Blind Bayin Columbia-Shuswap C, British Columbia

Blind Bay gets a D− for hazard risk

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.009 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, about level with Canadian towns ($0.030) and below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36). Radon is about average around Blind Bay: 6.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. With 0.37% of the land around it burning each year, Blind Bay sits in the high wildfire band (15% within 25 km since 1986). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship.

Blind Bay is a town of owners: 90% of households own their home, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 22% of the median household income, lower than British Columbia’s towns (24%) yet higher than Canadian towns (20%).

For the force that serves Blind Bay, the Crime Severity Index is 41, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Blind Bay itself

Violent incidents in its police area came to 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). The force’s area logs 16.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Blind Bay has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each

The average trip to work took 29 min, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). At the census, 92% of commuters went by car.

Blind Bay has warmer summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 28.3°C

Frost comes on 127 days a year, higher than British Columbia’s towns (60) yet lower than Canadian towns (159). Blind Bay sees January nights of −5.6°C on average. A normal December brings 71 cm of snow, the most of any month. November is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average.

Blind Bay’s schools mostly sit under the middle in British Columbia, 3 of the 4 with results

Young children have 5.5 km to the nearest elementary school, above British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike. In or within 3 km of Blind Bay: 2 elementary schools and 3 schools for every grade.

Lives run shorter around Blind Bay: 78.8 years, 2.7 below the typical Canadian town’s region

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

Closer to home, a hospital is 19 km from the average resident of Blind Bay, further than the usual 3.7 km. Smokers make up 13% of the region’s adults, above British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Even so, in the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%.

Older than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Blind Bay is over 58.8

5.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Visible minorities make up 2.4% of the population, below both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Expect November days around 6°C in Blind Bay, nights around −1°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Salmon Arm forecast, on the Weather page. A typical November adds 28 cm of snow. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 1°C and lows near −5°C. Precipitation in November averages 83 mm.

Mel Arnold (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Blind Bay in Ottawa as MP for Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

For the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Blind Bay votes in Salmon Arm-Shuswap; open data doesn’t yet say who its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) is.

Blind Bay’s public library is ORL: South Shuswap Branch

From the centre of Blind Bay, it is 1.7 km away.

Cinnemousun Narrows Park begins where Blind Bay ends

CPCAD lists 15 protected areas within 10 km. The nearest national park is Mount Revelstoke National Park, 54 km away. Of the land within 10 km, 1.6% has protected status, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Sky Blue Waters Resort Beach.