Electoral Area A, Bulkley-NechakoBritish Columbia

Trips to work from Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average

Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako gets a D for health

A hospital lies 13 km from the typical home, above both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). In the health survey, 42% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 14% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 77.0, with women at 79.2 and men at 75.0. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako alone, so this card uses the figure for the Northwest Health Service Delivery Area.

Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako faces fewer hazards than 89% of Canadian towns

Fire seldom reaches Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako: since 1986, 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.006% a year). Radon is about average around Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako: 5.2% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Also worth knowing: 4 flood studies cover the town, the latest by Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship. Figures for radon tests are published for the Northwest health region as a whole, not for Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako alone.

Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako has cooler summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 21.8°C

A normal January night drops to −10.9°C, lower than British Columbia’s towns (0.5°C) yet higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 26 May and returns around 17 September: 113 days without it. December is the snowiest month, with 48 cm on average. For the wettest month, look to October: 66 mm on average.

The nearest high school to Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako is 51 km away

One of the 12 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in British Columbia. On results, 4 of its 7 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia. Independent schools number 5 of 12, above the 18% in British Columbia.

Renting in Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako costs 16% of household income, less than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

9% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers 86% of households.

Children make up 21% of Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. Nearly one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −5°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Smithers forecast, on the Weather page. About 38 cm of snow falls in a normal November. A normal November brings 54 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −11°C nights in January to 22°C afternoons in July.

Skeena—Bulkley Valley, which takes in Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako, is held by Ellis Ross (Conservative Party of Canada)

Of the 43 Commons seats from British Columbia, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 20.

Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako has no public library of its own; the nearest is Smithers Public Library, 4.4 km away

After it comes Houston Public Library (Houston), 51 km away.

Protected land around Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako beats 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Inside the town itself, 14% of the land is protected. No national park lies within 100 km. Within 5 km lie 17 beaches, unnamed on the map.

Violent crime weighs more where Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 107

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18.1 violent incidents are reported each year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 65 over 2023–25, below British Columbia’s towns (83) and close to Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 21.3 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.