Electoral Area E, CaribooBritish Columbia

Electoral Area E, Cariboo is graded a D− for hazard risk

Radon around Electoral Area E, Cariboo is ordinary for Canada: 6.4% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.016 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and close to Canadian towns ($0.030). Wildfire is a real hazard of the town: 13% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.37% a year, in the high band. Also worth knowing: the national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Fraser Basin Council. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Thompson/Cariboo health region, Electoral Area E, Cariboo included.

In the lower two fifths in British Columbia: 8 of the 9 schools around Electoral Area E, Cariboo with results

Secondary school means a trip of 5.4 km at the nearest, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). Young children have 3 km to the nearest elementary school, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Electoral Area E, Cariboo has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.1 for each

The average trip to work took 23 min, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

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

The most precipitation falls in June: 66 mm in a normal year. Frost comes on 186 days a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 114 frost-free days, from 21 May to 14 September. A July afternoon in Electoral Area E, Cariboo typically reaches 22.7°C.

More households own their home in Electoral Area E, Cariboo than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 90%

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Williams Lake metro area

10% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 19% of the median household income, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%).

For the force that serves Electoral Area E, Cariboo, the Crime Severity Index is 52, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

No police detachment reports under Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Williams Lake detachment area

The force’s area logs 15.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 55, below both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, 9.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Expect 78.8 years of life in the region around Electoral Area E, Cariboo, 2.7 under the typical Canadian town

Age-standardised, 48% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, below both British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%). At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 8.9% for British Columbia. Measured from where Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 9.3 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

Expect November days around 2°C in Electoral Area E, Cariboo, nights around −5°C

About 31 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −10°C. A normal November brings 42 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −11°C nights in January to 23°C afternoons in July.

Cariboo—Prince George gave Todd Doherty a 15,448-vote lead in 2021, bigger than in 79% of ridings

For local government, Electoral Area E, Cariboo is a regional district electoral area.

No public library stands in Electoral Area E, Cariboo: the closest, CRDL: Williams Lake Library, is 6.6 km away

After it comes CRDL: Big Lake Branch (Electoral Area F, Cariboo), 36 km away.

Electoral Area E, Cariboo has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Some protected land is inside the town: 17% of its area. 2.7 km out lies the largest, Churn Creek Protected Area, at 24,368 ha. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.

More of Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 15%

17% are under 15, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.