InvermereBritish Columbia

Commuters in Invermere have a short way to work, 16 min on average, less than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

82% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Measured against local pay, Invermere costs more to live in than 88% of Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to just over a fifth of the median household income, below British Columbia’s towns (24%) but above Canadian towns (20%). The owner-occupied share of households is 71%.

Hazard risk in Invermere is higher than in 85% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the East Kootenay health region

Fire reaches the land around Invermere now and then: 5.1% within 25 km since 1986 (0.13% a year), below the high band. Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.046 per $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.

Summers stay cool in Invermere: July afternoons reach 22.5°C, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Gardeners get 64 frost-free days, from 19 June to 23 August. Frosty days number 220 in a normal year, above British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159) alike. In January, overnight lows in Invermere settle at −13.5°C. Snow peaks in April: 30 cm in a normal year.

More adults feel healthy around Invermere: 57% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 8.9% for British Columbia. People in the region live to 80.5 on average: 82.7 for women and 78.1 for men in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Invermere is well placed: 0.8 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Invermere doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the East Kootenay Health Service Delivery Area.

Invermere gets a C+ for safety

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 60, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). The index for the force that serves it came to 72, between British Columbia’s towns (83) and Canadian towns (67). Invermere shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Columbia Valley detachment area.

Results around Invermere lean low: 2 of 3 schools in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

In or within 3 km of Invermere: 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 alternative or adult schools.

Expect November days around 1°C in Invermere, nights around −8°C

The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. November usually brings some 25 cm of snow. Expect about 28 mm of rain and snow over November. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 23°C and January nights −14°C.

Rob Morrison (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Invermere in Ottawa as MP for Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

From British Columbia come 43 MPs, 20 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Invermere Public Library and Invermere Public Library are Invermere’s two public libraries

The figures are those of invermere public library, which serves 10,686 people in and around Invermere.

Within 5.2 km of Invermere: Kootenay National Park

Inside the town itself, 13% of the land is protected. 10% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Within 5 km are 3 beaches; Kinsmen Beach is the nearest.

An older town: 24% of people in Invermere are 65 or over, more than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 6.5% of residents, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%.