LangleyBritish Columbia

Renting in Langley eats 37% of household income, more than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Vancouver metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

63% of households own their home, below British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 27% of households, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

For health, Langley is ahead of 91% of Canadian towns

Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. Lives here run to 83.2 years on average, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.6 km from the average resident of Langley, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Langley’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 145, runs above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Property crime ran at 53.2 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime runs at 20.2 per 1,000 residents a year.

Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Langley: 1,649 mm a year

Frost usually lifts by 11 April and returns around 30 October: 201 days without it. Rain and snow peak in January, at 252 mm. January nights fall to 0.5°C on average, near British Columbia’s towns (0.5°C) and higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Langley sees July afternoons of 25.0°C on average.

Trips to work from Langley take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average

88% of commuters drove, about level with both British Columbia’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Mixed results around Langley: 7 high and 16 low of 32 schools in British Columbia

Taken together, Langley and its 3 km edge hold 28 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 4 alternative or adult schools. Boards running schools in the area: 2, about level with British Columbia’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

12% more residents in 2021 than in 2016: Langley grew faster than most Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 25% of the population, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town.

Earthquake risk in Langley runs 18 times the typical Canadian town’s: $0.54 per $1,000 a year

Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by City of Langley. Fire seldom reaches Langley: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). Langley doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Fraser South health region.

What November brings in Langley: 2°C at night, 10°C by day

Into December, the normals move to 6°C and freezing. In November, the normal is 249 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 7 cm over the month. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Langley forecast, on the Weather page.

Tamara Jansen (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Cloverdale—Langley City, the riding that includes Langley

20 of the 43 MPs from British Columbia belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

FVRL: City of Langley Library is Langley’s public library

It sits 0.8 km from the centre of Langley.

Within 10 km of Langley: 95 public protected areas

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 3.2%, below British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) but above Canadian towns (2.3%). Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 40 km from town. OpenStreetMap shows 3 walking routes nearby, including the Cloverdale Greenway and Fraser Greenway. The largest named area nearby is Campbell Valley Regional Park, 424 ha, 4.8 km away.