Port MoodyBritish Columbia

Port Moody gets a D− for cost of living

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 22% of households, above British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Rent took 25% of household income, near British Columbia’s towns (24%) and higher than Canadian towns (20%). Port Moody doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver metro area.

Few places match Port Moody for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns

In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, below both British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%). Across the region, life runs to 84.4 years on average: women 86.6, men 82.1, in 2022/2024. For Port Moody itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Fraser North Health Service Delivery Area as a whole, not for Port Moody alone.

Few places match Port Moody for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Inside the town itself, nearly a quarter of the land is protected. A provincial park, Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park [A.K.A. Indian Arm Park], lies 0.9 km away. Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 46, above both British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4). The closest of Canada’s national parks is Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, at 53 km.

Violent crime weighs less on Port Moody than on British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 43

Property crime ran at 17.1 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence reaches 7 per 1,000 residents a year.

Port Moody’s schools come under 3 different boards

Taken together, Port Moody and its 3 km edge hold 55 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 3 alternative or adult schools. Results are mixed: 20 of 58 schools above the middle in British Columbia, 17 below it.

Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Port Moody: 1,649 mm a year

Midwinter nights in Port Moody bottom out at 0.5°C on average. Frost comes on 60 days a year, near British Columbia’s towns (60) and lower than Canadian towns (159). Also worth knowing: a normal January brings 252 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in December, about 14 cm.

Earthquakes are Port Moody’s biggest hazard: $0.32 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 11 times the norm

The radon tests numbers here cover the Fraser North health region

Fire seldom reaches Port Moody: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.003% a year). The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Trips to work from Port Moody take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

81% of commuters drove, below British Columbia’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

A normal November in Port Moody runs from 2°C to 10°C

About 3 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 6°C and lows near freezing. Expect about 249 mm of rain and snow over November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Pitt Meadows forecast, on the Weather page.

Port Moody—Coquitlam, which takes in Port Moody, is held by Zoe Royer (Liberal Party of Canada)

For the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Port Moody votes in Port Moody-Burquitlam; open data doesn’t yet say who its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) is.

Port Moody Public Library draws 8.5 visits per person served, ahead of 85% of British Columbia’s town libraries

Port Moody Public Library serves 38,285 people from a single building.

More of Port Moody belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 33%

Children are 17% of the town. 14% of residents are 65 or over, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike.