B.C. Population Estimates CMA/CA 2015
 

This is a list of population estimates based on July 2015. This information is based on B.C. stats.

http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/Statist...Estimates.aspx


Vancouver 2,513,869 1.2% change 2014/2015
Victoria 362,037 1.1%
Kelowna 195,466 3.2%
Abbotsford-Mission 180,139 1.4%
Nanaimo 104,671 1.8%
Kamloops 102,995 0.1%
Chilliwack 101,143 3.8%
Prince George 83,826 -2.1%
Vernon 61,425 2.3%
Courtney 56,174 0.6%

Some interesting numbers. Chilliwack and Kelowna were both on a tear. Prince George and Kamloops had minus and very slow growth respectively.

British Columbia city and district muncipality population estimates 2015
 

This is a list of population estimates based on July 2015. This information is based on B.C. stats.

http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/Statist...Estimates.aspx


Vancouver city 648,608 0.8% 2014/2015
Surrey city 526,004 2.0%
Burnaby city 238,209 1.5%
Richmond city 207,773 0.8%
Coquitlam city 144,668 2.1%
Abbotsford city 141,498 1.3%
Kelowna city 124,378 2.3%
Langley DM 116,863 1.5%
Saanich DM 110,803 -0.2%
Delta DM 100,652 -0.8%
Nanaimo city 90,524 2.4%
Kamloops city 89,995 0.6%
Chilliwack city 86,857 4.8%
North Vancouver DM 85,974 -1.1%
Victoria city 84,793 1.6%
Maple Ridge city 81,247 0.5%
New Westminster city 71,665 2.1%
Prince George city 71,363 -2.7%
Port Coquitlam city 60,246 0.3%

Chilliwack city was the fastest growing cities above 60,000 followed by Nanaimo and Kelowna. While Prince George city, North Vancouver DM, Delta DM, and Saanich DM had negative growth for cities and DM above 60,000.

Mobility

Mobility refers to the movement of individuals on a geographic basis, whether it’s international migration between B.C. and the rest of the world or inter-provincial migration between B.C. and other Canadian jurisdictions. The term mobility encompasses those statistics that show the number of migrants, where they’re going to and where they’re coming from.

http://bcstats.gov.bc.ca/StatisticsB.../Mobility.aspx


Some great information to check out. Quarterly and Annual migration flow maps and data.

I remember when Courtenay was still only 20 000-ish people. The Comox Valley has really exploded in growth over the past 15 years.

What's most interesting to me and rarely ever reported is that the Lower Mainland as a region is closing in on 3 million people now with Metro Van, Abbotsford, Chilliwack and some of the other small municipalities thrown in. That's a pretty huge testament to how the growth has been (some people still think Vancouver is a 2 million level pop region based on older stats).

BC divided into three equal parts...

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...26&oe=58B77C1C

Crossed my Facebook feed (from Vintage Vernon). Interesting

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...psmyx6znc4.jpg

How long till Surrey passes Vancouver? will we have to call it Greater Surrey once it happens? :P

Just like Greater Saanich :)

I thought this already hapened a couple of years ago.

Not sure if there are any more recent figures, but as of the 2011 census Surrey was still 140,000 people back of Vancouver. That number is definitely closer now, but it will still be a while until Surrey catches up.

Surrey will probably pass Vancouver in 10 years.

Never realized Saanich was bigger than Victoria, that's a part of BC I haven't been to in a very, very long time...

It was the 1966 census when Saanich passed the population of Victoria

Saanich 58845

Victoria 57453

The census before 1961

Victoria 54941

Saanich 48876

http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/Statist...hangePage=6_20

At the current rate, 2036 or 2041 census.

B.C Population estimates CMA/CA 2016
 

I understand the Census for stats Canada will be out Feb 8th

Since I posted the estimates last year I thought I would continue this year also.

This is a list of population estimates based on July 2016. This information is based on B.C. stats.

http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/Statist...Estimates.aspx



Vancouver 2,558,029 1.6% change 2015/2016
Victoria 365,361 1.2%
Kelowna 197,017 1.6%
Abbotsford-Mission 181,169 1.4%
Nanaimo 107,462 2.5%
Chilliwack 104,662 1.4%
Kamloops 104,449 0.8%
Prince George 83,494 -1.1%
Vernon 62,196 0.8%
Courtney 56,359 0.9%


Looks like Nanaimo has some strong growth. Both Chilliwack and Kelowna have slowed somewhat. Chilliwack has passed Kamloops for 6th largest.
Prince George is still losing population.

British Columbia city and district municipalities population estimates 2016
 

This is a list of population estimates based on July 2016. This information is based on B.C. stats.

http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/Statist...Estimates.aspx

Vancouver 653,046 0.9% change from 2015/2016
Surrey 543,940 3.2%
Burnaby 238,728 1.1%
Richmond 213,392 1.5%
Coquitlam 147,619 2.1%
Abbotsford 141,485 0.9%
Kelowna 125,737 1.4%
Langley,DM 122,418 3.3%
Saanich 110,889 0.3%
Delta 101,997 0.0%
Nanaimo 93,351 2.9%
Kamlooops 91,402 1.1%
Chilliwack 90,390 1.7%
North Vancouver,DM 86,602 0.3%
Maple Ridge 85,653 3.5%
Victoria 85,192 0.6%
New Westminster 73,771 2.5%
Prince George 70,912 -1.4%
Port Coquitlam 61,187 1.2%

Fastest growing are Maple Ridge, Langley and Surrey.

Interesting note though Victoria and Saanich were slow growing. The fastest growing area again this year is Langford at 39,936 6.7%

Abbotsford was not growing that fast but Mission is 39,873 3.9%

Those must be the regional district boundaries? BC's population is actually even more concentrated than the map suggests, because hardly anybody lives in that vast yellow area on the southern island west of Victoria CMA.

Capital Regional District:
pop. 360,000
2,340 square km

Victoria CMA:
pop. 345,000
696 square km

The CRD west of Victoria CMA could also be coloured blue, is my point.

Not many surprises in those numbers, except Port Moody! That was for YEARS one of the fastest growing cities, through the 90s and even up to a couple years ago. Now it's shrinking??? What a turnaround wow

150 Mile House is the fastest growing city in BC, but that aside, Surrey and Saanich will never be more dense and Vancouver and Victoria, and it's density the determines who is "greater."