Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-StikineBritish Columbia

For health, Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine gets a D−

Expected years of life at birth: 77.0, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). In the health survey, 42% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. The region has more smokers than British Columbia, 14% of adults to 8.9%. What sets Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 17 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Northwest Health Service Delivery Area as a whole, not for Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine alone.

For jobs & income, Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine gets an A

The average trip to work took 26 min, close to both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Summers stay cool in Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine: July afternoons reach 21.5°C, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

The most precipitation falls in November: 190 mm in a normal year. Snow totals 328 cm over the year, above British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine sees January nights of −5.3°C on average. A normal January brings 92 cm of snow, the most of any month.

A flood study covers Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine: 4 on the national inventory, the newest from Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship

NRCan expects $0.027 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine, near the typical $0.030. Radon is about average around Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine: 5.2% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Wildfire is rare near Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.005% a year.

Results around Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine lean low: 8 of 11 schools in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 16; in British Columbia, 2% of schools teach in it. From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 2.8 km off, above British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

Within 10 km of Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine, 21% of the land is protected

Within 5 km are 84 beaches; Gruchy's Beach is the nearest. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. CPCAD lists 36 protected areas within 10 km. 17% of the town lies within a protected area.

Crime runs lighter where Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 54

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine itself · Measured across the Terrace detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 20.6 per 1,000 a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). Its police area records 13.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

What November brings in Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine: −1°C at night, 3°C by day

Snowfall in a normal November: 55 cm. The month after, December, normally sees freezing afternoons and −4°C nights. In November, the normal is 190 mm of rain and snow. Also worth knowing: at the extremes, July afternoons reach 22°C and January nights −5°C.

Ellis Ross (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine in Ottawa as MP for Skeena—Bulkley Valley

The Liberal Party of Canada has 20 of the 43 MPs elected in British Columbia.

Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine has no public library of its own; the nearest is Terrace Public Library, 4.8 km away

After it comes Kitimat Library (Kitimat), 57 km away.

Renting in Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine costs 15% of household income, less than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns

13% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 89% of households.

More of Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 16%

Immigrants make up 8.4% of residents, lower than British Columbia’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%). 18% of residents are 65 or over.