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Rent takes more of local pay in Kensington-Cedar Cottage than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 31% of household income

55% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 28% of households, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Few places match Kensington-Cedar Cottage for health: it beats 97% of Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

A child born in the region can expect 83.3 years, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. The region has fewer smokers than British Columbia, 7.3% of adults to 8.9%. For Kensington-Cedar Cottage itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Kensington-Cedar Cottage has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 3.3°C

Frost comes on 17 days a year, below British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Midsummer afternoons in Kensington-Cedar Cottage peak at about 23.0°C. A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month. Also worth knowing: rain and snow peak in November, at 245 mm.

The police who cover Kensington-Cedar Cottage record more serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 93

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

Property crime in its police area ran at 43.6 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). The violent index for its police area came to 99, above British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike.

3 boards run the schools in and around Kensington-Cedar Cottage

Of the 102, 4 teach in French (2% of schools in British Columbia). The 85 with results split, 38 in the upper two fifths in British Columbia and 23 in the lower. In or within 3 km of Kensington-Cedar Cottage: 84 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools, 1 school for every grade and 4 alternative or adult schools.

Commuters in Kensington-Cedar Cottage travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

More of Kensington-Cedar Cottage belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 68%

17% of residents are 65 or over, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%). The under-15s are 13% of the population here.

A normal November in Kensington-Cedar Cottage runs from 5°C to 10°C

By December, a normal day reaches 7°C and a night falls to 3°C. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Vancouver forecast.

Vancouver Kingsway turned out at 54% in 2021, lower than 90% of Canada’s ridings

In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Kensington-Cedar Cottage is shared by 3 ridings (Vancouver-Kensington, Vancouver-Renfrew and Vancouver-Strathcona).

VPL: Kensington Branch is Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s public library

Kensington-Cedar Cottage is served by Vancouver Public Library, the library of all of Vancouver, so the figures here are the city’s, for 742,394 people.

The The Trans Canada Trail runs by Kensington-Cedar Cottage

Sturgeon Bank Wildlife Management Area (7,775 ha) is the biggest, 8.4 km from town. For a swim, Trout Lake Beach is the nearest of 26 beaches within 5 km. Mount Seymour Park is the closest provincial park, at 8.7 km. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, at 42 km.

Earthquakes are Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s biggest hazard: $0.43 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 14 times the norm

Radon topped the guideline in 1.2% of tested homes, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Little of the land around Kensington-Cedar Cottage has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.004% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Kensington-Cedar Cottage on the national inventory. Kensington-Cedar Cottage doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver health region. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Vancouver, Kensington-Cedar Cottage included.