,131 1,123 1,187 1,223 1,298 1,330 1,310 1,275 1,241 1,222
Spallumcheen DM 3,456 3,602 3,726 3,915 4,105 4,314 4,563 4,531 4,500 4,457 4,448
Vernon C * 17,984 18,251 19,100 19,826 20,014 20,500 20,815 20,752 21,152 21,201 20,965
Unincorporated Areas 16,495 17,154 17,323 17,221 17,750 18,371 18,770 18,694 18,667 18,686 18,599
Okanagan-Similkameen 52,674 53,348 53,614 54,460 55,952 58,497 60,034 60,754 61,124 60,598 61,013
Keremeos VL 717 721 747 794 797 846 880 872 826 864 864
Oliver VL * 1,674 1,736 1,723 1,738 1,805 1,932 1,956 2,018 2,000 1,987 2,028
Osoyoos T * 2,143 2,250 2,278 2,352 2,706 2,797 2,870 2,977 3,057 3,123 3,047
Penticton C * 21,837 21,900 21,758 22,061 22,585 23,728 24,124 24,373 24,697 24,215 24,380
Princeton T 3,208 3,198 3,252 3,204 3,184 3,127 3,174 3,076 3,023 3,032 3,009
Summerland DM * 6,863 6,832 6,762 6,949 7,222 7,633 7,819 7,875 7,913 7,942 7,995
Unincorporated Areas 16,232 16,711 17,094 17,362 17,653 18,434 19,211 19,563 19,608 19,435 19,690
Peace River-Liard 45,974 47,004 47,723 50,124 53,611 57,059 57,322 58,084 59,404 59,776 59,380
Chetwynd T 1,525 1,581 1,669 1,902 2,087 2,629 2,693 2,957 2,919 2,988 2,880
Dawson Creek C 10,780 10,625 10,369 10,533 11,513 11,684 11,739 11,639 11,342 11,198 10,921
Fort Nelson VL 2,994 2,921 3,032 3,374 3,890 3,836 3,916 3,873 3,900 3,852 3,866
Fort St John C 9,195 9,234 9,815 10,787 12,002 14,337 14,536 14,623 14,203 13,839 13,875
Hudson Hope DM 1,362 1,645 1,718 1,669 1,563 1,397 1,261 1,322 1,293 1,222 1,196
Pouce Coupe VL 793 812 802 849 840 842 834 865 851 855 841
Taylor VL 664 664 673 809 924 994 941 864 803 738 736
Unincorporated Areas 18,661 19,522 19,645 20,201 20,792 21,340 21,402 21,941 24,093 25,084 25,065
Powell River 20,101 19,560 19,217 19,347 19,562 19,834 19,823 19,593 19,387 19,162 18,971
Powell River DM 14,004 13,702 13,461 13,499 13,558 13,747 13,725 13,433 13,331 13,095 12,849
Unincorporated Areas 6,097 5,858 5,756 5,848 6,004 6,087 6,098 6,160 6,056 6,067 6,122
Skeena-Queen Charlotte 23,259 23,153 23,295 23,568 24,009 24,707 24,933 24,897 24,755 24,391 23,901
Masset VL 1,607 1,638 1,615 1,621 1,624 1,617 1,605 1,565 1,547 1,586 1,592
Port Clements VL * 421 438 422 403 367 391 430 463 503 519 560
Port Edward VL 1,220 1,207 1,178 1,139 1,040 1,018 994 942 932 837 731
Prince Rupert C 15,135 15,159 15,345 15,619 16,161 16,652 16,888 17,017 17,056 16,681 16,318
Unincorporated Areas 4,876 4,711 4,735 4,786 4,817 5,029 5,016 4,910 4,717 4,768 4,700
Squamish-Lillooet 16,232 17,085 17,551 17,875 18,524 19,512 19,704 19,508 19,862 19,946 20,493
Lillooet VL 1,652 1,703 1,681 1,734 1,743 1,768 1,776 1,769 1,771 1,773 1,821
Pemberton VL 260 364 339 318 308 290 307 327 345 347 360
Squamish DM 8,603 9,448 9,733 9,824 10,161 10,562 10,706 10,469 10,527 10,350 10,533
Whistler DM * 595 624 787 942 1,116 1,471 1,518 1,623 1,740 1,903 2,178
Unincorporated Areas 5,122 4,946 5,011 5,057 5,196 5,421 5,397 5,320 5,479 5,573 5,601
Stikine 1,586 1,797 2,050 2,030 1,945 2,005 2,144 2,331 2,075 2,095 2,088
Sunshine Coast 12,828 13,628 13,964 14,439 15,188 15,906 16,487 16,722 16,955 17,212 17,352
Gibsons T * 2,140 2,140 2,206 2,350 2,557 2,682 2,748 2,767 2,761 2,765 2,803
Sechelt DM 848 875 931 965 1,059 1,130 1,195 1,216 1,257 1,264 1,277
Unincorporated Areas 9,840 10,613 10,827 11,124 11,572 12,094 12,544 12,739 12,937 13,183 13,272
Thompson-Nicola 94,401 96,878 97,905 98,450 100,689 104,668 105,630 105,011 104,663 102,921 101,829
Ashcroft VL 2,080 2,028 1,969 1,948 2,078 2,211 2,231 2,120 2,136 2,029 1,975
Cache Creek VL 1,078 1,144 1,183 1,236 1,263 1,344 1,346 1,331 1,257 1,209 1,188
Chase VL 1,455 1,545 1,618 1,650 1,743 1,817 1,956 2,041 1,995 1,996 1,995
Clinton VL * 827 804 841 806 813 824 867 860 809 798 781
Kamloops C 59,766 61,067 61,683 62,253 64,152 65,766 66,089 65,528 65,228 64,470 63,923
Logan Lake DM 1,425 1,424 1,428 1,424 1,462 2,711 2,962 2,892 2,968 2,452 2,066
Lytton VL 480 471 467 460 443 439 425 419 409 390 382
Merritt C 5,828 6,066 6,216 6,214 6,131 6,278 6,284 6,316 6,222 6,237 6,412
Unincorporated Areas 21,462 22,329 22,500 22,459 22,604 23,278 23,470 23,504 23,639 23,340 23,107
British Columbia 2,533,791 2,569,702 2,613,998 2,662,990 2,743,224 2,823,933 2,872,920 2,905,476 2,945,635 2,974,277 3,004,104
Source: Population Section, BC Stats
Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services
Last Update: September 2005
Notes:
All figures correspond to municipal boundaries as of July 1st of the year stated.
1986 estimates for Stikine and Peace River-Liard Regional Districts differ from those in other
tables as these figures refer to geographical boundaries consistent with the 1976-1985 period.
C = City, T = Town, VL = Village, DM = District Municipality (Area Type as of 1986).
+ 1976, 1981 and 1986 Census year figures include an estimate of net census undercount
and Non-Permanent Residents.
* Denotes a boundary change between 1981 and 1986 where population was involved.
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