Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-NicolaBritish Columbia

Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola gets a D− for hazard risk

Measured across the Thompson/Cariboo health region: radon tests

Of the homes tested for radon, 6.4% were over 200 Bq/m³, about level with Canadian towns (6.6%) and above British Columbia’s towns (1.8%). With 0.48% of the land around it burning each year, Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola sits in the high wildfire band (19% within 25 km since 1986). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.014 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national inventory holds 5 flood maps for it, the newest from Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship.

Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola has warmer summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 29.3°C

Precipitation totals 273 mm a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). The coldest nights come in January, when Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola averages a low of −5.7°C. Frost usually lifts by 25 April and returns around 12 October: 170 days without it. Rain and snow peak in June, at 36 mm.

Measured against local pay, Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola costs more to live in than 87% of Canadian towns

Rent took a fifth of household income, lower than British Columbia’s towns (24%) and near Canadian towns (20%). 85% of households own their home.

Expect 78.8 years of life in the region around Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola, 2.7 under the typical Canadian town

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area

For Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola itself, the measure is access: 28 km to the nearest hospital on average, with 46% of homes beyond 30 km. Smokers make up 13% of the region’s adults, above British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%.

Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola gets a C for safety

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola itself

Its police area recorded 16.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. 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). Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola alone, so this card uses the figure for the Chase detachment area.

The nearest high school to Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola is 25 km away

3 of 5 schools with results score below the middle in British Columbia. The closest elementary school is 17 km away, above British Columbia’s towns (0.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

Commuters in Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 34 min on average

At the census, 90% of commuters went by car.

An older town: 25% of people in Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola are 65 or over, more than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

13% are under 15, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). Visible minorities make up 3.1% of the population, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Expect November days around 6°C in Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola, nights around −1°C

Into December, the normals move to 1°C and −5°C. In November, the normal is 26 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 10 cm over the month. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Kamloops forecast, on the Weather page.

Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola sends Mel Arnold (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

20 of the 43 MPs from British Columbia belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola has no public library of its own; the nearest is Chase Branch, 25 km away

Monte Lake Park reaches the edge of Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola

CPCAD lists 25 protected areas within 10 km. Mount Revelstoke National Park is the closest national park, 89 km from town. 3.8% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).