MissionBritish Columbia

Rent in Mission takes 20% of household income (British Columbia’s towns: 24%; Canadian towns: 20%)

23% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 77% of households.

Mission’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 135, runs above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 45.1 per 1,000 residents a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). The violent crime rate is 22.5 per 1,000 residents a year.

Mission’s schools mostly sit under the middle in British Columbia, 16 of the 22 with results

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 4, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (2) and Canadian towns (3). Its 3 km reach takes in 19 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 school for every grade and 4 alternative or adult schools, all of Mission’s schooling. In French: one of the 26 schools, where in British Columbia the share is 2%.

July afternoons in Mission reach 24.4°C (British Columbia towns 23.1°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)

Most of the snow comes in January, about 22 cm. A normal year brings 1,505 mm of precipitation, above both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Midwinter nights in Mission bottom out at 0.6°C on average. The frost-free season runs from 3 April to 7 November, 218 days.

Trips to work from Mission take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 35 min on average

By car: that was how 93% of commuters travelled at the census.

Earthquake risk in Mission runs 12 times the typical Canadian town’s: $0.36 per $1,000 a year

Source area for radon tests: the Fraser East health region

In Health Canada’s survey, just 3% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Burn scars are few around Mission, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.006% a year). Flood mapping exists: a study by Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship.

People in Mission’s health region live to 80.0 on average, 1.5 years short of the typical Canadian town

10% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above British Columbia’s towns (9%) but below Canadian towns (12%). In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Mission live 3.3 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

Children make up 19% of Mission, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

18% of residents belong to a visible minority, above British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents.

Expect November days around 10°C in Mission, nights around 3°C

Expect about 233 mm of rain and snow over November. A normal December brings highs of 6°C, lows of 1°C. The year peaks in August (25°C) and bottoms out in January (1°C). The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Abbotsford.

Mission votes in 2 federal ridings, led by Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford and Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge

Statistics Canada lists Mission as a district municipality.

FVRL: Mission Library is Mission’s public library

From the centre of Mission, it is 2 km away.

More of the land around Mission is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Walkers have 3 mapped routes close by, starting with the Hoover Lake Trail and 79 Grind Trail. 60 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park. 28 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Swimmers have 33 beaches within 5 km, Cruiser Beach the nearest.

Mission: 2 historic places, all in the top tier

Its oldest building on the record is Stave Falls Hydro-Electric Installation, from 1909. Before 1961 is when just over a tenth of the homes went up, higher than British Columbia’s towns (11%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%).