Sun Peaks MountainBritish Columbia

Hazard risk in Sun Peaks Mountain is higher than in 97% of Canadian towns

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 6.4% of homes, about level with Canadian towns (6.6%) and above British Columbia’s towns (1.8%). Wildfire is a real hazard for Sun Peaks Mountain: 18% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.46% a year, in the high band. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.008 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Sun Peaks Mountain doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Thompson/Cariboo health region.

Measured against local pay, Sun Peaks Mountain costs more to live in than 95% of Canadian towns

27% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 73% of households. Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Kamloops metro area, with Sun Peaks Mountain one part of it.

Summer runs warm in Sun Peaks Mountain: July highs of 29.3°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Most of the snow comes in December, about 20 cm. A normal year brings 273 mm of precipitation, below both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Midwinter nights in Sun Peaks Mountain bottom out at −5.7°C on average. Gardeners get 170 frost-free days, from 25 April to 12 October.

The nearest hospital is 39 km from the average home in Sun Peaks Mountain

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area

Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 48%, below British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. People in the region live to 78.8 on average: 81.8 for women and 76.0 for men in 2022/2024. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia.

Sun Peaks Mountain is graded a C for safety

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Sun Peaks Mountain itself

The force’s area logs 16.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 80 over 2023–25, near British Columbia’s towns (83) and higher than Canadian towns (67).

A younger town: only 12% of people in Sun Peaks Mountain are 65 or over, fewer than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

Under 15: 17% of residents. 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

More of the land around Sun Peaks Mountain is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The nearest provincial park, Niskonlith Lake Park, is 7.2 km away. 18% of the town lies within a protected area.

Expect November days around 6°C in Sun Peaks Mountain, nights around −1°C

November usually brings some 10 cm of snow. December follows at 1°C by day and −5°C by night. Precipitation in November averages 26 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Kamloops is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Sun Peaks Mountain sends Frank Caputo (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

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

Sun Peaks Mountain has no public library of its own; the nearest is Chase Branch, 16 km away

After it comes ORL: North Shuswap Branch (Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap), 30 km away.

Sun Peaks Mountain’s one school is Sun Peaks School

Household incomes in Sun Peaks Mountain are higher than in 69% of Canadian towns

On average, the journey to work lasts 24 min.