WarfieldBritish Columbia

Warfield’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.0 years: life expectancy 79.5

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%, ahead of the 50% for British Columbia. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 14% of adults, below both British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Warfield live 3.6 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Warfield shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area.

Commuters in Warfield have a short way to work, 18 min on average, less than in British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

93% of commuters drove, above both British Columbia’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Warfield has warmer summers than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 29.3°C

Snow totals 151 cm over the year, above British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. The coldest nights come in January, when Warfield averages a low of −4.0°C. Frost usually lifts by 28 April and returns around 13 October: 167 days without it. A normal December brings 47 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Around Warfield, 29% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Fire reaches the land around Warfield now and then: 2.1% within 25 km since 1986 (0.05% a year), below the high band. No one has filed a flood map for Warfield on the national inventory. Figures for radon tests are published for the Kootenay/Boundary health region as a whole, not for Warfield alone.

Rent takes less of local pay in Warfield than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 17% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 9% of households, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). 79% of households are owner-occupiers.

A normal November in Warfield runs from −1°C to 5°C

In November, the normal is 86 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 23 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Trail forecast, on the Weather page.

Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, which takes in Warfield, is held by Helena Konanz (Conservative Party of Canada)

Across British Columbia, 20 of the 43 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Warfield: the closest, Trail & District Public Library, is 3.1 km away

After it comes Trail & District Public Library (Trail), 3.2 km away.

The nearest provincial park, King George VI Park, is 8.9 km from Warfield

Within 10 km, 1.2% of the land is protected, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

For schools, Warfield gets a B−

In or within 3 km of Warfield: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. Secondary school means a trip of 3.6 km at the nearest, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

More of Warfield’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.3%

6.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than British Columbia’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Children are 15% of the town.

For safety, Warfield gets a B−

No police detachment reports under Warfield’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Trail and Greater District detachment area

Its police area recorded 6.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Across its police area, there are 16.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

In Warfield, 64% of homes go back before 1961