KimberleyBritish Columbia

Around Kimberley, 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school: 8 schools in all

Kimberley has warmer summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 26.9°C

June is the wettest month, with 62 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal year brings 386 mm of precipitation, below both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Winter lows in Kimberley average −10.1°C in January. Snow peaks in December: 35 cm in a normal year.

Measured against local pay, Kimberley costs more to live in than 80% of Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 20% of the median household income, about level with Canadian towns (20%) and below British Columbia’s towns (24%). 78% of households own their home.

Violent crime weighs less on Kimberley than on British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 45

Per 1,000 residents, 8.9 violent crimes are recorded each year. Property crime ran at 21.5 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Trips to work from Kimberley are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 24 min on average

The car took 84% of commuters, near British Columbia’s towns (87%) and lower than Canadian towns (89%).

Around Kimberley, 19% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.013 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and close to Canadian towns ($0.030). Wildfire is a moderate presence around Kimberley: 4.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.11% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. No flood study for Kimberley is on the national inventory. Figures for radon tests are published for the East Kootenay health region as a whole, not for Kimberley alone.

Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park, 16 km away, is the closest provincial park to Kimberley

Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.5% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. For a national park, Kootenay National Park is 94 km away. 8 protected areas lie within 10 km.

In Kimberley, November normally means 3°C afternoons and −5°C nights

November normally sees 35 mm of precipitation. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −3°C and lows near −10°C. A typical November adds 24 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Cranbrook forecast, on the Weather page.

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

For the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Kimberley votes in Columbia River-Revelstoke; open data doesn’t yet say who its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) is.

Kimberley Public Library logs 2.9 visits per person served, fewer than 85% of British Columbia’s town libraries

Kimberley Public Library has one location for the 10,896 people it serves.

Very good or excellent health for 57% of adults around Kimberley; the typical Canadian town: 52%

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

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 80.5 years at birth, 82.7 for women and 78.1 for men. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, above British Columbia’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Kimberley’s is long: 24 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Visible minorities make up less of Kimberley than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 3%

Immigrants make up nearly one in ten residents, below British Columbia’s towns (12%) but above Canadian towns (6.4%). 6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

An older town: 44% of Kimberley’s homes predate 1961