Electoral Area D, CaribooBritish Columbia

Electoral Area D, Cariboo earns a D− for hazard risk

6.4% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, higher than British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and near Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is a real hazard for Electoral Area D, Cariboo: just over a tenth of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.28% a year, in the high band. The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Fraser Basin Council. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.011 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

In the lower two fifths in British Columbia: 7 of the 8 schools around Electoral Area D, Cariboo with results

From the town centre, high school starts 6.6 km away, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). An elementary school stands 4.9 km from the centre, above both British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Commuters in Electoral Area D, Cariboo have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

January nights in Electoral Area D, Cariboo drop to −10.9°C (British Columbia towns 0.5°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Frosty days number 186 in a normal year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 14 September, lie 114 days. A July afternoon in Electoral Area D, Cariboo typically reaches 22.7°C. A normal December brings 42 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Electoral Area D, Cariboo is a town of owners: 87% of households own their home, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Williams Lake metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took a fifth of household income, below British Columbia’s towns (24%) and close to Canadian towns (20%).

People in Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

The survey finds 48% of adults in very good or excellent health, below both British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%). The region has more smokers than British Columbia, 13% of adults to 8.9%. Measured from where Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 12 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

The police who cover Electoral Area D, Cariboo record less serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 52

No police detachment reports under Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 55, below both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Property crime in the area its police cover: 15.9 per 1,000 people a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 9.6 per 1,000 people a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Williams Lake detachment area, with Electoral Area D, Cariboo one part of it.

Electoral Area D, Cariboo has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns

No national park lies within 100 km. CPCAD lists 4 protected areas within 10 km. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.

In Electoral Area D, Cariboo, November normally means 2°C afternoons and −5°C nights

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Williams Lake forecast. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −10°C. About 31 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 23°C by day and January coldest at −11°C by night.

A 15,448-vote win for Todd Doherty made Cariboo—Prince George safer in 2021 than 79% of ridings

Locally, Electoral Area D, Cariboo is run as a regional district electoral area.

CRDL: McLeese Lake Branch and Mcleese Lake are Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s two public libraries

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Electoral Area D, Cariboo in particular.

More of Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 18%

1.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.