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Fewer households own their home in Sunset than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 51%

A year’s rent came to 31% of the median household income, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%). 28% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Health in Sunset beats 97% of Canadian towns

The average trip from home to a hospital is 1.7 km, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Across the region, 50% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in British Columbia (50%). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.3% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.3 years at birth, 86.5 for women and 80.2 for men. Sunset doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area.

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

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 22.4°C, below both British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) and Canadian towns (25.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 19 March, and the first in autumn, 10 November, lie 235 days. For the wettest month, look to November: 175 mm on average. December is the snowiest month, with 14 cm on average.

Crime runs heavier where Sunset is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 93

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 43.6 per 1,000 a year, above British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 99, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Sunset alone, so this card uses the figure for the Vancouver service area.

Trips to work from Sunset take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 31 min on average

Sunset’s schools come under 3 different boards

On the tests, 31 of 62 schools land above the middle in British Columbia, 17 under it. The 3 km around Sunset counts 64 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 3 alternative or adult schools. Schooling in French is on offer at 4 of 78; in British Columbia, 2% of schools teach in it.

More of Sunset belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 84%

The under-15s are 13% of the population here. 1.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older.

Sunset in November: highs near 9°C, lows near 4°C

About 3 cm of snow falls in a normal November. By December, a normal day reaches 7°C and a night falls to 1°C. November normally sees 175 mm of precipitation. Across the year, normals run from 1°C nights in December to 22°C afternoons in July.

Sunset straddles 3 federal ridings, from Vancouver Granville to Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby

41% of Sunset residents have Taleeb Noormohamed as their MP; most of the rest have Gregor Robertson.

Sunset’s public library is VPL: South Hill Branch

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

A national park 39 km from Sunset: Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Protected areas cover 6.9% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Mount Seymour Park is the closest provincial park, at 12 km. The largest named area nearby is Sturgeon Bank Wildlife Management Area, 7,775 ha, 6.9 km away. Count 15 protected areas within 10 km of town.

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

Measured across the city of Vancouver: earthquake risk

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. One flood study covers the town, by City of Vancouver. Little of the land around Sunset has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.004% a year.