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Rent takes more of local pay in Arbutus Ridge than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income

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

The owner-occupied share of households is 60%. 41% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

For health, Arbutus Ridge is ahead of 97% of Canadian towns

Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 83.3, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.3% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. Measured from where Arbutus Ridge’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

Most of the schools around Arbutus Ridge score above the middle in British Columbia: 37 of 51

In French: 2 of the 61 schools, where in British Columbia the share is 2%. 26 of the 61 are independent, against 18% in British Columbia. Counting a 3 km margin, Arbutus Ridge has 49 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools, 3 schools for every grade and 2 alternative or adult schools.

Arbutus Ridge has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 1.4°C

A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month. Frosty days number 40 in a normal year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 19 March and returns around 10 November: 235 days without it. Midsummer afternoons in Arbutus Ridge peak at about 22.4°C.

The police who cover Arbutus Ridge record more serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 93

Measured across the Vancouver service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 43.6 per 1,000 a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 99, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Arbutus Ridge trails that of 88% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 28 min, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Visible minorities make up more of Arbutus Ridge than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 60%

Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). Over-65s are 25% of the population.

Expect November days around 9°C in Arbutus Ridge, nights around 4°C

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 7°C and lows near 1°C. Snow is normal by November, about 3 cm over the month. Expect about 175 mm of rain and snow over November. Normal highs peak at 22°C in July; nights bottom out at 1°C in December.

Arbutus Ridge straddles 2 federal ridings, from Vancouver Quadra to Vancouver Granville

In Ottawa, Wade Grant speaks for 85% of Arbutus Ridge, and Taleeb Noormohamed for most of the remainder.

The nearest public library to Arbutus Ridge is Vancouver Public Library Kerrisdale Branch, 1.5 km away

Vancouver Public Library serves the whole of Vancouver, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 742,394 people, Arbutus Ridge among them.

More of the land around Arbutus Ridge is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns

The largest is Sturgeon Bank Wildlife Management Area: 7,775 ha, 3.2 km from the edge of town. The nearest provincial park, Cypress Park, is 11 km away. A drive of 41 km reaches Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, the nearest national park. CPCAD lists 12 protected areas within 10 km.

Shaking costs buildings in Arbutus Ridge $0.43 a year per $1,000 of value, 14 times the typical town’s

Shared with the rest of the Vancouver health region: radon tests · Earthquake risk for the city of Vancouver

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.2% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Vancouver. Fire seldom reaches Arbutus Ridge: since 1986, 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.005% a year).