AnmoreBritish Columbia

Health in Anmore beats 87% of Canadian towns

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Fraser North Health Service Delivery Area

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, about level with British Columbia’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Lives in the region last 84.4 years on average (2022/2024): 86.6 for women, 82.1 for men. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 48% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Anmore live 3.9 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

The police who cover Anmore record less serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 38

No police detachment reports under Anmore’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

The violent index for its police area came to 34, below British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 7.3 violent incidents are reported each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 14.5 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Results around Anmore split both ways in British Columbia: 6 of 17 schools high, 6 low

Its 3 km reach takes in 16 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, all of Anmore’s schooling. Secondary school means a trip of 2.3 km at the nearest, above British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

More households own their home in Anmore than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 91%

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Vancouver metro area

A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%). A quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Anmore: 1,649 mm a year

January nights in Anmore drop to 0.5°C on average. Snow totals 37 cm over the year, below British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. The most precipitation falls in January: 252 mm in a normal year. Between the last spring frost, 11 April, and the first in autumn, 30 October, lie 201 days.

Anmore gets a B for hazard risk

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.19 for each $1,000 of buildings, between British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Little of the land around Anmore has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.004% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town. Anmore doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Fraser North health region.

Trips to work from Anmore take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 36 min on average

By car: that was how 95% of commuters travelled at the census.

Protected areas cover 47% of Anmore

The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 15, above British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4) alike. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, at 57 km. 5 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the The Trans Canada Trail and Halvor Lunden (Eagle Ridge) Trail. For a swim, Buntzen Lake North Beach is the nearest of 98 beaches within 5 km.

Expect November days around 10°C in Anmore, nights around 2°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Pitt Meadows forecast. Snow is normal by November, about 3 cm over the month. Expect about 249 mm of rain and snow over November. Then December: 6°C by day, freezing at night.

Anmore sends Zoe Royer (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Port Moody—Coquitlam

For the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Anmore votes in Port Moody-Burquitlam; open data doesn’t yet say who its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) is.

Anmore has no public library of its own; the nearest is Port Moody Public Library, 4.2 km away

The next is City Centre Branch (Coquitlam), 5.6 km away.

Few people in Anmore are 65 or over: 13%, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 28% of the population, above British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. 4.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below British Columbia’s towns (5%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).