North Shuswap Kicker March 2022

North Shuswap Population Increases 30.4%

By Jo Anne Malpass

The population of the North Shuswap increased by 30.4% from 2016 to 2021, according to recently released Canada Census data.

The 2021 census showed the full-time population of the North Shuswap grew by 746 people, from 2,454 in 2016 to 3,200 people since the 2016 census. The Lee Creek and Adams Lake area grew from 600 people to 828, Scotch Creek went from 711 to 890, Celista from 477 to 593 and Anglemont, St. Ives, Seymour areas from 666 to 889.

The released data also includes the number of private dwellings. Private dwelling refers to a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance. The census shows there are 3,456 private dwellings with 1,560 of those occupied by usual residents. (A private dwelling occupied by usual residents refers to a private dwelling in which a person or a group of persons is permanently residing). The 2016 census showed 3,458 private dwellings with only 1,221 occupied by full-time residents.

Population in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District is now 57,021, up 11% from 2016 when it was 51,366. There are now 31,161 private dwellings, up 4.6% from 29,798, with 24,595 of those occupied by usual residents.

The population of Area C, South Shuswap went up by 12.6% from 7,921 to 8,919. There are 5,308 private dwellings with 3,999 occupied bypermanent residents.

Area A Golden went up 5.6%, Area B Revelstoke went up 13.7%, Area D Falkland/Ranchero went up 8.8% and Area E Sicamous went up 17.1%

The population of the Village of Chase went from 2,286 to 2,399, a 4.9% increase.

The City of Salmon Arm saw an increase of 9.6%, from 17,706 to 19,432.

Sicamous now has 2,613 residents, an increase of 7.6% from 2,429.

The population of Canada increased by 5.2% from 2016 to almost 37 million, with over 16 million private dwellings.

British Columbia’s population is now over 5 million, a 7.6% increase

from 2016, with 2.2 million private dwellings.

Over the next year, there will be seven major ‘themed’ releases from Stats Canada on topics such as demographic profile, income, linguistic diversity, education, mobility and migration. The released census data can be found on the Stats Canada website.