Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort GeorgeBritish Columbia

For health, Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George gets a D

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

Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 76.6, below British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 12% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. For Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George itself the measure is access, and it lags: 20 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. In the health survey, nearly two in five adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%.

Summers stay cool in Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George: July afternoons reach 22.6°C, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

June is the wettest month, with 68 mm of rain and snow on average. Snowfall adds up to 204 cm a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The coldest nights come in January, when Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George averages a low of −11.7°C. A normal January brings 53 cm of snow, the most of any month.

The nearest high school to Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George is 6 km away

The closest elementary school is 4 km away, above both British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Of the 3 with results, 2 sit in the lower two fifths in British Columbia.

Flood mapping exists for Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George: 4 on record, latest by Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.015 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and close to Canadian towns ($0.030). In Health Canada’s survey, just over one in ten homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Little of the land around Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.003% a year.

A normal November in Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George runs from −6°C to 1°C

Normal highs peak at 23°C in July; nights bottom out at −12°C in January. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −10°C. A typical November adds 35 cm of snow. Expect about 57 mm of rain and snow over November.

Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George’s MP is Bob Zimmer (Conservative Party of Canada), for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

Across British Columbia, 20 of the 43 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George has no public library of its own; the nearest is PGPL: Nechako Branch, 7.3 km away

The next is Bob Harkins Library (Prince George), 16 km away.

For safety, Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George gets a B−

No police detachment reports under Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Prince George detachment area

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 20.5 per 1,000 a year, below British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. The force’s area logs 10.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

A provincial park at Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George’s edge: Eskers Park

Within 100 km there is no national park. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 4.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. OpenStreetMap shows 45 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

Commuters in Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 32 min on average

More of Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 10%

The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Immigrants make up 5.8% of residents, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%.

Rent takes less of local pay in Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

Measured across the Prince George metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Just over nine in ten households own their home.

Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George’s housing: 97% built from 1961 on