Roberts Creekin Sunshine Coast D, British Columbia

Rent takes more of local pay in Roberts Creek than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 26% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 23% of households, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 76% of households, in line with British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%).

Health in Roberts Creek beats almost every Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area

The region has fewer smokers than British Columbia, 6.5% of adults to 8.9%. In the health survey, 59% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%). People in the region live to 84.3 on average: 86.3 for women and 82.3 for men in 2022/2024. For Roberts Creek itself the measure is access, and it lags: 9.9 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Trips to work from Roberts Creek are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 24 min on average

The car took 85% of commuters, about level with British Columbia’s towns (87%) and below Canadian towns (89%).

Winters are mild in Roberts Creek: January nights hold at 3.3°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Some 37 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below both British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). In July, daytime highs in Roberts Creek average 23.0°C. December is the snowiest month, with 14 cm on average. A normal November brings 245 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

Teaching in French: 2 of Roberts Creek’s 7 schools

Taken together, Roberts Creek and its 3 km edge hold 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. On the tests, 2 of 5 schools land above the middle in British Columbia, 2 under it. Secondary school means a trip of 8.1 km at the nearest, above both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

For safety, Roberts Creek gets a C+

Violent incidents in its police area came to 16 per 1,000 residents a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). The violent index for its police area came to 94, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Sunshine Coast detachment area as a whole, not for Roberts Creek alone.

Roberts Creek has one of Canada’s highest earthquake risks: $0.38 a year per $1,000, 13 times the typical town’s

Source area for radon tests: the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi health region

2.5% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, between British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is rare near Roberts Creek: 0.5% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.01% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Roberts Creek on the national inventory.

Protected land around Roberts Creek beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 10 km are 20 protected areas. 62 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park. Some protected land is inside the town: 17% of its area.

An older town: 28% of people in Roberts Creek are 65 or over, more than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns

14% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here.

What November brings in Roberts Creek: 5°C at night, 10°C by day

Snowfall in a normal November: 3 cm. The month after, December, normally sees 7°C afternoons and 3°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 245 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Gibsons is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Patrick Weiler (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Roberts Creek in Ottawa as MP for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Provincially, Roberts Creek votes in Powell River-Sunshine Coast; the open record doesn’t name its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, so the legislature’s own list is linked below.

Roberts Creek has one public library, Roberts Creek Community Library

It sits 1.1 km from the centre of Roberts Creek.