Lions BayBritish Columbia

The police who cover Lions Bay record less serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 24

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

Property crime in its police area ran at 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year, below both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). Where it is policed, 5.1 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

For health, Lions Bay is ahead of 95% of Canadian towns

Homes here are 20 km from a hospital on average, above both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Across the region, nearly three in five adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole manages 50%. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 84.3 years at birth, 86.3 for women and 82.3 for men. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 6.5% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia.

Lions Bay is a town of owners: 88% of households own their home, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 20% of the median household income, about level with Canadian towns (20%) and below British Columbia’s towns (24%). 21% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, close to British Columbia’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Vancouver metro area, with Lions Bay one part of it.

Commuters in Lions Bay travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average

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

Lions Bay has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 3.3°C

A normal winter brings 37 cm of snow, below both British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). A July afternoon in Lions Bay typically reaches 23.0°C. Most of the snow comes in December, about 14 cm. November is the wettest month, with 245 mm of rain and snow on average.

Shaking costs buildings in Lions Bay $0.34 a year per $1,000 of value, 11 times the typical town’s

In Health Canada’s survey, just 2.5% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Little of the land around Lions Bay has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. No flood study for Lions Bay is on the national inventory. Lions Bay doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi health region.

Lions Bay skews older, with 25% of residents 65 or over, more than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Under-15s account for 15% of the population.

Lions Bay in November: highs near 10°C, lows near 5°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s West Vancouver forecast. Snow is normal by November, about 3 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches 7°C and a night falls to 3°C.

Lions Bay’s MP is Patrick Weiler (Liberal Party of Canada), for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

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

Lions Bay has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bowen Island Public Library, 12 km away

After it comes West Vancouver Memorial Library (West Vancouver), 16 km away.

More of the land around Lions Bay is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

The 10 km around town hold 16 protected areas. For a provincial park, Cypress Park lies 1.8 km off. 64 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park.

Schools in and around Lions Bay

Teenagers have 13 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).