TofinoBritish Columbia

Home ownership in Tofino, 53%, runs below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent took 23% of household income, lower than British Columbia’s towns (24%) yet higher than Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 21% of households, near British Columbia’s towns (21%) and higher than Canadian towns (18%).

Trips to work from Tofino are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 14 min on average

Summers stay cool in Tofino: July afternoons reach 17.4°C, below British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

In January, overnight lows in Tofino settle at 3.6°C. Counting rain and snow alike, 3,111 mm falls in a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). A normal November brings 454 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

No high school in or near Tofino: the closest is 18 km off

Violent crime weighs more where Tofino is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 206

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Tofino detachment area

The index for the force that serves it came to 117, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (83) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 29.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 37.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

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

13% are under 15, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). Immigrants make up 9.9% of residents, lower than British Columbia’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%).

People in Tofino’s health region live to 79.8 on average, 1.7 years short of the typical Canadian town

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Tofino is well placed: 2.0 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Smoking is commoner than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. Age-standardised, 47% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, below both British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%).

Expect November days around 10°C in Tofino, nights around 5°C

By December, a normal day reaches 8°C and a night falls to 3°C. Precipitation in November averages 454 mm. Over the year, August is warmest at 18°C by day and February coldest at 3°C by night. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Tofino forecast.

A 8,431-vote margin made Courtenay—Alberni closer in 2021 than 67% of Canada’s ridings

Federally, Tofino sits in Courtenay—Alberni, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Gord Johns of the New Democratic Party.

Tofino’s public library is VIRL: Tofino Branch

From the centre of Tofino, it is 0.6 km away.

Tofino borders Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

For a swim, Chesterman Beach is the nearest of 34 beaches within 5 km. Vargas Island Park is the closest provincial park, at 2.2 km. Within 10 km of the town, just over two fifths of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Inside the town itself, just over a fifth of the land is protected.

Earthquakes are Tofino’s biggest hazard: $0.50 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 17 times the norm

Little of the land around Tofino has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year. 0.9% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, below both British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). District of Tofino has mapped the flood hazard here, one of 2 studies on the national inventory. Tofino doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Central Vancouver Island health region.