Census Profile · BC North
2021 Census of Population, Williams Lake, City, British Columbia.
By the Numbers
Regional average $86,660 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average 1,002 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average across the 83 communities in our guides. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
What the data says
Williams Lake was home to 10,947 residents in 2021, up 1.8% from 2016. The median age is 40.8, and the typical household has 2.3 people.
Of the area's 4,735 households, 60% own their home and 40% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $76,500.
Williams Lake is the trading centre of the Cariboo Chilcotin, a ranching and forestry town famous for one of Canada's largest rodeos and its gateway position on the road west to the Chilcotin and Bella Coola.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Williams Lake, City, British Columbia, British Columbia. Reproduced and distributed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Median income is the median total income of households in 2020. Figures are rounded by Statistics Canada and are provided for general information only.
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