Electoral Area A, Cowichan ValleyBritish Columbia

Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley has 2 independent schools among its 5

Taken together, Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley and its 3 km edge hold 3 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools. Young children have 2.7 km to the nearest elementary school, above both British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Most households in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley own their home: 88%, more than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Rent took a fifth of household income, about level with Canadian towns (20%) and below British Columbia’s towns (24%).

Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 1.6°C

In July, daytime highs in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley average 22.7°C. Frost comes on 45 days a year, below British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Between the last spring frost, 4 April, and the first in autumn, 4 November, lie 213 days. December is the snowiest month, with 12 cm on average.

For the force that serves Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley, the Crime Severity Index is 50, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley itself · Shared with the rest of the Shawnigan Lake detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The violent index for its police area came to 53, below both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Across its police area, there are 17.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Within 7.4 km of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley: Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

The 10 km around town hold 58 protected areas. 2.3 km out lies the largest, Greater Victoria Water Supply Area, at 20,620 ha. Protected areas cover 23% of the land within 10 km, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Within 5 km lie 24 beaches, unnamed on the map.

Older than nine in ten Canadian towns: half of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley is over 54

5.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.5% of residents, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley runs from 3°C to 10°C

Across the year, normals run from 1°C nights in February to 23°C afternoons in July. Into December, the normals move to 7°C and 2°C. November normally sees 146 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Malahat forecast, on the Weather page.

Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley sends Jeff Kibble (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

Juan de Fuca-Malahat is the riding Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley votes in for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

VIRL: South Cowichan Branch is Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s public library

From the centre of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley, it is 0.9 km away.

Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley has higher household incomes than four in five Canadian towns

By car: that was how 93% of commuters travelled at the census. The average trip to work took 28 min, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Expect 79.8 years of life in the region around Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley, 1.7 under the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

The survey counts just over one in ten adults as smokers, about level with Canadian towns (12%) and above British Columbia’s towns (9%). In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. Closer to home, a hospital is 12 km from the average resident of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Earthquakes are Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s biggest hazard: $0.75 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 25 times the norm

Fire seldom reaches Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley: since 1986, 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.004% a year). In Health Canada’s survey, just 0.9% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). One flood study covers the town, by Capital Regional District. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Central Vancouver Island health region, Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley included.