BarriereBritish Columbia

Trips to work from Barriere take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 32 min on average

Barriere earns a D− for hazard risk

Seismic risk runs low: $0.011 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. About as many homes carry radon around Barriere as elsewhere, 6.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Fire is a regular visitor: 16% of the land within 25 km of Barriere has burned since 1986 (0.40% a year). Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by Fraser Basin Council.

Barriere has warmer summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 29.3°C

For the wettest month, look to June: 36 mm on average. Counting rain and snow alike, 273 mm falls in a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Also worth knowing: on a January night, the temperature in Barriere falls to about −5.7°C. Frost usually lifts by 25 April and returns around 12 October: 170 days without it.

Most households in Barriere own their home: 90%, more than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns

Rent took just over a fifth of household income, between British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Barriere sits a long way from hospital care: 52 km for the average resident

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area

By their own account, 48% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, below British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 78.8, women 81.8 and men 76.0 (2022/2024). At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 8.9% for British Columbia.

More of Barriere’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 9.7%

Immigrants make up 6.9% of residents, lower than British Columbia’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 4.5% of the population, below both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%).

The nearest high school to Barriere is 37 km away

Barriere earns a C+ for safety

Shared with the rest of the Barriere detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 21.6 per 1,000 a year, below British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 11.2 per 1,000 people a year.

The nearest provincial park, Chu Chua Cottonwood Park, is 15 km from Barriere

2 protected areas lie within 10 km. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Protected areas cover 6.8% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.

Barriere in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −1°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Clearwater forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to 1°C and −5°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 26 mm. About 10 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola, which takes in Barriere, is held by Frank Caputo (Conservative Party of Canada)

In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Barriere belongs to Kamloops-North Thompson; 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.

TNRL: Barriere Library and Barriere Branch are Barriere’s two public libraries

Barriere has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.