Electoral Area I, Okanagan-SimilkameenBritish Columbia

Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen gets a D− for hazard risk

Shared with the rest of the Okanagan health region: radon tests

Flood mapping exists: a study by Okanagan Basin Water Board. In Health Canada’s survey, 17% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Fire is a regular visitor: 22% of the land within 25 km of Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen has burned since 1986 (0.56% a year). Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.017 per $1,000 of buildings, about level with Canadian towns ($0.030) and below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36).

Summer runs warm in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen: July highs of 29.2°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

The frost-free season runs from 30 April to 8 October, 160 days. A normal year brings 344 mm of precipitation, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Midwinter nights in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen bottom out at −3.2°C on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 20 cm.

More households own their home in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 90%

A year’s rent came to just over a fifth of the median household income, lower than British Columbia’s towns (24%) and near Canadian towns (20%). 16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen alone, so this card uses the figure for the Penticton metro area.

Of Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen’s 4 tested schools, 1 sit above the middle in British Columbia and 2 below

The 3 km around Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen counts 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. Teenagers have 8.7 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen skews older, with 28% of residents 65 or over, more than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns

4.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 make up 11% of residents.

Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen gets a C+ for safety

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen

The violent index for its police area came to 64, below British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. The index for the force that serves it came to 72, between British Columbia’s towns (83) and Canadian towns (67).

Commuters in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen have a short way to work, 23 min on average, less than in British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Driving is how 90% of commuters got to work at the census.

Protected land around Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen beats 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Swimmers have 6 beaches within 5 km, Skaha Lake Beach the nearest. For a provincial park, Nickel Plate Park lies 0.2 km off. 0.7 km out lies the largest, Mctaggart-Cowan/Nsek'iniw't Wildlife Management Area, at 6,491 ha. 37 protected areas lie within 10 km.

52% of adults around Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen rate their health very good or excellent

On average 16% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, between British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 12% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.0 years at birth, 84.1 for women and 78.2 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen’s is long: 14 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Expect November days around 7°C in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen, nights around freezing

November normally sees 28 mm of precipitation. Next comes December, with normal highs of 2°C and lows of −3°C. July brings the warmest days, 29°C; January the coldest nights, −3°C. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Penticton.

Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, which takes in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen, is held by Helena Konanz (Conservative Party of Canada)

Of the 43 Commons seats from British Columbia, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 20.

Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen has one public library, ORL: Kalenden Branch

The library is 0.7 km from the centre of Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen.