GibsonsBritish Columbia

Rent takes more of local pay in Gibsons than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 30% of household income

Owners make up 75% of households, about level with both British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%).

For health, Gibsons is ahead of 96% of Canadian towns

Homes here are 19 km from a hospital on average, above British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 84.3 years at birth, 86.3 for women and 82.3 for men. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 6.5% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. Across the region, nearly three in five adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole manages 50%. Gibsons doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area.

Gibsons has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 3.3°C

The thermometer drops below freezing on 17 days a year, below British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Summer highs in Gibsons reach 23.0°C in July. December is the snowiest month, with 14 cm on average. For the wettest month, look to November: 245 mm on average.

Fewer commuters in Gibsons drive than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 75%

Commutes averaged 22 min, below British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike.

Gibsons is graded a C+ for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Sunshine Coast detachment area

Its police area recorded 16 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 94, above both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

An older town: 35% of people in Gibsons are 65 or over, more than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns

5.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The under-15s are 11% of the population here.

Earthquake risk in Gibsons runs 16 times the typical Canadian town’s: $0.48 per $1,000 a year

In Health Canada’s survey, just 2.5% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Fire seldom reaches Gibsons: since 1986, 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.005% a year). Also worth knowing: the national flood inventory has no study of the town.

In Gibsons, November normally means 10°C afternoons and 5°C nights

A typical November adds 3 cm of snow. Into December, the normals move to 7°C and 3°C. A normal November brings 245 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Gibsons forecast, on the Weather page.

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, which takes in Gibsons, is held by Patrick Weiler (Liberal Party of Canada)

Of the 43 Commons seats from British Columbia, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 20.

Gibsons’s public library is Gibsons & District Public Library

Gibsons & District Public Library serves 13,810 people, more than Gibsons alone, so its figures cover the wider area.

Gibsons has 39 public protected areas within 10 km

Bowen Island Ecological Reserve (399 ha) is the biggest, 9.8 km from town. 1.7 km from town is Plumper Cove Marine Park, the nearest provincial park. For a national park, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is 59 km away. Parks and reserves take up 2.7% of the ground within 10 km, between British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).

Results around Gibsons split both ways in British Columbia: 2 of 4 schools high, 1 low

Its 3 km reach takes in 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 alternative or adult schools, all of Gibsons’s schooling.