Electoral Area L, CaribooBritish Columbia
Its population rose 13% from 2016 to 2021. With 5,358 residents, it is a town in British Columbia.
Is Electoral Area L, Cariboo a good place to live?
Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s weakest is cost of living (D). It also trails on jobs & income (D−). Hazard risk is higher than most (D−). Schools are weaker too (C−).
Electoral Area L, Cariboo has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread. Wildfire lowers this town's Hazard risk Grade: a high share of the land around it has burned in the last 40 years.
How Electoral Area L, Cariboo grades
Each subject compares Electoral Area L, Cariboo with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Electoral Area L, Cariboo has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Electoral Area L, Cariboo stand out
The 3 things Electoral Area L, Cariboo does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Electoral Area L, Cariboo.
Electoral Area L, Cariboo gets a D− for hazard risk
Measured across the Thompson/Cariboo health region: radon tests
Radon around Electoral Area L, Cariboo is ordinary for Canada: 6.4% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.022 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, lower than British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). Fire is a regular visitor: 17% of the land within 25 km of Electoral Area L, Cariboo has burned since 1986 (0.43% a year). Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by Fraser Basin Council.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.022 | $0.36 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 6.4% | 1.8% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Electoral Area L, Cariboo trails that of 95% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work takes 27 min.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 27 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
More households own their home in Electoral Area L, Cariboo than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 91%
A year’s rent came to a quarter of the median household income, close to British Columbia’s towns (24%) and above Canadian towns (20%). 15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 91% | 76% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $400,000 | $720,000 | $406,000 |
| Rent as a share of income | 25% | 24% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
3 of Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s 3 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in British Columbia
Taken together, Electoral Area L, Cariboo and its 3 km edge hold 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 alternative or adult school. Teenagers have 13 km to go to the closest secondary school, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Lake Elementary Fourth fifth in British ColumbiaIn Electoral Area L, CaribooElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Peter Skene Ogden Secondary Fourth fifth in British ColumbiaNearest secondary school, 1 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 13 km | 1.8 km | 1.2 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
January lows in Electoral Area L, Cariboo: −9.8°C, against 0.5°C in British Columbia’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns
In July the thermometer climbs to 23.9°C by day, between British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) and Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in December, about 42 cm. For the wettest month, look to June: 66 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days with frost a year | 203 | 60 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 463 mm | 1,152 mm | 883 mm |
| Snowfall a year | 176 cm | 51 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −9.8°C | 0.5°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Clinton)
Lives run shorter around Electoral Area L, Cariboo: 78.8 years, 2.7 below the typical Canadian town’s region
The survey counts 13% of adults as smokers, above both British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%). In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. Closer to home, a hospital is 20 km from the average resident of Electoral Area L, Cariboo, further than the usual 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.8 | 81.0 | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 13% | 9% | 12% |
| Very good or excellent health | 48% | 50% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area
A median age of 60: Electoral Area L, Cariboo is older than 99% of Canadian towns
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, between British Columbia’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). 7.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 48.0% of Electoral Area L, Cariboo
Here the census found 2,290 women and 2,485 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.
| Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 14% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 54% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 36% | 21% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 22% | 13% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 44% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; British Columbia and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Expect November days around 1°C in Electoral Area L, Cariboo, nights around −6°C
December follows at −4°C by day and −10°C by night. Expect around 31 cm of snow in November. ECCC’s forecast for 100 Mile House is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −2°C | −9°C | 93 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | −2°C | 85 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 7°C | 166 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | −1°C | 120 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Clinton); the forecast is on the Weather page
Todd Doherty (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Electoral Area L, Cariboo in Ottawa as MP for Cariboo—Prince George
Across British Columbia, 20 of the 43 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
CRDL: Interlakes Branch and Bridge Lake are Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s two public libraries
Electoral Area L, Cariboo has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Electoral Area L, Cariboo has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns
Within 100 km there is no national park. The 10 km around town hold 12 protected areas. Some protected land is inside the town: 9.1% of its area.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Electoral Area L, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 9.1% | 6.7% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 11 | 14 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Electoral Area L, Cariboo
About Electoral Area L, Cariboo
Town in British Columbia
TownRatings counts Electoral Area L, Cariboo as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in British Columbia; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 5,358 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- Census division
- Cariboo
- Census subdivision
- 5941017
Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area L, Cariboo | 5,358 | — | — | D | — | C |
| One Hundred Mile House | 2,030 | 13 | — | D | — | B− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Electoral Area L, Cariboo
Who are the people of Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
Visible minorities are 2% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 11%, and Indigenous people 8%.
Is Electoral Area L, Cariboo growing?
Yes: the census counted 4,204 in 2016 and 4,769 in 2021, a rise of 13.4%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 5,358.
What kind of homes are in Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
Mostly 89% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.1 people on average, and 29% have just one.
How old are the people of Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
At 60, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 10% of the population and seniors 36%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).