Statistics Canada has released their latest census data, with nearly all East Kootenay communities reporting population increases.
Cranbrook’s population saw an increase of 2.3 percent, growing to 20,449 people.
Population levels decreased by 3.8 percent in Area C, the area surrounding Cranbrook from Fort Steele to Yahk.
The next largest city in the East Kootenay, Kimberley, reported a 9.3 percent population increase.
Its population has now topped eight thousand people, reaching a total of 8,115.
The biggest population increase percentage wise was in Radium Hot Springs, with a massive 72.6 percent population increase from 776 people to 1,339.
Canal Flats also saw a significant percentage change with a 20.1 percent increase. Its population is now at 802 people.
Going by the actual number of people, Fernie saw the biggest change with 924 new people moving in over the last five years, amounting to a 17.1 percent population increase and 6,320 total people.
Across the entire Kootenay-Columbia region, the population reached 120,759 people, an increase of 7.5 percent.
You can find data for each East Kootenay community in the list below or by visiting Statistics Canada’s website here.
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Canal Flats
2021 Population – 802
2016 population – 668
Population percentage change – 20.1 percent
Cranbrook
2021 Population – 20,499
2016 population – 20,047
Population percentage change – 2.3 percent
Creston
2021 Population – 5,583
2016 population – 5,361
Population percentage change – 4.1 percent
Elkford
2021 Population – 2,749
2016 population – 2,499
Population percentage change – 10 percent
Fernie
2021 Population – 6,320
2016 population – 5,396
Population percentage change – 17.1 percent
Golden
2021 Population – 3,986
2016 population – 3,708
Population percentage change – 7.5 percent
Invermere
2021 Population – 3,917
2016 population – 3,391
Population percentage change – 15.5 percent
Kimberley
2021 Population – 8,115
2016 population – 7,425
Population percentage change – 9.3 percent
Radium
2021 Population – 1,339
2016 population – 776
Population percentage change – 72.6 percent
Sparwood
2021 Population – 4,148
2016 population – 3,784
Population percentage change – 9.6 percent
RDEK
Area A
2021 Population – 1,875
2016 population – 1,683
Population percentage change – 11.4 percent
Area B
2021 Population – 2,011
2016 population – 1,976
Population percentage change – 1.8 percent
Area C
2021 Population – 6,536
2016 population – 6,021
Population percentage change – (-3.8 percent)
Area E
2021 Population – 1,686
2016 population – 1,753
Population percentage change – 2.3 percent
Area F
2021 Population – 3,521
2016 population – 2,726
Population percentage change – 29.2 percent
Area G
2021 Population – 1,654
2016 population – 1,467
Population percentage change – 12.7 percent
Kootenay-Columbia
2021 Population – 120,759
2016 Population – 112,354
Population percentage change – 7.5 percent
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