Prince RupertBritish Columbia

Commuters in Prince Rupert have a short way to work, 13 min on average, less than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

By car: that was how 86% of commuters travelled at the census.

Prince Rupert’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 293, runs above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Property crime ran at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). Each year, 44.9 violent crimes are recorded per 1,000 residents.

Prince Rupert has cooler summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 14.5°C

Precipitation totals 2,143 mm a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). January nights in Prince Rupert drop to 2.2°C on average. Snow peaks in January: 8 cm in a normal year. For the wettest month, look to December: 288 mm on average.

Lives run shorter around Prince Rupert: 77.0 years, 4.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

Shared with the rest of the Northwest Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

The survey finds just over two in five adults in very good or excellent health, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 14% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. For Prince Rupert itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Results around Prince Rupert lean low: 5 of 6 schools in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

Its 3 km reach takes in 7 elementary schools, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school, all of Prince Rupert’s schooling.

More of Prince Rupert’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 37%

17% are under 15, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents.

Rent takes less of local pay in Prince Rupert than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

Measured across the Prince Rupert metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners make up 62% of households, below both British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

A normal November in Prince Rupert runs from 5°C to 9°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Prince Rupert forecast. Then December: 7°C by day, 3°C at night. November normally sees 266 mm of precipitation. Over the year, August is warmest at 15°C by day and January coldest at 2°C by night.

Prince Rupert sends Ellis Ross (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Skeena—Bulkley Valley

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

At 2.7 visits per person served, Prince Rupert Library is quieter than 92% of British Columbia’s town libraries

Prince Rupert Library serves 14,483 people from a single building.

Hazards in Prince Rupert: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 5.2% of tested homes

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

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.096 per $1,000 of buildings, below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) but above Canadian towns ($0.030). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Prince Rupert.

Kitson Island Marine Park is 2.1 km from Prince Rupert

Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map. Protected areas cover 5.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 4, below British Columbia’s towns (14) and close to Canadian towns (4).

1 historic place on the heritage registers in Prince Rupert

36% of its homes were built before 1961, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (18%). One more stands just outside, within 5 km of the town’s edge.