SicamousBritish Columbia

For hazard risk, Sicamous gets an A

Shared with the rest of the Thompson/Cariboo health region: radon tests

Radon is about average around Sicamous: 6.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.006 per $1,000 of building value, about level with Canadian towns ($0.030) and below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36). The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship. Wildfire is a moderate presence around Sicamous: 2.4% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.06% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk.

Violent crime weighs more where Sicamous is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 185

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 146 over 2023–25, above British Columbia’s towns (83) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Where it is policed, 13.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 35.3 per 1,000 people a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Sicamous detachment area, Sicamous included.

Measured against local pay, Sicamous costs more to live in than nine in ten Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 27% of households, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). 81% of households are owner-occupiers.

Households in Sicamous have lower incomes than those in 77% of Canadian towns

82% of commuters drove to work at the census. Commutes averaged 24 min, below both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Summer runs warm in Sicamous: July highs of 28.3°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Counting rain and snow alike, 654 mm falls in a year, below both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Sicamous sees January nights of −5.6°C on average. A normal December brings 71 cm of snow, the most of any month. The most precipitation falls in November: 83 mm in a normal year.

Sicamous’ region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.7 years: life expectancy 78.8

Measured across the Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

On average 18% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above British Columbia’s towns (15%) and close to Canadian towns (17%). At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 8.9% for British Columbia. Across the region, 48% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole reaches 50%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Sicamous’ is long: 25 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

The nearest high school to Sicamous is 21 km away

Older than 97% of Canadian towns: half of Sicamous is over 57.6

5.7% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below both British Columbia’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 9.7% of residents, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Sicamous in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −1°C

November usually brings some 28 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of 1°C and lows of −5°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 83 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Salmon Arm.

Sicamous sends Mel Arnold (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

Provincially, Sicamous votes in Salmon Arm-Shuswap; 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.

Sicamous’s public library is ORL: Sicamous Branch

It sits 0.9 km from the centre of Sicamous.

Within 54 km of Sicamous: Mount Revelstoke National Park

Parks and reserves take up 0.9% of the ground within 10 km, below both British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). A provincial park, Shuswap Lake Marine Park, lies 0.2 km away. Swimmers have 3 beaches within 5 km, Public Beach the nearest.