2019 Community Profile
DISTRICT OF SECHELT 2018 COMMUNITY PROFILE sechelt.ca/business Where we are Sechelt is located on the southern portion of the Sunshine Coast on British Columbia’s southwest coast, on the ithsmus between the Salish Sea and Sechelt Inlet. Location: 49°28′27″N 123°45′15″W Area: 39.02 square kilometres L an gd a By road: 66 km northwest of Vancouver via le H o rseshoe Highway 101 and BC Ferries (Horseshoe Bay/ B a y Langdale) By air: 20 minutes to downtown Vancouver via floatplane or helicopter (regular service) 20 minutes to downtown Vancouver cover photo Becky Wayte Page 2 DISTRICT OF SECHELT | 2018 COMMUNITY PROFILE Demographics Population and age 12% 34% 10,216 2016 population 54% L an 10% 50.9 gd 14 years and under a le H o from 2011 average age rseshoe B a y 15 to 64 years 65 years and older Regional comparison Area 2016 Population 2011 Population Change (#) Change (%) Median Age Sunshine Coast 29,970 28,619 1,351 4.7 54.9 Gibsons 4,605 4,437 168 3.8 54.8 Sechelt 10,216 9,291 925 10.0 56.6 Sunshine Coast A -54 -2.0 60.5 (Egmont & Pender Harbour) 2,624 2,678 Sunshine Coast B 51 1.9 55.0 (Halfmoon Bay) 2,726 2,675 Sunshine Coast D 177 5,5 50.7 (Roberts Creek) 3,421 3,244 Sunshine Coast E 182 5.2 50.6 (Elphinstone) 3,664 3,482 Sunshine Coast F 28 1.4 54.5 (West Howe Sound) 2,043 2,015 source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2016 Census, Sechelt [Population centre] DISTRICT OF SECHELT | 2018 COMMUNITY PROFILE Page 3 Households Housing type 4,855 occupied dwellings 975 attached 170 moveable Household size 1 person 1,490 2 persons 1,730
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