Powell River BC 2016 Census: Population & Demographics
Statistics Canada released the 2016 Census population and demographic data on May 3, 2017. The following day CBC News online posted an interactive graphic based on that data. CBC’s goal with the graphic was to illustrate a critical issue facing the nation - our aging population.
CBC presented one particularly interesting table. It listed the 10 communities in Canada with the oldest populations and five of those communities are in British Columbia. Ranking 1st - Parksville on Vancouver Island; ranking 5th - Penticton in the Okanagan; ranking 8th - Salmon Arm in the Shuswap; ranking 9th - Courtenay on Vancouver Island; and ranking 10th - Powell River on the Sunshine Coast with 27.2% of its population 65 years and older. (My own calculation: 27.1%)
