VanderhoofBritish Columbia

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

91% of commuters drove, above British Columbia’s towns (87%) and close to Canadian towns (89%).

Violent crime weighs more where Vanderhoof is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 179

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 45.1 per 1,000 a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). The force’s area logs 33.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

January nights in Vanderhoof drop to −11.7°C (British Columbia towns 0.5°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Expect July highs of around 22.6°C in Vanderhoof. Frost comes on 184 days a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). The frost-free season runs from 22 May to 7 September, 107 days. Snow peaks in January: 53 cm in a normal year.

Life expectancy around Vanderhoof is 76.6 years, 4.9 less than for the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Northern Interior Health Service Delivery Area

Across the region, nearly two in five adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole reaches 50%. At 12%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 8.9% for British Columbia. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 20% of the region’s adults on average, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). For Vanderhoof itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.4 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Rent takes less of local pay in Vanderhoof than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

Owners put the median home at $300,000, lower than both British Columbia’s towns ($720,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 70% of households own their home.

1 above the middle in British Columbia, 1 below: Vanderhoof’s 6 tested schools

In or within 3 km of Vanderhoof: 5 elementary schools, 1 school for every grade and 2 alternative or adult schools.

More of Vanderhoof’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 11%

19% are under 15, above both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town.

Protected land is scarce around Vanderhoof: 0.2% within 10 km

Within 100 km there is no national park. The nearest provincial park, Beaumont Park, is 16 km away. Count 4 protected areas within 10 km of town. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

Vanderhoof is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Province of B.C. - Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship

The radon tests numbers here cover the Northern Interior health region

Burn scars are few around Vanderhoof, with 1.5% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.04% a year). Radon is higher than usual: just over a tenth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town.

In Vanderhoof, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −6°C nights

Precipitation in November averages 57 mm. A normal December brings highs of −3°C, lows of −10°C. Expect around 35 cm of snow in November. The year peaks in July (23°C) and bottoms out in January (−12°C).

In 2021, Todd Doherty carried Cariboo—Prince George by 15,448 votes, a margin wider than 79% of Canada’s ridings

Provincially, Vanderhoof votes in Nechako Lakes; the open record doesn’t name its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, so the legislature’s own list is linked below.

Vanderhoof’s public library is Vanderhoof Public Library

The figures are those of Vanderhoof Public Library, which serves 7,854 people in and around Vanderhoof.