LantzvilleBritish Columbia

Lantzville is a town of owners: 87% of households own their home, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Nanaimo metro area

Rent took 23% of household income, near British Columbia’s towns (24%) and higher than Canadian towns (20%).

Trips to work from Lantzville are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 22 min on average

95% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Lantzville’s teenagers travel 7.6 km to the nearest high school

On results, 4 of its 7 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in British Columbia.

Winters are mild in Lantzville: January nights hold at 1.4°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Gardeners get 235 frost-free days, from 19 March to 10 November. The thermometer drops below freezing on 40 days a year, below both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Also worth knowing: a July afternoon in Lantzville typically reaches 22.4°C. A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month.

An older town: 26% of people in Lantzville are 65 or over, more than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns

5.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Under-15s account for 15% of the population.

A normal November in Lantzville runs from 4°C to 9°C

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 175 mm. December follows at 7°C by day and 1°C by night. Expect around 3 cm of snow in November. July brings the warmest days, 22°C; December the coldest nights, 1°C.

Gord Johns (New Democratic Party) holds Courtenay—Alberni, the riding that includes Lantzville

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

The nearest public library to Lantzville is Headquarters, 3.9 km away

The next is VIRL: Nanaimo Wellington Branch (Nanaimo), 7.4 km away.

For safety, Lantzville gets a B−

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Lantzville · Measured across the Nanaimo detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The violent index for its police area came to 58, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Property crime in the area its police cover: 23 per 1,000 people a year.

People in Lantzville’s health region live to 79.8 on average, 1.7 years short of the typical Canadian town

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area

The survey counts 12% of adults as smokers, above British Columbia’s towns (9%) and close to Canadian towns (12%). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 47% very good or excellent, against 50% in British Columbia. Closer to home, a hospital is 11 km from the average resident of Lantzville, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Step out of Lantzville into Arbutus Grove Park

Of the land within 10 km, 1.5% has protected status, below British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. A drive of 63 km reaches Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, the nearest national park. Within 5 km are 8 beaches; Blueback Beach is the nearest. 8.6 km out lies the largest, Parksville-Qualicum Beach Wildlife Management Area, at 1,250 ha.

Earthquakes are Lantzville’s biggest hazard: $0.50 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 17 times the norm

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 0.9% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Wildfire is rare near Lantzville: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.005% a year. No flood study for Lantzville is on the national inventory. Lantzville doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Central Vancouver Island health region.