ParksvilleBritish Columbia

Rent takes more of local pay in Parksville than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 28% of household income

Nearly a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 73% of households. For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Parksville metro area, Parksville included.

Results around Parksville split both ways in British Columbia: 2 of 4 schools high, 1 low

Counting a 3 km margin, Parksville has 3 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 alternative or adult schools.

Parksville gets a C− for safety

Police recorded 16.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Property crime runs at 49.4 per 1,000 people a year.

Winters are mild in Parksville: January nights hold at 1.5°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Frosty days number 46 in a normal year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 218 frost-free days, from 1 April to 6 November. A July afternoon in Parksville typically reaches 23.1°C. Also worth knowing: a normal December brings 17 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Visible minorities make up less of Parksville than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 5.6%

4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Parksville’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.7 years: life expectancy 79.8

Measured across the Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%). The region has more smokers than British Columbia, just over one in ten adults to 8.9%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.7 km from the average resident of Parksville, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

A normal November in Parksville runs from 3°C to 9°C

Precipitation in November averages 189 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Qualicum Beach is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Just 8,431 votes decided Courtenay—Alberni in 2021, closer than 67% of Canada’s ridings

In the census’s list of municipalities, Parksville is a city.

Parksville’s public library is VIRL: Parksville Branch

It stands 0.8 km from the centre of Parksville.

Trips to work from Parksville are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average

84% of commuters drove, near British Columbia’s towns (87%) and lower than Canadian towns (89%).

Rathtrevor Beach Park begins where Parksville ends

The 10 km around town hold 24 protected areas. The nearest national park is Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, 64 km away. 13% of the town lies within a protected area. Of the country within 10 km, 4.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.

Earthquakes are Parksville’s biggest hazard: $0.49 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 16 times the norm

Source area for radon tests: the Central Vancouver Island health region

Wildfire is rare near Parksville: 0.5% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.01% a year. Of the homes tested for radon, 0.9% were over 200 Bq/m³, below both British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.