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Renting in Oakridge eats 32% of household income, more than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

57% of households own their home, below both British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 38% of households, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Vancouver metro area, Oakridge included.

Oakridge scores better for health than 97% of Canadian towns

Lives here run to 83.3 years on average, above British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across British Columbia, 50% against 50%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.3% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. Measured from where Oakridge’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.0 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Oakridge shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area.

Winters are mild in Oakridge: January nights hold at 1.4°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Gardeners get 235 frost-free days, from 19 March to 10 November. The thermometer drops below freezing on 40 days a year, below both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 22.4°C in Oakridge. Most of the snow comes in December, about 14 cm.

For the force that serves Oakridge, the Crime Severity Index is 93, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 43.6 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. The violent index for its police area came to 99, above both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

Oakridge’s schools mostly beat the middle in British Columbia, 32 of the 55 with results

In French: 3 of the 67 schools, where in British Columbia the share is 2%. Taken together, Oakridge and its 3 km edge hold 55 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 3 alternative or adult schools.

Oakridge has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than four in five Canadian towns

Workers spend 28 min getting to work, on average.

More of Oakridge belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 78%

Children under 15 make up 12% of residents. 0.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population.

In Oakridge, November normally means 9°C afternoons and 4°C nights

In November, the normal is 175 mm of rain and snow. The month after, December, normally sees 7°C afternoons and 1°C nights. Expect around 3 cm of snow in November. July brings the warmest days, 22°C; December the coldest nights, 1°C.

In 2021, Vancouver Granville went by only 431 votes, narrower than in 98% of ridings

In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Oakridge is shared by 2 ridings (Vancouver-Langara and Vancouver-Little Mountain).

VPL: Oakridge Branch and Oakridge Branch are Oakridge’s two public libraries

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

Few places match Oakridge for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

The closest provincial park is Mount Seymour Park, 14 km from the edge of town. A drive of 40 km reaches Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, the nearest national park. 11 protected areas lie within 10 km. Sturgeon Bank Wildlife Management Area (7,775 ha) is the biggest, 4.6 km from town.

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

Source area for radon tests: the Vancouver health region

Flood mapping exists: a study by City of Vancouver. Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 1.2% of homes, below British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Wildfire is rare near Oakridge: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.004% a year. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Vancouver as a whole, not for Oakridge alone.