Electoral Area A, Metro VancouverBritish Columbia

Rent takes more of local pay in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 44% of household income

55% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 43% of households.

Crime runs lighter where Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 24

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver itself

The force’s area logs 5.1 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 16, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Across its police area, there are 11.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Bowen Island detachment area, with Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver one part of it.

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (13% against 17% for the typical Canadian town)

Measured from where Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.1 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 83.3, above British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. At 7.3%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 8.9% for British Columbia. Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver trails that of 97% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 29 min, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Schools in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver: 8 boards, side by side

Results lean high: 29 of 46 in the top two fifths in British Columbia. Taken together, Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver and its 3 km edge hold 48 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 3 alternative or adult schools.

A national route near Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver: the The Trans Canada Trail

For a swim, Acada Beach is the nearest of 269 beaches within 5 km. Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 41 km from town. Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 169, above British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4) alike, and on top of that the protected share within 10 km is 26%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.

Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 1.4°C

Most of the snow comes in December, about 14 cm. There are 40 days of frost in a typical year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 19 March, and the first in autumn, 10 November, lie 235 days. Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver sees July afternoons of 22.4°C on average.

More of Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 67%

The 65-and-over age group makes up just over one in ten residents. 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Also worth knowing: the under-15s are 15% of the population here.

A normal November in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver runs from 4°C to 9°C

Normal highs peak at 22°C in July; nights bottom out at 1°C in December. By December, a normal day reaches 7°C and a night falls to 1°C. In November, the normal is 175 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 3 cm over the month.

Wade Grant (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver in Ottawa as MP for Vancouver Quadra

From British Columbia come 43 MPs, 20 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is VPL: West Point Grey Branch, 1.8 km away

After it comes West Point Grey Branch (West Point Grey), 2.1 km away.

Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver has one of Canada’s highest earthquake risks: $0.26 a year per $1,000, 9 times the typical town’s

Radon topped the guideline in 1.2% of tested homes, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Little of the land around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.003% a year. Flood mapping exists: 3 studies, most recently by City of Coquitlam. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Vancouver health region, Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver included.