Electoral Area C, Peace RiverBritish Columbia

Commuters in Electoral Area C, Peace River have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

14 of Electoral Area C, Peace River’s 18 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

Its 3 km reach takes in 13 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools, 3 schools for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school, all of Electoral Area C, Peace River’s schooling. Teenagers have 4.2 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Winter nights bite in Electoral Area C, Peace River: January lows of −16.7°C, colder than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns

The most precipitation falls in July: 77 mm in a normal year. Frost comes on 185 days a year, above British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159) alike. The frost-free season runs from 12 May to 16 September, 127 days. The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 21.7°C in Electoral Area C, Peace River.

Electoral Area C, Peace River is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Northeast health region

Radon is higher than usual: a tenth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.011 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, lower than British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). Wildfire is a moderate presence around Electoral Area C, Peace River: 2.8% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.07% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk.

Electoral Area C, Peace River’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 4.6 years: life expectancy 76.9

Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 8.6 km away, above both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. That said, in the health survey, 43% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%.

Electoral Area C, Peace River earns a C for safety

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Electoral Area C, Peace River · Shared with the rest of the Fort St John detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 82 over 2023–25, near British Columbia’s towns (83) and higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 25.4 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Renting in Electoral Area C, Peace River costs 12% of household income, less than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

Measured across the Fort St. John metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners make up 86% of households. 15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

A town of families: 21% of people in Electoral Area C, Peace River are under 15, more than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

People 65 and over make up 13% of the town. Immigrants make up 5.8% of residents, below British Columbia’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike.

Expect November days around −2°C in Electoral Area C, Peace River, nights around −10°C

Next comes December, with normal highs of −7°C and lows of −15°C. In November, the normal is 35 mm of rain and snow. Snowfall in a normal November: 38 cm. Also worth knowing: july brings the warmest days, 22°C; January the coldest nights, −17°C.

Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, which takes in Electoral Area C, Peace River, is held by Bob Zimmer (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

Electoral Area C, Peace River has no public library of its own; the nearest is Fort St. John Public Library, 3.7 km away

After it comes Taylor Public Library (Taylor), 18 km away.

Step out of Electoral Area C, Peace River into Beatton Park

Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map. National parks are all over 100 km off. Of the land within 10 km, 1.9% has protected status, below British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike.

One place in Electoral Area C, Peace River, at the top of the registers

Homes from before 1961 make up 5.3% of the stock, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (18%).