Cache CreekBritish Columbia

On hazards, Cache Creek comes out behind almost every Canadian town

Wildfire is Cache Creek’s dominant hazard: 46% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 1.17% a year. About as many homes carry radon around Cache Creek as elsewhere, 6.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.018 per $1,000 of buildings, lower than British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by Fraser Basin Council.

The nearest high school to Cache Creek is 43 km away

Commuters in Cache Creek have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

By car: that was how 92% of commuters travelled at the census.

January lows in Cache Creek: −9.8°C, against 0.5°C in British Columbia’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

Most of the snow comes in December, about 20 cm. Frosty days number 203 in a normal year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Cache Creek sees July afternoons of 23.9°C on average.

The police who cover Cache Creek record more serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 135

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Cache Creek itself · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Ashcroft detachment area

The force’s area logs 29.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The violent index for its police area came to 113, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Across its police area, there are 47.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Measured against local pay, Cache Creek costs more to live in than 80% of Canadian towns

14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 86% of households.

Cache Creek skews older, with 31% of residents 65 or over, more than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 14% of residents, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The under-15s are just over a tenth of the population here.

People in Cache Creek’s health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town

The average trip from home to a hospital is 8.2 km, above both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 48% very good or excellent, against 50% in British Columbia. Cache Creek doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area.

A normal November in Cache Creek runs from −6°C to 1°C

In November, the normal is 26 mm of rain and snow. November usually brings some 10 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees −4°C afternoons and −10°C nights. ECCC’s forecast for Cache Creek is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Cache Creek’s MP is Frank Caputo (Conservative Party of Canada), for Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

Cache Creek is a village by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities.

TNRL: Cache Creek Library and Cache Creek Branch are Cache Creek’s two public libraries

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

Few places match Cache Creek for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

For a provincial park, Elephant Hill Park lies 0.9 km off. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 4, lower than British Columbia’s towns (14) and near Canadian towns (4).