KitimatBritish Columbia

Commuters in Kitimat have a short way to work, 15 min on average, less than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

The car took 93% of commuters, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Lives run shorter around Kitimat: 77.0 years, 4.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

On average 21% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 14% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. In the health survey, just over two in five adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. For Kitimat itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Kitimat has cooler summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 21.5°C

The most precipitation falls in November: 190 mm in a normal year. A normal winter brings 328 cm of snow, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Midwinter nights in Kitimat bottom out at −5.3°C on average. The frost-free season runs from 25 April to 17 October, 174 days.

Kitimat’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 107, runs above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Violent incidents came to 22.9 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). Property crime runs at 26.2 per 1,000 people a year.

Results around Kitimat lean low: 4 of 5 schools in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

The 3 km around Kitimat counts 3 elementary schools, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school.

Flood mapping exists for Kitimat: 1 on record, latest by Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Measured across the Northwest health region: radon tests

Seismic risk in Kitimat sits near the middle: $0.052 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon around Kitimat is ordinary for Canada: 5.2% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Burn scars are few around Kitimat, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.006% a year).

Rent in Kitimat takes 19% of household income (British Columbia’s towns: 24%; Canadian towns: 20%)

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 11% of households, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners make up 76% of households.

Kitimat in November: highs near 3°C, lows near −1°C

Expect around 55 cm of snow in November. A normal December brings highs of freezing, lows of −4°C. November normally sees 190 mm of precipitation. Also worth knowing: july brings the warmest days, 22°C; January the coldest nights, −5°C.

Skeena—Bulkley Valley, which takes in Kitimat, is held by Ellis Ross (Conservative Party of Canada)

Skeena is the riding Kitimat votes in for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

Kitimat has one public library, Kitimat Library

Kitimat Library has one location for the 10,019 people it serves.

More of Kitimat’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 15%

Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with Canadian towns (16%) and above British Columbia’s towns (14%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents.

20% of the land within 10 km of Kitimat is protected

Hospital Beach is the one beach within 5 km. National parks are all over 100 km off. Within its own boundary, 6.6% of the town is protected.

39% of Kitimat’s homes were built before 1961

The registers put 1 historic place inside its boundary.