Demographics
Fort Nelson had a population of 6,315 people in 2011. The median household income in 2005 for Fort Nelson was $83,188, which is above the British Columbian provincial average of $52,709. Fort Nelson is the home to a very diverse group of residents with approximately 15% of the town's residents being of Aboriginal Canadian decent. Fort Nelson has also seen a large increase in the number of foreigners coming to the community, with substantial increases in number of residents from the Philippines . Fort Nelson is a fairly young community in comparison to the rest of the province, with 30.5% of the population being under the age of 19. About 55% of Fort Nelson residents have received post-secondary education in the forms of trades, colleges, or universities.
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