Electoral Area A, Columbia-ShuswapBritish Columbia

January lows in Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap: −10.9°C, against 0.5°C in British Columbia’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

Between the last spring frost, 13 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 134 days. Frost comes on 180 days a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Also worth knowing: the warmest afternoons come in July, at around 25.4°C in Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap. Most of the snow comes in January, about 48 cm.

Of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap’s 6 schools, one teaches in French

Young children have 4.5 km to the nearest elementary school, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Results lean high: 2 of 3 in the top two fifths in British Columbia. Its 3 km reach takes in 4 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 alternative or adult school, all of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap’s schooling.

Measured against local pay, Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

Rent took 19% of household income, below both British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%). Owners make up 81% of households.

For hazard risk, Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap gets a C

NRCan expects $0.030 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap, near the typical $0.030. Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship. Some 3% of the land within 25 km of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap has burned since 1986; at 0.08% a year that is moderate, not high. Nobody publishes radon tests for Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap alone, so this card uses the figure for the East Kootenay health region.

Trips to work from Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average

90% of commuters drove, above British Columbia’s towns (87%) and close to Canadian towns (89%).

Banff National Park begins at the edge of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap

The protected share within 10 km is 33%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 26 protected areas lie within 10 km. Within its own boundary, a quarter of the town is protected. 26 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the GDT ekw and GDT enc.

In Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −5°C nights

In November, the normal is 51 mm of rain and snow. By December, a normal day reaches −4°C and a night falls to −10°C. Snow is normal by November, about 30 cm over the month. Across the year, normals run from −11°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July.

Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap sends Mel Arnold (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

20 of the 43 MPs from British Columbia belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap: the closest, ORL: Golden & District Library, is 4.8 km away

Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

More adults feel healthy around Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap: 57% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the East Kootenay Health Service Delivery Area

The survey counts 13% of adults as smokers, above British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Women in the region live to 82.7 and men to 78.1, 80.5 years taken together (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is 17 km from the average resident of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap, further than the usual 3.7 km.

The force covering Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap records less serious violence than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, at 44

The index for the force that serves it came to 65, about level with Canadian towns (67) and below British Columbia’s towns (83). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area records 23.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Golden/Field detachment area as a whole, not for Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap alone.

More of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.6%

2.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children are 14% of the town. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town.

Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap has 10 historic places on the registers, 5 in the top tier

On the list: 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 2 heritage railway stations. The oldest dated place, Howse Pass, goes back to 1806. Just beyond the boundary, the registers place one more.