Electoral Area E, Alberni-ClayoquotBritish Columbia

Measured against local pay, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot costs more to live in than 85% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Port Alberni metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). 87% of households are owner-occupiers.

Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 1.5°C

July afternoons reach 23.1°C on average, close to British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 1 April and returns around 6 November: 218 days without it. The most precipitation falls in December: 194 mm in a normal year. Snow peaks in December: 17 cm in a normal year.

Trips to work from Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 21 min on average

The car took 92% of commuters, higher than British Columbia’s towns (87%) and near Canadian towns (89%).

Crime runs lighter where Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 49

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot itself

Property crime in its police area ran at 19.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.2 violent incidents are reported each year.

More of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 12%

7.8% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below British Columbia’s towns (12%) but above Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 1.5% of the population, below both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%).

A normal November in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot runs from 3°C to 9°C

November normally sees 189 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Port Alberni forecast, on the Weather page.

Courtenay—Alberni was won by 8,431 votes in 2021, a tighter race than two in three ridings

In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot belongs to Mid Island-Pacific Rim; who holds it as MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) isn’t on an open record, so no one is named.

Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot has no public library of its own; the nearest is VIRL: Port Alberni Branch, 5.5 km away

After it comes Port Alberni Branch (Port Alberni), 6.8 km away.

15 mapped walking routes pass Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot

The closest of Canada’s national parks is Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, at 46 km. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 1.9%, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).

1 above the middle in British Columbia, 3 below: Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s 8 tested schools

Within 3 km of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot are 7 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. From the town centre, high school starts 5.4 km away, above both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.7 years: life expectancy 79.8

For Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.3 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Smoking is commoner than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 50% for British Columbia. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 16% of adults, above British Columbia’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot included.

Earthquakes are Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s biggest hazard: $0.49 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 16 times the norm

In Health Canada’s survey, just 0.9% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Some 2.2% of the land within 25 km of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot has burned since 1986; at 0.06% a year that is moderate, not high.