Mount CurrieBritish Columbia
1,298 people live in this First Nations reserve in British Columbia. It is a reserve of the Lil'wat Nation.
Is Mount Currie a good place to live?
People here tend to be in good health (A). Jobs and pay trail most towns (D−).
As a First Nations reserve, Mount Currie isn’t given an overall grade or ranked. Too much of a reserve’s data is suppressed or uncollected by Statistics Canada for a fair comparison with other towns.
No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.
How Mount Currie grades
Each subject compares Mount Currie with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
As a First Nations reserve, Mount Currie isn’t given an overall grade or ranked. Too much of a reserve’s data is suppressed or uncollected by Statistics Canada for a fair comparison with other towns.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Mount Currie stand out
The 3 things Mount Currie does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mount Currie.
Household incomes in Mount Currie trail those of 93% of Canadian towns
Nearly four in five commuters drove, below British Columbia’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike. Commutes averaged 26 min, in line with British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Mount Currie | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 79% | 87% | 89% |
| Average trip | 26 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Few places match Mount Currie for health: it beats 91% of Canadian towns
Expected years of life at birth: 84.3, above British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. At 6.5%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 8.9% for British Columbia. Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 59% very good or excellent, against 50% in British Columbia. For Mount Currie itself, the measure is access: 66 km to the nearest hospital on average, with 100% of homes beyond 30 km. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Mount Currie alone, so this card uses the figure for the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Mount Currie | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 59% | 50% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 84.3 | 81.0 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 6.5% | 9% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Mount Currie has warmer summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 28.1°C
A normal November brings 383 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. The year’s precipitation totals 2,344 mm, above British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm) alike. On a January night, the temperature in Mount Currie falls to about −4.9°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Mount Currie | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 28.1°C | 23.1°C | 25.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 2,344 mm | 1,152 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −4.9°C | 0.5°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 118 | 60 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Pemberton)
Mount Currie is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Pemberton Valley Dyking District Office
Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.070 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Radon is lower than usual: 2.5% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Fire seldom reaches Mount Currie: since 1986, 1.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.03% a year).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Mount Currie | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.070 | $0.36 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 2.5% | 1.8% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Area behind the radon tests figures: the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi health region
More of Mount Currie’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 97%
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 45.6% of Mount Currie
By the 2021 count the town had 565 women and 675 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Mount Currie | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 14% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 71% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 8.9% | 21% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 26% | 13% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 29% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; British Columbia and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Expect November days around 4°C in Mount Currie, nights around −1°C
Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Pemberton forecast, on the Weather page. Precipitation in November averages 383 mm.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 1°C | −4°C | 914 mm |
| Spring | 15°C | 3°C | 483 mm |
| Summer | 27°C | 11°C | 168 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 4°C | 779 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Pemberton); the forecast is on the Weather page
Mount Currie sends Patrick Weiler (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
The First Nation’s council governs Mount Currie, a reserve; the open municipal records don’t include band councils.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Mount Currie is Pemberton & District Public Library, 10 km away
The next is Whistler Public Library (Whistler), 32 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Protected areas cover 40% of the country around Mount Currie
The nearest provincial park, Nairn Falls Park, is 3.1 km away. 10 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Dog Beach.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Mount Currie | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 40% | 6.7% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 9 | 14 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Mount Currie
Adventures on Horseback and 6 more in and around Mount Currie
A first look at Mount Currie’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.
About Mount Currie
First Nations reserve in British Columbia
The reserve is its own census subdivision in British Columbia, and the figures for Mount Currie cover the whole of it.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,298 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- Census division
- Squamish-Lillooet
- First Nation
- Lil'wat Nation
- Census subdivision
- 5931843
Mount Currie’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Currie | 1,298 | — | — | — | — | A |
| Pemberton | 3,620 | 9.8 | B | D− | B+ | A |
| Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet | 2,027 | 10 | — | D− | B+ | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Mount Currie
Is Mount Currie a young town or an old one?
The typical resident is 33.2 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 9% of the population and under-15s at 21%.
What kind of homes are in Mount Currie?
76% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 3.2 people; 22% are one person living alone.
Has Mount Currie grown?
It lost people: 1,285 in 2016, 1,242 in 2021, 3.3% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,298.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).