EnderbyBritish Columbia
3,292 people call this town in British Columbia home. It lies in North Okanagan.
Is Enderby a good place to live?
With a C− overall, Enderby is better than nearly a quarter of Canadian towns and ranks #180 of 250 in British Columbia. Buying in is costly (D). Its strongest is walkability (A). Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for schools and B for health. Jobs & income is weaker too (D).
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. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Enderby grades
Each subject compares Enderby with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Enderby stand out
The 3 things Enderby does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Enderby.
Enderby is graded a D for cost of living
Owners put the median home at $400,000, about level with Canadian towns ($406,000) and below British Columbia’s towns ($720,000). Rent took 24% of household income, about level with British Columbia’s towns (24%) and above Canadian towns (20%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value, 2021 | $400,000 | $720,000 | $406,000 |
| Rent as a share of income | 24% | 24% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 21% | 21% | 18% |
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.
Household incomes in Enderby trail those of 90% of Canadian towns
Commutes averaged 24 min, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 24 min | 26 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 90% | 87% | 89% |
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.
Enderby has warmer summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 28.3°C
A normal year brings 654 mm of precipitation, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). In January, overnight lows in Enderby settle at −5.6°C. Between the last spring frost, 28 April, and the first in autumn, 6 October, lie 160 days. Snow peaks in December: 71 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 28.3°C | 23.1°C | 25.5°C |
| Snowfall a year | 203 cm | 51 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 654 mm | 1,152 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −5.6°C | 0.5°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Salmon Arm)
High radon around Enderby: 17% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³
Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.017 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. Some 4.6% of the land within 25 km of Enderby has burned since 1986; at 0.11% a year that is moderate, not high.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 17% | 1.8% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.017 | $0.36 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Area behind the radon tests figures: the Okanagan health region
More of Enderby’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 11%
Immigrants make up 7.6% of residents, lower than British Columbia’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%). 3.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
52.2% of Enderby’s residents are women
Here the census found 1,580 women and 1,445 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.
| Enderby | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 53% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 33% | 21% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 21% | 13% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 43% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; British Columbia and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Around Enderby, 52% of adults call their health very good or excellent
Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 14 km away, above both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 12%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 8.9% for British Columbia. People in the region live to 81.0 on average: 84.1 for women and 78.2 for men in 2022/2024.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 12% | 9% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 52% | 50% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Not measured by town: health survey and life expectancy (the Okanagan Health Service Delivery Area)
What November brings in Enderby: −1°C at night, 6°C by day
For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Salmon Arm forecast. Then December: 1°C by day, −5°C at night. November normally sees 83 mm of precipitation.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 2°C | −5°C | 193 mm |
| Spring | 15°C | 3°C | 133 mm |
| Summer | 27°C | 12°C | 143 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 3°C | 185 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Salmon Arm); the forecast is on the Weather page
Enderby’s MP is Mel Arnold (Conservative Party of Canada), for Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies
From British Columbia come 43 MPs, 20 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Enderby’s public library is ORL: Enderby Branch
It sits 0.9 km from the centre of Enderby.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Tplaqín / Enderby Cliffs Park is 1.4 km from Enderby
OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The nearest national park is Mount Revelstoke National Park, 81 km away. Close by: one protected area. 5.7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 5.7% | 6.7% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Enderby is graded a B− for safety
Measured across the Enderby detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 63 over 2023–25, below both British Columbia’s towns (83) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 15.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 22.9 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 22.9 | 31 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 63 | 83 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 15.3 | 12.5 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Enderby’s teenagers travel 7.3 km to the nearest high school
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.L. Fortune Secondary Fourth fifth in British ColumbiaIn EnderbyElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Enderby | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 7.3 km | 1.8 km | 1.2 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Everything we know about Enderby
Enderby & District Museum and Archives and 3 more in and around Enderby
Sights in Enderby and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
Famous people from Enderby
5 notable people were born in Enderby.
Photo credits
George Abbott: Mpvescio, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rick Dugdale: NwonDeeb, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Enderby
Town in British Columbia
Enderby is a municipality in British Columbia, read by TownRatings as Statistics Canada draws it: one census subdivision, so its figures cover the whole municipality.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 3,292 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- Census division
- North Okanagan
- Census subdivision
- 5937033
Enderby’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enderby | 3,292 | — | C− | D | B− | B |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | 4,969 | 11 | D | D | B− | B− |
| Armstrong | 5,643 | 13 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap | 4,829 | 15 | D | D | A− | C |
| Spallumcheen | 5,843 | 17 | C+ | D | B+ | B |
| Salmon Arm | 20,891 | 18 | C− | D | C | C+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Enderby
Who are the people of Enderby?
3% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 11% have an Indigenous identity and 8% are immigrants.
Is Enderby a young town or an old one?
Half its people are older than 54.4 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 14%, people 65 and over 33%.
Has Enderby grown?
It added people: 2,964 in 2016, 3,028 in 2021, 2.2% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 3,292.
What kind of homes are in Enderby?
Single-detached houses make up 60% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 37% of households are one person, and the average is 2.1.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · 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).