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100 Mile House
A district municipality in the Cariboo Regional District (One Hundred Mile House in the 2021 census). 1,928 people lived here in 2021, up 0.5% from 2016. Where it stands among BC places: land in the farmland reserve, 60% (11th most of 267, tied).
Land and hazards
| Here | Rank in BC | |
|---|---|---|
| In the farmland reserve (ALR) | 60% | 11th of 267 (tied) |
| Burned by wildfire since 1996 | 4.6% | 80th of 215 (tied) |
| Years with a mapped wildfire since 1919 | 10 | most recent 2017 |
| Under mineral, placer or coal titles | 2.1% | 180th of 219 (tied) |
| Land area | 54 km² |
Shares of the land area, measured by us from the provincial maps. Fire perimeters before the 1950s are less complete. A title or a past fire somewhere in the area says nothing about a given lot: a property report checks the parcel itself.
1 landslide is recorded inside 100 Mile House in the Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database (version 14.0): 1 earth slide. The database lists slides known to have happened, mapped from inventories, satellite images and lidar. It isn't a hazard map, and some parts of BC are mapped in far more detail than others. Landslides near a given lot.
Check one lot: is it in the ALR? · has it burned? · is there a mineral claim? · is it on a floodplain map? · landslides nearby? · radon? · power lines nearby?
Source: Agricultural Land Reserve polygons, Agricultural Land Commission (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Fire perimeters – historical, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Mineral, placer and coal tenures, Mineral Titles Branch (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database, version 14.0 (May 2026), Brideau et al. (CC BY 4.0); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence); Municipalities – Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC (names and status), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).
Evacuations for floods, landslides and other hazards since April 2017
None of the flood, landslide or other non-fire evacuation orders or alerts in the Province's record since April 2017 covered 5% or more of the land or homes in 100 Mile House.
Sources: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on October 4, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Places matched by PlaceDossier.
Wildfire
Large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 1990
Since 1990, one wildfire of 1,000 ha or more burned in 100 Mile House: the Gustafsen wildfire in 2017, 250 ha here, 5% of its land.
- 2017Gustafsen wildfire5,711 ha in all · 4% of it here250 ha here
Smaller mapped fires since 2016
No fire under 1,000 ha that the BC Wildfire Service mapped since 2016 reached 100 Mile House.
Small fires that were never mapped as a perimeter aren't listed: the BC Wildfire Service maps an outline for only some of the fires it records. Past fire is history, not a forecast. The chance of fire on a lot today depends on what the record doesn't show: the forest and grass around it, the slope, what has been thinned or burned since, and how far it is from a fire hall. Every BC season and large fire since 1990.
Sources: BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Current, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Locations – Current, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on October 4, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.
Evacuations since April 2017
Since April 2017, the Province's record holds 2 wildfire events with an evacuation order or alert over 100 Mile House, 1 with an order. The latest order: Gustafsen Wildfire, July 2017.
- 2021Flat Lake WildfireJuly 2021 · evacuation alert · District of 100 Mile House1,477 homes
- 2017Gustafsen WildfireJuly 2017 · evacuation order · Cariboo Regional District1,477 homes
Listed when an order or alert area covered at least 5% of the land in 100 Mile House, or lay mostly in 100 Mile House and held at least 5% as many homes as the 2021 census counted there. An order means people were told to leave; an alert, to be ready to leave. Homes are the record's own counts, area by area, shown where the areas lie mostly in 100 Mile House. The Province's record starts in April 2017: earlier evacuations aren't in it. A lot's report checks every order and alert over the lot itself, and any in effect now.
Sources: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on October 4, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Places matched by PlaceDossier.
Radon
In the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap health region, 7 of the 109 homes tested (6.4%) in Health Canada's 2009–2011 survey were at or above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline; across BC, 143 of 1,817 (7.9%).
The survey tested about a hundred volunteer homes per health region, with one long-term test each. That gives a rough regional picture: it isn't a map, and a region where few or none tested high can still have homes above the guideline. Test the home itself: radon and buying a home in BC.
Source: Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011), Health Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Health Service Delivery Area Boundaries, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).
Zoning
Reports for lots in 100 Mile House don't show the zone.
We show zoning where the local government publishes its zoning map under an open licence: the places we cover. Ask the District of 100 Mile House for a lot's zone and what it allows.
Whether the Province's principal residence requirement applies in 100 Mile House is unclear: it isn't on either of the Province's lists (in force from June 1, 2026). Most likely it doesn't apply (inferred): it covers municipalities of 10,000 people or more, smaller communities close to them and those that opt in, and 100 Mile House had 1,928 people in 2021. The district office can confirm it. The Province's map and the regulation's Schedule 1 settle it. Local bylaws, including the zone's own rules, can be stricter. Hosts anywhere in BC register each unit with the provincial registry. Short-term rental rules in BC.
Speculation and vacancy tax
100 Mile House is outside the Province's speculation and vacancy tax area, so the tax doesn't apply to a home here. Our summary of the Province's pages, read 2026-10-04. Where the tax applies, and who pays.
Property tax
The 2026 residential property tax rate in 100 Mile House is $7.02 per $1,000 of assessed value, above the middle of BC's 160 municipalities ($6.24): about $7,023 a year on a $1,000,000 home, before the home owner grant. Rank in BC: 55th of 160 (tied).
- Municipal $2.84
- Regional district $1.04
- Regional hospital district $0.73
- School (set by the Province) $2.06
- Other $0.36
- Middle of BC's municipalities $6.24
On $500,000: about $3,512 a year; on $1,000,000: about $7,023, at 2026 rates, before the home owner grant.
Your bill uses BC Assessment's value for the property, which can differ from its price, and may also include parcel taxes and utility fees (water, sewer, garbage) that aren't rates on value. The home owner grant takes up to $570 off the bill of a home its owner lives in ($770 in the Province's northern and rural area in 2026, and up to $845, or $1,045 there, for seniors, veterans and people with a disability), for homes assessed at $2,075,000 or less in 2026; above that it shrinks by $5 for each $1,000. From 2027 the northern and rural extra ends and the regular grant is $570 everywhere. The owner applies each year, and must pay at least $350 in tax ($100 for the higher grant) after it. Our summary of the Province's page, read 2026-10-04. Confirm with 100 Mile House. How property tax works in BC.
Source: District of 100 Mile House's 2026 tax rates bylaw, as compiled by the Province (Local Government Statistics Schedule 702, 2026) (the rates only: facts set in public bylaws, not open data); Home owner grant, Province of BC (summarised in our words, read 2026-10-04).
Land for sale nearby
The 5 nearest listings on AcreScout within 25 km of 100 Mile House's town centre, nearest first.
| Listing | Asking price | Size | Per acre | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot B S Cariboo 97 Highway100 Mile House, listed 80 days ago | $599,900 | 4.96 acres | $120,948 an acre | 300 m |
| 320 First Avenue100 Mile House, listed 25 days ago | $449,900 | 0.18 acres | – | 400 m |
| Lot 23 Horse Lake Road100 Mile House, listed 375 days ago | $109,000 | 0.51 acres | – | 600 m |
| Lot 2 Horse Lake Road100 Mile House, listed 149 days ago | $265,000 | 1.98 acres | $133,838 an acre | 1 km |
| 272 Blackstock Road100 Mile House, listed 172 days ago | $189,000 | 2.37 acres | $79,747 an acre | 1.3 km |
Distances are straight lines to the listing's pin. Where AcreScout places a listing only roughly, no distance is given, only the place it's near. Per acre is left out under about an acre. Asking prices are what sellers ask, not what land sells for.
Listings: AcreScout (our sister site), active listings as of 2026-10-05. Asking prices set by the sellers; not a valuation.
Major projects in 100 Mile House
No major project in assessment or approved is placed in 100 Mile House or within 5 km of it on the Environmental Assessment Office's register.
Major projects are those large enough to need a provincial environmental assessment: mines, power plants, pipelines, transmission lines, highways, ports and resorts. The register places each at one point; a mine, pipeline or line can reach well past it, so check the project's own page for its maps. A property report lists those within 10 km of a lot.
Source: Environmental Assessment Office project points (EPIC), Province of BC, as of 2026-10-04 (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).
Crime
The 100 Mile House RCMP detachment (rural) reported a crime severity index of 82 in 2025, below BC's 92; up 38% since 2015 (BC unchanged).
| Crime severity index, 2025 | 82 (BC 92) |
|---|---|
| Violent / non-violent index | 79 / 84 (BC 98 / 91) |
| Crime severity index, 2015 | 59 (BC 93) |
| Break and enter, per 100,000 people, 2025 | 412 (BC 281) |
| Theft of a vehicle, per 100,000 people, 2025 | 225 (BC 138) |
| Theft from a vehicle, per 100,000 people, 2025 | 135 (BC 441) |
| Violent crime, per 100,000 people, 2025 | 1,965 (BC 1,531) |
| All Criminal Code offences (not traffic), per 100,000 people, 2025 | 6,331 (BC 6,943) |
Inferred: the RCMP detachment named for this place. BC's police boundaries aren't open data, and a detachment's figures cover the countryside it polices as well as the town.
The crime severity index weighs each offence by how serious it is (one assault counts for more than several thefts), with Canada in 2006 set at 100. Rates are per 100,000 people living in the police service's area, so places with many visitors, commuters or seasonal homes read high, and in small places a few incidents swing the figures a lot. These are crimes reported to police, not all crime.
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0063-01, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in British Columbia (Statistics Canada Open Licence); Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0184-01, Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in British Columbia (Statistics Canada Open Licence).
Water here
50 water-supply wells on record; half are deeper than 53 m, and the median tested yield is 76 L/min. Wells here rank 81st of 245 (tied) for depth.
Mapped aquifers
2 mapped aquifers lie in 100 Mile House, most wells first.
- 1Aquifer 1267: Lower Bridge Creek Valley Bedrockfractured crystalline bedrock165 wells · moderate productivity
- 2Aquifer 128: Lower Bridge Creek Valley Aquifer Systemconfined sand and gravel (glacial)146 wells · moderate productivity
An aquifer is listed for each place that holds at least a twentieth of it, so a sliver of one at the edge can be left out. Wells and productivity are for the whole aquifer, which can reach well beyond 100 Mile House. The province maps aquifers mostly in settled valleys, so a lot outside every outline can still have groundwater. Every mapped aquifer in BC · sampled lakes.
Sampled lakes
No lake in 100 Mile House has clarity or nutrient readings in the province's monitoring records.
A lake is listed for each place that holds at least a twentieth of it or 100 ha of it. Clarity is the median summer Secchi depth; the nutrient class is our reading of Carlson's index from phosphorus or chlorophyll, not a provincial rating. Either is given only for a lake with at least 10 summer readings from open water, spread over at least 3 different years, since 2012. Most lakes have never been sampled, so a lake missing here may simply have no record. Every sampled lake in BC.
Source: Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Ground Water Aquifers, Water Protection and Sustainability Branch, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); BC Environmental Monitoring Data System (EnMoDS) results, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).
Internet
99.9% of homes in 100 Mile House have 50/10 Mbps or faster recorded, wired or fixed wireless, against 97.6% across BC.
| Share of homes here | BC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50/10 Mbps or faster, wired or fixed wireless | 99.9% | 97.6% |
| 50/10 Mbps or faster over a wired line | 98.7% | 96.2% |
| 50/10 Mbps or faster over fixed wireless | 97.7% | 87% |
| Nothing at 25/5 Mbps or faster | 0% | 1.4% |
| LTE mobile coverage | 100% | 99.1% |
| Homes counted (2021) | 974 | 2,170,255 |
| Rank in BC, homes without 50/10 Mbps | 208th of 248 (tied) | |
This is the service providers report to ISED, counted over the 2021 homes ISED places in each area, not a promise for any address: ask providers whether they serve the address and what it costs to connect. Satellite service, which needs only a clear view of the sky, isn't counted. Data released May 2026. What internet can a given lot get?
Source: National Broadband Data (May 2026) and Pseudo-Household Demographic Distribution (2021), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).
Climate
| 1981-2010 normals | Rank in BC | |
|---|---|---|
| January mean temperature | -7.2 °C* | Not ranked* |
| July mean temperature | 15.3 °C* | Not ranked* |
| Yearly precipitation | 477 mm* | |
| Yearly snowfall | 154 cm* | Not ranked* |
Normals for 1981-2010 at the 100 Mile House station, about 1 km from the town centre; ECCC has no fuller 1991-2020 set for it. Its normals don't include the frost-free period or days with snow on the ground, so those are left out. * Based on fewer years than the WMO standard: these figures rest on at least 15 of the 30 years, short of the World Meteorological Organization's standard of nearly all of them. ECCC publishes them as normals; treat them as a rougher guide. Elevation matters a lot in BC: a hillside lot can be much colder and snowier than the station.
Plant hardiness zone: most homes here are in zone 4a (82%); 18% are in 3b, on Natural Resources Canada's 2025 map. Higher numbers are milder winters. What the zones mean.
Winter sun
About 6 h 30 min of possible direct sun on December 21 at 100 Mile House's town centre, against 7 h 40 min on open ground; a lot on a slope or bench can differ by hours: open any lot's report for its own.
On March 21, 11 h 40 min against 12 h; on June 21, 16 h against 16 h 30 min. Our estimate from the terrain around the point, ground at about 928 m, seen from head height: trees, buildings and cloud aren't counted. December sun as a share of open ground ranks 142nd of 308 (tied) in BC. How winter sun is read.
Source: Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020 and 1981-2010, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Plant hardiness zones of Canada (2025 map), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model (MRDEM-30), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Solar position: General Solar Position Calculations (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory; Spencer, 1971) (Public domain).
People and homes
| Here | BC | |
|---|---|---|
| Population, 2021 | 1,928 | 5,000,879 |
| Change since 2016 | +0.5% | +7.6% |
| Median age | 55.2 | 42.8 |
| Under 15 | 12.7% | 14.3% |
| 65 and over | 33.9% | 20.3% |
| Median household income (2020) | $52,000 | $85,000 |
| Homes owned by the people living in them | 54.7% | 66.8% |
| Single-detached houses | 47.5% | 42.4% |
| Movable dwellings (mobile homes and the like) | 13.3% | 2.5% |
| Built before 1961 | 12.2% | 12.5% |
| Needing major repairs | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| Median home value (owners' estimate) | $300,000 | $785,000 |
| Median monthly rent | $790 | $1,370 |
| Worked from home | 6.3% | 22.6% |
| Unemployment rate | 15.3% | 8.4% |
Bars: the dark bar is this place, the red mark is BC.
Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).
Who lives here
| Here | BC | |
|---|---|---|
| Indigenous identity | 16.8% | 5.9% |
| Immigrants | 11.5% | 29.0% |
| Visible minority | 8.7% | 34.4% |
| No religion or a secular outlook | 58.0% | 52.1% |
Bars: the dark bar is this place, the red mark is BC.
Shown for context, like the other census figures. We don't rank or score places on these.
Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).
Census figures are from 2021; the next census results start in 2027. Area boundaries are Statistics Canada's census subdivisions, which follow municipal and electoral area lines.