Radium Hot SpringsBritish Columbia

Commuters in Radium Hot Springs have a short way to work, 20 min on average, less than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

86% of commuters drove, in line with British Columbia’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

January nights in Radium Hot Springs drop to −13.5°C (British Columbia towns 0.5°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 22.5°C, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) and Canadian towns (25.5°C). Gardeners get 64 frost-free days, from 19 June to 23 August. A normal April brings 30 cm of snow, the most of any month. Also worth knowing: rain and snow peak in June, at 73 mm.

Radium Hot Springs’s grade for hazard risk: a C−

The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship. The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.037 for each $1,000 of buildings, lower than British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). Fire reaches the land around Radium Hot Springs now and then: 5.3% within 25 km since 1986 (0.13% a year), below the high band. Figures for radon tests are published for the East Kootenay health region as a whole, not for Radium Hot Springs alone.

Renting in Radium Hot Springs costs 19% of household income, less than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

17% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $344,000, lower than both British Columbia’s towns ($720,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

15% of Radium Hot Springs’s residents belong to a visible minority (British Columbia’s towns: 8.6%; Canadian towns: 15%)

3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Radium Hot Springs’ health region reports 57% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%

Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. Across the region, life runs to 80.5 years on average: women 82.7, men 78.1, in 2022/2024. Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, between British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). For Radium Hot Springs itself the measure is access, and it lags: 13 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Radium Hot Springs’s grade for safety: a C+

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Radium Hot Springs · Shared with the rest of the Columbia Valley detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The violent index for its police area came to 60, below both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). The index for the force that serves it came to 72, below British Columbia’s towns (83) but above Canadian towns (67).

What November brings in Radium Hot Springs: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

Expect about 28 mm of rain and snow over November. November usually brings some 25 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 23°C and January nights −14°C.

Radium Hot Springs’ MP is Rob Morrison (Conservative Party of Canada), for Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

Across British Columbia, 20 of the 43 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Radium Hot Springs has two public libraries, Radium Hot Springs Public Library and Radium Hot Springs Public Library

Radium hot springs public library has 2 branches for the 2,219 people it serves.

Kootenay National Park begins at the edge of Radium Hot Springs

Within 10 km of the town, 35% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Dry Gulch Park is the closest provincial park, at 3.2 km. The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 4, below British Columbia’s towns (14) and close to Canadian towns (4).