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Population of British Columbia 5.368 million (2022)

Percentage of National Population: 13.2% (unchanged)

Population Growth Rate: 5.6%

Vital statistics

2020^[1]

Birth rate: 8.3 births per 1,000 (2021) (Canadian average = 9.9) ^[2]

Death rate: 8.3 deaths per 1,000 (2021) ^[2] (Canadian average = 8.3)

Infant mortality rate: 4.0 deaths per 1,000 live births^[3]

Life expectancy at birth: 82.4 years

Total fertility rate: 1.17 children born per woman (Canadian average = 1.40)

Age structure

	Males		Females
Age Group	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
0-4	105,809	2.4%	100,116	2.2%
5-9	117,908	2.8%	111,383	2.6%
10-14	133,809	3.1%	126,388	3.0%
15-19	143,449	3.4%	136,227	3.2%
20-24	155,369	3.7%	147,770	3.5%
25-29	139,521	3.3%	138,299	3.3%
30-34	144,788	3.4%	145,869	3.4%
35-39	155,429	3.7%	158,364	3.7%
40-44	177,381	4.2%	179,216	4.2%
45-49	172,786	4.1%	177,082	4.2%
50-54	157,596	3.7%	159,965	3.8%
55-59	138,096	3.2%	139,772	3.3%
60-64	101,610	2.4%	103,764	2.4%
65-69	80,051	1.9%	82,363	1.9%
70-74	70,060	1.6%	72,493	1.7%
75-79	54,572	1.3%	64,344	1.5%
80-84	36,304	0.8%	53,047	1.2%
85+	24,544	0.6%	48,978	1.1%
Totals	2,109,082	49.6%	2,145,440	50.4%

Source: BCStats^[4]

Population history

Year	Population	Five year % change	Ten year % change	Rank among provinces
1851	55,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
1861	51,524	n/a	-6.3	n/a
1871	36,247	n/a	-29.7	7
1881	49,459	n/a	36.4	8
1891	98,173	n/a	98.5	8
1901	178,657	n/a	82.0	6
1911	392,480	n/a	119.7	6
1921	524,582	n/a	33.7	6
1931	694,263	n/a	32.3	6
1941	817,861	n/a	17.8	4
1951	1,165,210	n/a	42.5	3
1956	1,398,464	20.0	n/a	3
1961	1,629,082	16.5	39.8	3
1966	1,873,674	15.0	34.0	3
1971	2,184,620	16.6	34.1	3
1976	2,466,610	12.9	31.6	3
1981	2,744,467	11.3	25.6	3
1986	2,883,370	5.1	16.9	3
1991	3,282,061	13.8	19.6	3
1996	3,724,500	13.5	29.2	3
2001	3,907,738	4.9	19.1	3
2006	4,113,487	5.4	10.4	3
2011	4,400,057	7.0	12.6	3
2016	4,648,055	5.6	13.0	3
2021	5,000,879	7.6	13.7	3

Source: Statistics Canada^[5]

Ethnic Origins

First-generation immigrants from the British Isles remain a strong component of local society despite limitations on immigration from Britain since the ending of special status for British subjects in the 1960s. Also present in large numbers relative to other cities in Canada (except Toronto), and also present in BC ever since the province was first settled (unlike Toronto), are many European ethnicities of the first and second generation, notably Germans, Ukrainians, Scandinavians, Yugoslavs and Italians; third-generation Europeans are generally of mixed lineage, and traditionally intermarried with other ethnic groups more than in any other Canadian province.

In recent decades, the proportion of those of Chinese and Indian ethnicity has risen sharply, though still outnumbered by the historically strong population of those of German ancestry. Visible minorities have become an important factor in ethnic-based politics, though most visible minorities are less numerous than the long-standing non-British European ethnicities making up BC's "invisible minorities".

Note: The following statistics represent both single (e.g., "German") and multiple (e.g., "part Chinese, part English") responses to the 2006 and 2016 Census, and thus add up to more than 100%.

Ethnic Origin	Population (2016)^[6]	Percent (2016)	Population (2006)^[7]	Percent (2006)
English	1,203,540	26.39%	1,207,245	29.63%
Canadian	866,530	19%	720,200	17.67%
Scottish	860,775	18.88%	828,145	20.32%
Irish	675,135	14.80%	618,120	15.17%
German	603,265	13.23%	561,570	13.78%
Chinese	540,155	11.84%	432,435	10.60%
French	388,815	8.53%	361,215	8.86%
Indian	309,315	6.78%	232,370	5.70%
Ukrainian	229,205	5.03%	197,265	4.84%
Indigenous peoples of North America	220,245	4.83%	193,060	4.74%
Dutch (Netherlands)	213,670	4.69%	196,420	4.82%
Italian	166,095	3.64%	143,155	3.51%
Polish	149,635	3.28%	128,360	3.15%
Norwegian	138,430	3.04%	129,420	3.18%
Russian	131,060	2.87%	114,105	2.80%
Welsh	113,905	2.5%	104,275	2.56%
Swedish	110,030	2.41%	104,025	2.55%
Filipino	158,215	3.47%	94,255	2.3%
Métis	90,515	1.98%	62,570	1.5%
American (USA)	78,170	1.71%	66,765	1.6%
Spanish	64,470	1.41%	52,640	1.3%
Korean	63,300	1.39%	51,860	1.3%
Danish	58,205	1.28%	56,125	1.4%
Hungarian (Magyar)	56,535	1.24%	49,870	1.2%
Japanese	51,150	1.12%	41,585	1.0%
Austrian	48,510	1.06%	46,620	1.1%
Iranian	47,985	1.05%	29,265	0.7%
Portuguese	41,770	0.92%	34,660	0.9%
Vietnamese	41,435	0.91%	30,835	0.8%
Punjabi	38,725	0.85%	18,525	0.5%
Finnish	34,150	0.75%	29,875	0.7%
Swiss	31,390	0.69%	28,240	0.7%
Romanian	31,250	0.69%	25,670	0.6%
Icelandic	26,410	0.58%	22,110	0.5%
Greek	24,460	0.54%	21,770	0.5%
Croatian	23,845	0.52%	18,815	0.5%
Czech	23,375	0.51%	21,150	0.5%
Belgian	19,980	0.44%	17,510	0.4%
Jewish	17,580	0.39%	30,830	0.8%

Projections

Pan−ethnic Origin Projections (2031−2041)
	Population	%	Population	%	Population	%
	2031^[8]^[9]		2036^[8]^[9]		2041^[8]^[9]
European^{[nb 1]}	3,145,000	51.46%	3,112,000	48.23%	3,060,000	45.37%
East Asian	977,000	15.99%	1,072,000	16.61%	1,160,000	17.2%
Chinese	789,000	12.91%	861,000	13.34%	927,000	13.75%
Korean	125,000	2.05%	143,000	2.22%	161,000	2.39%
Japanese	63,000	1.03%	68,000	1.05%	72,000	1.07%
South Asian	748,000	12.24%	860,000	13.33%	958,000	14.21%
Indigenous	399,000	6.53%	429,000	6.65%	456,000	6.76%
First Nations	246,000	4.03%	262,000	4.06%	278,000	4.12%
Metis	142,000	2.32%	155,000	2.4%	166,000	2.46%
Inuit	2,000	0.03%	2,000	0.03%	3,000	0.04%
Other Indigenous	9,000	0.15%	10,000	0.15%	10,000	0.15%
Southeast Asian	366,000	5.99%	421,000	6.52%	475,000	7.04%
Filipino	277,000	4.53%	323,000	5.01%	369,000	5.47%
Other Southeast Asian	89,000	1.46%	98,000	1.52%	106,000	1.57%
Middle Eastern	169,000	2.77%	199,000	3.08%	227,000	3.37%
Arab	55,000	0.9%	65,000	1.01%	74,000	1.1%
West Asian	114,000	1.87%	134,000	2.08%	153,000	2.27%
Latin American	108,000	1.77%	124,000	1.92%	139,000	2.06%
African	101,000	1.65%	118,000	1.83%	134,000	1.99%
Other	99,000	1.62%	117,000	1.81%	135,000	2%
Projected British Columbia Population	6,111,000	100%	6,453,000	100%	6,744,000	100%

Indo-Canadians

Visible minorities and Indigenous Peoples

Note: Statistics Canada defines visible minorities as defined in the Employment Equity Act which defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour".

Population of British Columbia by visible minority and indigenous identity (2016):^[10]^[11]

European Canadian (63.8%)

Visible minority (30.3%)

Indigenous (5.9%)

Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2016 Census)
Population group		Population	% of total population
European		2,908,420	63.8%
Visible minority group Source:^[12]	South Asian	365,705	8%
	Chinese	508,480	11.2%
	Black	43,500	1%
	Filipino	145,025	3.2%
	Latin American	44,115	1%
	Arab	19,840	0.4%
	Southeast Asian	54,920	1.2%
	West Asian	48,695	1.1%
	Korean	60,495	1.3%
	Japanese	51,145	1.1%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	8,760	0.2%
	Multiple visible minority	40,465	0.9%
Total visible minority population		1,381,235	30.3%
Aboriginal group Source:^[13]	First Nations	172,520	3.8%
	Métis	89,405	2%
	Inuit	1,610	0%
	Aboriginal, n.i.e.	2,695	0.1%
	Multiple Aboriginal identity	4,350	0.1%
Total Aboriginal population		270,585	5.9%
Total population		4,560,240	100%

Languages

Knowledge of languages

Knowledge of official languages of Canada in British Columbia (2016)
Language			Percent
English only			89.77%
French only			0.04%
English and French			6.85%
Neither English nor French			3.35%

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian Census and the 2016 Canadian Census, and lists languages that were selected by at least one per cent of respondents.

Knowledge of Languages in British Columbia
Language	2021^[14]		2016
Language	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
English	4,753,280	96.69%	4,560,235	96.60%
French	327,350	6.66%	314,225	6.89%
Punjabi	315,000	6.41%	244,485	5.36%
Mandarin	312,625	6.36%	265,635	5.83%
Cantonese	246,045	5.01%	234,445	5.14%
Spanish	143,900	2.93%	115,115	2.52%
Hindi	134,950	2.75%	81,330	1.78%
Tagalog	133,780	2.72%	113,265	2.48%
German	84,325	1.72%	95,005	2.08%
Korean	69,935	1.42%	57,490	1.26%
Iranian Persian^{[note 1]}	61,525	1.25%	49,835	1.09%

Mother tongue

Figures shown are for the number of single language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses. Numerous other languages were also counted, but only languages with more than 2,000 native speakers are shown.

Language	2016 Census	%	2006 Census	%
English	3,170,110	70.5%	2,875,770	71.5%
Punjabi	198,805	4.4%	158,750	3.9%
Cantonese	193,530	4.3%	131,245	3.3%
Mandarin	186,325	4.1%	72,160	1.8%
Tagalog (Filipino)	78,770	1.8%	50,425	1.3%
German	66,885	1.5%	86,690	2.2%
French	55,325	1.2%	54,745	1.4%
Korean	52,160	1.2%	46,500	1.2%
Spanish	47,010	1.0%	34,075	0.9%
Persian	43,470	1.0%	28,150	0.7%
Vietnamese	27,150	0.6%	24,560	0.7%
Hindi	26,720	0.6%	23,240	0.6%
Russian	25,955	0.6%	19,320	0.5%
Italian	22,680	0.5%	27,020	0.7%
Japanese	21,350	0.5%	20,040	0.5%
Dutch	21,020	0.5%	26,355	0.7%
Arabic	17,480	0.4%	8,440	0.2%
Portuguese	17,450	0.4%	14,385	0.4%
Polish	16,910	0.4%	17,565	0.4%
Chinese, n.o.s.	10,050	0.2%	132,755	3.2%
Urdu	9,885	0.2%	7,025	0.2%
Hungarian	9,025	0.2%	10,670	0.3%
Romanian	8,730	0.2%	6,335	0.2%
Ukrainian	8,630	0.2%	12,285	0.3%
Croatian	7,475	0.2%	8,505	0.2%
Serbian	7,045	0.2%	6,180	0.2%
Gujarati	6,895	0.2%	6,565	0.2%
Greek	6,115	0.1%	6,620	0.2%
Czech	5,920	0.1%	6,000	0.1%
Ilocano	5,240	0.1%	3,100	0.1%
Danish	4,665	0.1%	6,720	0.2%
Malay	3,895	0.1%	3,100	0.1%
Finnish	3,760	0.1%	4,770	0.1%
Tamil	3,615	0.1%	3,200	0.1%
Slovak	3,400	0.1%	3,490	0.1%
Turkish	3,145	0.1%	2,255	0.1%
Swedish	2,520	0.1%	2,875	0.1%
Athabaskan languages	2,310	0.1%	3,500	0.1%
Salish languages	2,270	0.1%	3,190	0.1%
Norwegian	2,005	0.1%	3,275	0.1%
Source: Statistics Canada 2006 & 2016 Census^[15]^[16]

Religion

Religion in British Columbia (2021)^[17]

Christian (34.4%)

Irreligious (52.2%)

Sikh (5.9%)

Buddhist (1.7%)

Muslim (2.6%)

Hindu (1.7%)

Jewish (0.5%)

Other (1.0%)

The largest denominations by number of adherents according to the 2021 census were Irreligion (atheist, agnostic, and so on.) with 2,559,250 (52.2%); Christianity with 1,684,870 (34.4%); Sikhism with 290,870 (5.9%); Islam with 125,915 (2.6%); Buddhism with 83,860 (1.7%); and Hinduism with 81,320 (1.7%).

Religious groups in BC^[18]^[19]^[20]
	% (1991)	% (2001)	% (2011)	% (2021)	Number (2021)
Christian	64.5%	55.7%	44.6%	34.4%	1,684,870
No religious affiliation	30.0%	35.1%	44.1%	52.2%	2,559,250
Sikh	2.3%	3.5%	4.7%	5.9%	290,870
Buddhist	1.1%	2.2%	2.1%	1.7%	83,860
Muslim	0.8%	1.5%	1.8%	2.6%	125,915
Hindu	0.6%	0.8%	1.1%	1.7%	81,320
Jewish	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5	26,850
Other religions			0.8%	1.0%	51,440
Aboriginal religions			0.2%	0.2%	11,570
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	4,915,945

Migration

Immigration

British Columbia Immigration Statistics^[21]^: 239^[22]^: 108
Year	Immigrant percentage	Immigrant population	Total population
1881	27.8%	13,751	49,459
1891	42%	41,210	98,173
1901	44.2%	79,045	178,657
1911	59.4%	233,158	392,480
1921	49.7%	260,536	524,582
1931	46%	319,529	694,263
1941	37.3%	304,729	817,861
1951	29.1%	339,197	1,165,210
1961	26%	423,132	1,629,082
1971	22.7%	496,660	2,184,620

The 2021 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 1,425,715 persons or 29.0 percent of the total population of British Columbia.^[23]

Immigrants in British Columbia by country of birth
Country of Birth	2021^[23]		2016^[24]		2011^[25]^[26]		2006^[27]^[28]		2001^[29]^[30]
Country of Birth	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
China	217,975	15.3%	199,990	15.5%	167,530	14.1%	145,315	13%	107,450	10.6%
India	197,115	13.8%	162,645	12.6%	143,340	12%	119,265	10.7%	92,430	9.2%
Philippines	131,645	9.2%	112,100	8.7%	96,560	8.1%	69,200	6.2%	51,130	5.1%
United Kingdom	116,530	8.2%	123,810	9.6%	130,730	11%	137,460	12.3%	141,370	14%
Hong Kong	78,855	5.5%	74,210	5.7%	74,635	6.3%	78,060	7%	88,720	8.8%
United States of America	59,920	4.2%	57,780	4.5%	57,975	4.9%	56,560	5.1%	54,410	5.4%
South Korea	47,520	3.3%	41,515	3.2%	37,730	3.2%	34,395	3.1%	22,635	2.2%
Iran	45,975	3.2%	37,160	2.9%	30,050	2.5%	22,755	2%	18,450	1.8%
Taiwan	40,445	2.8%	38,900	3%	42,045	3.5%	42,195	3.8%	44,940	4.5%
Vietnam	32,390	2.3%	27,875	2.2%	25,845	2.2%	26,375	2.4%	25,675	2.5%
Total	1,425,715	100%	1,292,675	100%	1,191,875	100%	1,119,215	100%	1,009,815	100%

Recent immigration

A large number of immigrants have lived in British Columbia for 30 years or less.^[6]

The 2021 Canadian census counted a total of 197,420 people who immigrated to British Columbia between 2016 and 2021.^[23]

Recent immigrants to British Columbia by Country of birth (2016 to 2021)^[23]
Country of Birth	Population	% recent immigrants
India	39,390	20%
China	31,445	15.9%
Philippines	21,225	10.8%
United States of America	8,760	4.4%
United Kingdom	7,670	3.9%
South Korea	7,225	3.7%
Iran	5,850	3%
Brazil	5,125	2.6%
Syria	4,955	2.5%
Australia	3,280	1.7%
Total	197,420	100%

Interprovincial migration

British Columbia has also traditionally been gaining from interprovincial migration. Over the last 50 years, British Columbia had 12 years of negative interprovincial immigration: the lowest in the country. The only time the province significantly lost population to this phenomenon was during the 1990s, when it had a negative interprovincial migration for 5 consecutive years.^[31]

Interprovincial migration in British Columbia
	In-migrants	Out-migrants	Net migration
2009–10	49,469	40,741	8,728
2010–11	47,854	44,433	3,421
2011–12	48,593	51,304	−2,711
2012–13	43,830	45,698	−1,868
2013–14	52,281	42,806	9,475
2014–15	61,026	40,647	20,379
2015–16	63,788	37,215	26,573
2016–17	57,210	38,376	18,834
2017–18	55,300	41,311	13,989
2018–19	55,612	49,501	6,111
2019–20	71,180	61,122	10,058

Source: Statistics Canada^[32]

Notes

^ Includes Persian (Farsi) not otherwise specified

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an aboriginal identity.

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[16] Includes Persian (Farsi) not otherwise specified

[euro-10] Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an aboriginal identity.

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