Electoral Area D, qathetBritish Columbia

Electoral Area D, qathet’s grade for health: an A+

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 59%, ahead of the 50% for British Columbia. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 12% of the region’s adults on average, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 84.3 years at birth, 86.3 for women and 82.3 for men. At 6.5%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 8.9% for British Columbia.

Measured against local pay, Electoral Area D, qathet costs more to live in than nine in ten Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $400,000, lower than British Columbia’s towns ($720,000) and near Canadian towns ($406,000). Home ownership covers 84% of households.

Trips to work from Electoral Area D, qathet are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 21 min on average

Driving is how 93% of commuters got to work at the census.

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

December is the snowiest month, with 17 cm on average. Frost comes on 46 days a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). The frost-free season runs from 1 April to 6 November, 218 days. In July, daytime highs in Electoral Area D, qathet average 23.1°C.

Older than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Electoral Area D, qathet is over 62.4

Immigrants make up just over one in ten residents, below British Columbia’s towns (12%) but above Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 2.9% of the population, below British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

The nearest high school to Electoral Area D, qathet is 16 km away

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, about level with British Columbia’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

Expect November days around 9°C in Electoral Area D, qathet, nights around 3°C

Expect about 189 mm of rain and snow over November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Powell River.

North Island—Powell River, which takes in Electoral Area D, qathet, is held by Aaron Gunn (Conservative Party of Canada)

Electoral Area D, qathet sends one MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from Powell River-Sunshine Coast, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.

The nearest public library to Electoral Area D, qathet is Powell River Public Library, 18 km away

After it comes Powell River Public Library (Powell River), 19 km away.

Wildfire low, radon 2.5%: how Electoral Area D, qathet stands on hazards

Measured across the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi health region: radon tests

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.22 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Electoral Area D, qathet is on the national inventory.

A provincial park at Electoral Area D, qathet’s edge: Anderson Bay Park

88 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park. 23 protected areas lie within 10 km. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 2.5%, between British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Swimmers have 7 beaches within 5 km, Shehtekwahn East Bay Beach the nearest.

Electoral Area D, qathet’s grade for safety: a B−

No police detachment reports under Electoral Area D, qathet’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

Its police area recorded 14.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). Property crime in the area its police cover: 24.6 per 1,000 people a year.