Census Profile · Vancouver Island
2021 Census of Population, Ladysmith, Town, 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
Ladysmith was home to 8,990 residents in 2021, up 5.3% from 2016. The median age is 52.8, and the typical household has 2.2 people.
Of the area's 3,925 households, 80.8% own their home and 19.2% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $81,000.
Ladysmith sits exactly on the 49th parallel, a line marked downtown, a heritage coal mining town founded by James Dunsmuir that has become one of Vancouver Island's most photogenic small communities.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Ladysmith, Town, 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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