QuesnelBritish Columbia

Quesnel’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 244, runs above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Violent crime runs at 53.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 132.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Quesnel’s schools mostly sit under the middle in British Columbia, 8 of the 9 with results

Measured against local pay, Quesnel costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

Rent took just over a fifth of household income, below British Columbia’s towns (24%) but above Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Quesnel shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Quesnel metro area.

January nights in Quesnel drop to −10.8°C (British Columbia towns 0.5°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 24.5°C, higher than British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) yet lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Gardeners get 119 frost-free days, from 22 May to 19 September. A normal December brings 42 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in July, at 68 mm.

Expect 76.6 years of life in the region around Quesnel, 4.9 under the typical Canadian town

On average a fifth of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. The region has more smokers than British Columbia, just over one in ten adults to 8.9%. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 39%, behind the 50% for British Columbia. Measured from where Quesnel’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.1 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

A flood study covers Quesnel: 3 on the national inventory, the newest from Fraser Basin Council

More homes than usual carry radon here, 12% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.010 per $1,000 of building value, about level with Canadian towns ($0.030) and below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36). Wildfire is rare near Quesnel: 1.3% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.03% a year. Figures for radon tests are published for the Northern Interior health region as a whole, not for Quesnel alone.

Trips to work from Quesnel are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 15 min on average

The car took 92% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above British Columbia’s towns (87%).

Quesnel in November: highs near 3°C, lows near −5°C

November usually brings some 31 cm of snow. Precipitation in November averages 45 mm. The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −10°C nights. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 25°C and January nights −11°C.

In 2021, Todd Doherty carried Cariboo—Prince George by 15,448 votes, a margin wider than 79% of Canada’s ridings

Quesnel sends one MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from Prince George-North Cariboo, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.

Quesnel’s public library is CRDL: Quesnel Branch

It stands 0.3 km from the centre of Quesnel.

0.8 km from Quesnel to Pinnacles Park

Protected areas cover 4.3% of the land within 10 km, below British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) but above Canadian towns (2.3%). Within 100 km there is no national park.

More of Quesnel’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 14%

Nearly one in ten residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than British Columbia’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 15%.