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More households own their home in Provinceton than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 86%

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Vancouver metro area

Rent took 22% of household income, between British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%).

For health, Provinceton is ahead of 87% of Canadian towns

Across the region, life runs to 83.2 years on average: women 85.8, men 80.7, in 2022/2024. The survey counts 8.2% of adults as smokers, below both British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%). On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Provinceton’s is long: 8.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

For the force that serves Provinceton, the Crime Severity Index is 94, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Violent incidents in its police area came to 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, near British Columbia’s towns (76) and lower than Canadian towns (86). Provinceton doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Surrey service area.

July highs in Provinceton: 25.0°C, against 23.1°C in British Columbia’s towns and 25.5°C in Canadian towns

The most precipitation falls in January: 252 mm in a normal year. A normal year brings 1,649 mm of precipitation, above both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). The coldest nights come in January, when Provinceton averages a low of 0.5°C. Snow peaks in January: 22 cm in a normal year.

Households in Provinceton have higher incomes than those in 98% of Canadian towns

The car took just over nine in ten commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above British Columbia’s towns (87%). The average trip to work takes 30 min.

Mixed results around Provinceton: 9 high and 15 low of 38 schools in British Columbia

In or within 3 km of Provinceton: 32 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools.

Shaking costs buildings in Provinceton $0.47 a year per $1,000 of value, 16 times the typical town’s

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Surrey. Little of the land around Provinceton has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.003% a year. Figures for radon tests are published for the Fraser South health region as a whole, not for Provinceton alone. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Surrey, with Provinceton one part of it.

More of Provinceton belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 51%

Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. 13% of residents are 65 or over, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%).

What November brings in Provinceton: 2°C at night, 10°C by day

Snow is normal by November, about 7 cm over the month. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 249 mm. By December, a normal day reaches 6°C and a night falls to freezing. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Langley forecast.

Provinceton votes in 2 federal ridings, led by Cloverdale—Langley City and Fleetwood—Port Kells

Fewer visits per person served than 76% of British Columbia’s town libraries: Surrey Libraries counts 3.4

Surrey Libraries serves the whole of Surrey, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 703,615 people, Provinceton among them.

Provinceton has 159 public protected areas within 10 km

For a provincial park, Peace Arch Park lies 13 km off. Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 42 km from town. 5.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Biggest among them: Tynehead Regional Park, 243 ha, 2.4 km off.