SkowkaleBritish Columbia
A First Nations reserve of 1,114 in British Columbia. It sits within the Chilliwack census metropolitan area.
Is Skowkale a good place to live?
Health outcomes beat most towns (B). Its weakest is walkability (C−). It also trails on jobs & income (C). Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and C+ for hazard risk.
Skowkale is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.
How Skowkale grades
Each subject compares Skowkale with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Skowkale is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Skowkale stand out
The 3 things Skowkale does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Skowkale.
July highs in Skowkale: 24.9°C, against 23.1°C in British Columbia’s towns and 25.5°C in Canadian towns
A normal January night drops to 0.8°C, close to British Columbia’s towns (0.5°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Rain and snow peak in November, at 268 mm. Most of the snow comes in January, about 18 cm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Skowkale | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 1,734 mm | 1,152 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 35 | 60 | 159 |
| January night low | 0.8°C | 0.5°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 24.9°C | 23.1°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Agassiz)
More commuters in Skowkale drive than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 94%
The average trip to work took 24 min, below British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Skowkale | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 94% | 87% | 89% |
| Average trip | 24 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
More of Skowkale’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 22%
Visible minorities make up 3% of the population, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 54.3% of Skowkale
The 2021 census counted 535 women and 450 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Skowkale | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.6% | 14% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 46% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 44% | 21% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 18% | 13% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 43% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; British Columbia and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Earthquakes are Skowkale’s biggest hazard: $0.25 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 8 times the norm
Source area for radon tests: the Fraser East health region
In Health Canada’s survey, just 3% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Burn scars are few around Skowkale, with 0.4% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.01% a year). The national flood inventory has no study of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Skowkale | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.25 | $0.36 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 3% | 1.8% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
People in Skowkale’s health region live to 80.0 on average, 1.5 years short of the typical Canadian town
The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 17% of adults, above British Columbia’s towns (15%) and close to Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, 47% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole reaches 50%. Measured from where Skowkale’s residents live, a hospital is 3.7 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Fraser East Health Service Delivery Area, Skowkale included.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Skowkale | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 47% | 50% | 52% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.0 | 81.0 | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 10% | 9% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
What November brings in Skowkale: 4°C at night, 9°C by day
Next comes December, with normal highs of 6°C and lows of 1°C. Expect around 7 cm of snow in November. November normally sees 268 mm of precipitation. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Chilliwack.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 7°C | 1°C | 604 mm |
| Spring | 15°C | 6°C | 365 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 13°C | 215 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 7°C | 552 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Agassiz); the forecast is on the Weather page
Chilliwack—Hope, which takes in Skowkale, is held by Mark Strahl (Conservative Party of Canada)
Local government in Skowkale, a reserve, is the First Nation’s band council, not on the open lists this page uses.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Skowkale is FVRL: Chilliwack Library, 3.6 km away
The next is FVRL: Sardis Library (Chilliwack), 4.2 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Skowkale has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 87 km from town. The closest provincial park is Chilliwack River Park, 6.8 km from the edge of town. Within 10 km are 16 protected areas.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Skowkale | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 8.6% | 6.7% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 8 | 14 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
5 above the middle in British Columbia, 3 below: Skowkale’s 15 tested schools
In or within 3 km of Skowkale: 11 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school. Teenagers have 2.6 km to go to the closest secondary school, above British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sardis Elementary Middle fifth in British ColumbiaNearest elementary school, 0.9 kmElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Cascade Christian School IndependentNearest secondary school, 2.1 kmAll grades | All grades | – | Independent |
| St Mary's IndependentResults in the top fifth in British ColumbiaElementary | Elementary | – | Independent |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Skowkale | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 2.6 km | 1.8 km | 1.2 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Everything we know about Skowkale
Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society and 3 more in and around Skowkale
From museums to parks and historic sites: Skowkale’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.
MuseumChilliwack Museum and Historical Society3.2 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumDicken's Sweets & British Museum2.7 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumCFBCHS Chilliwack Military Museum3.4 km outside town, to the northArt galleryArt galleryJulie Anne's Art Supplies and Gallery800 m outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society: Thats Just Great, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Skowkale
No notable person born in Skowkale is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Jordyn Huitema: Douglas O'Brien from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Reece Howden: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kevin Hill: LG전자, CC BY 2.0
About Skowkale
First Nations reserve in British Columbia
Skowkale is a First Nations reserve in British Columbia, counted by Statistics Canada as its own census subdivision.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,114 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- Census division
- Fraser Valley
- Metro area
- Chilliwack
- First Nation
- Skowkale
- Census subdivision
- 5909884
Skowkale’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skowkale | 1,114 | — | — | — | — | B |
| Chilliwack | 105,520 | 1.3 | C− | D | D | B |
| Tzeachten 13 | 4,899 | 2.7 | — | — | — | B |
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley | 1,748 | 10 | — | D− | D | B− |
| Cultus Lake | 2,773 | 13 | C | D− | C+ | B− |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley | 1,155 | 14 | — | — | D | B− |
| Rosedale | 2,401 | 14 | — | C− | D | B− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Skowkale
Has Skowkale grown?
It added people: 841 in 2016, 983 in 2021, 16.9% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,114.
How old are the people of Skowkale?
At 62.4, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 10% of the population and seniors 44%.
What kind of homes are in Skowkale?
Mostly 77% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.2 people on average, and 28% have just one.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).