Electoral Area F, Cowichan ValleyBritish Columbia

Trips to work from Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

Rent takes less of local pay in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 19% of household income

Home ownership covers 82% of households. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 20% of households, near British Columbia’s towns (21%) and higher than Canadian towns (18%).

Winters are mild in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley: January nights hold at 1.6°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

There are 45 days of frost in a typical year, below British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Gardeners get 213 frost-free days, from 4 April to 4 November. In July, daytime highs in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley average 22.7°C. December is the snowiest month, with 12 cm on average.

No high school in or near Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley: the closest is 20 km off

The closest elementary school is 5.7 km away, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Boards running schools in the area: 2, near British Columbia’s towns (2) and lower than Canadian towns (3).

Violent crime weighs more where Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 159

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

Violent incidents in its police area came to 19.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). The index for the force that serves it came to 95, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (83) and Canadian towns (67). Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Lake Cowichan detachment area as a whole, not for Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley alone.

Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.7 years: life expectancy 79.8

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 50% for British Columbia. On average 16% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above British Columbia’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%). The region has more smokers than British Columbia, 12% of adults to 8.9%. Closer to home, a hospital is 21 km from the average resident of Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley, and 37% live more than 30 km away. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area, with Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley one part of it.

An older town: 25% of people in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley are 65 or over, more than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). 1.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Step out of Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley and you are in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 12%, above both British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). 30 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 16% of the town lies within a protected area. 4 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Trans-Canada Trail - Cowichan Valley Trail and Vancouver Island Trail.

In Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley, November normally means 10°C afternoons and 3°C nights

The year peaks in July (23°C) and bottoms out in February (1°C). The month after, December, normally sees 7°C afternoons and 2°C nights. Precipitation in November averages 146 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Duncan is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

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

For local government, Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley is a regional district electoral area.

The nearest public library to Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley is VIRL: Cowichan Lake Branch, 5.8 km away

The next is VIRL: Cowichan Branch (North Cowichan), 21 km away.

Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley has one of Canada’s highest earthquake risks: $0.59 a year per $1,000, 20 times the typical town’s

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Central Vancouver Island health region

Wildfire is rare near Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.005% a year. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 0.9% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. 3 flood studies cover the town, the latest by Capital Regional District.

The registers record 1 historic place in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley

At the 2021 census, 22% of homes dated from before 1961, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (18%).