Electoral Area G, East KootenayBritish Columbia

January nights in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay drop to −13.5°C (British Columbia towns 0.5°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Snowfall adds up to 184 cm a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Gardeners get 64 frost-free days, from 19 June to 23 August. Expect July highs of around 22.5°C in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay. Snow peaks in April: 30 cm in a normal year.

High radon around Electoral Area G, East Kootenay: 19% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.033 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, about level with Canadian towns ($0.030) and below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36). Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship has mapped the flood hazard here, one of 2 studies on the national inventory. Wildfire is a moderate presence around Electoral Area G, East Kootenay: 4.4% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.11% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the East Kootenay health region, Electoral Area G, East Kootenay included.

Electoral Area G, East Kootenay is older than nine in ten Canadian towns: a median age of 52

Immigrants make up nearly one in ten residents, between British Columbia’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 1.6% of the population, below British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

Rent takes less of local pay in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

Owners make up just over nine in ten households, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s grade for safety: a C+

No police detachment reports under Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 60, below both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 72 over 2023–25, below British Columbia’s towns (83) but above Canadian towns (67).

Electoral Area G, East Kootenay has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work

The car took just over nine in ten commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above British Columbia’s towns (87%). The average trip to work took 27 min, close to both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

In Electoral Area G, East Kootenay, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −8°C nights

Expect around 25 cm of snow in November. The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 28 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Invermere is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Electoral Area G, East Kootenay sends Rob Morrison (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

For local government, Electoral Area G, East Kootenay is a regional district electoral area.

Electoral Area G, East Kootenay has no public library of its own; the nearest is Radium Hot Springs Public Library, 9.5 km away

The next is Radium Hot Springs Public Library (Radium Hot Springs), 9.8 km away.

Banff National Park begins at the edge of Electoral Area G, East Kootenay

Protected areas cover two fifths of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Within its own boundary, nearly two fifths of the town is protected. CPCAD lists 23 protected areas within 10 km.

Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s teenagers travel 22 km to the nearest high school

More adults feel healthy around Electoral Area G, East Kootenay: 57% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 21 km away, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 8.9% for British Columbia. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 80.5, with women at 82.7 and men at 78.1. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the East Kootenay Health Service Delivery Area, with Electoral Area G, East Kootenay one part of it.