Electoral Area E, Kitimat-StikineBritish Columbia

People in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s health region live to 77.0 on average, 4.5 years short of the typical Canadian town

The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine live 4.2 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect just over a fifth of the region’s adults on average, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 14% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. By contrast, in the health survey, 42% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%.

Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine has cooler summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 21.5°C

Winter lows in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine average −5.3°C in January. Some 328 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. November is the wettest month, with 190 mm of rain and snow on average. Between the last spring frost, 25 April, and the first in autumn, 17 October, lie 174 days.

Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine is on Canada’s flood inventory: 3 listed, led by Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.021 per $1,000 of buildings, lower than British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). Radon around Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine is ordinary for Canada: 5.2% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Little of the land around Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year.

6 of Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s 8 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

In French: one of the 11 schools, where in British Columbia the share is 2%. Counting a 3 km margin, Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine has 7 elementary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 2 alternative or adult schools. Teenagers have 3.7 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Trips to work from Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 18 min on average

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

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

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Terrace detachment area

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 20.6 property crimes are reported each year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 13.6 per 1,000 people a year. The violent index for its police area came to 75, about level with British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86).

More of Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 30%

People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%). 16% of residents are children under 15.

Rent takes less of local pay in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 17% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). 78% of households own their home.

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

By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −4°C. A typical November adds 55 cm of snow. November normally sees 190 mm of precipitation. Normal highs peak at 22°C in July; nights bottom out at −5°C in January.

Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s MP is Ellis Ross (Conservative Party of Canada), for Skeena—Bulkley Valley

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

The nearest public library to Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine is Terrace Public Library, 3.4 km away

The next is Kitimat Library (Kitimat), 51 km away.

Hai Lake - Mount Herman Park is 6.8 km from Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine

National parks are all over 100 km off. 4.8% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 5, below British Columbia’s towns (14) but above Canadian towns (4).