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North Coast, Electoral Area C

An electoral area of the North Coast Regional District. 31 people lived here in 2021, down 63.5% from 2016.

Land and hazards

HereRank in BC
In the farmland reserve (ALR)0.3%256th of 267
Burned by wildfire since 1996under 0.1%200th of 215
Years with a mapped wildfire since 19192most recent 2024
Under mineral, placer or coal titles0.2%211th of 219
Land area6,833 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.

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); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Water wells

13 water-supply wells on record; half are deeper than 84 m, and the median tested yield is 15 L/min. Wells here rank 21st of 296 for depth.

Source: Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Climate

No climate station with full normals within 30 km.

Source: Climate normals 1981-2010, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).

People and homes

HereBC
Population, 2021315,000,879
Change since 2016-63.5%+7.6%
Median age–42.8
Under 15–14.3%
65 and over–20.3%
Median household income (2020)–$85,000
Homes owned by the people living in them–66.8%
Single-detached houses–42.4%
Movable dwellings (mobile homes and the like)–2.5%
Built before 1961–12.5%
Needing major repairs–5.8%
Median home value (owners' estimate)–$785,000
Median monthly rent–$1,370
Worked from home–22.6%
Unemployment rate–8.4%

Bars: the dark bar is this place, the gold mark is BC.

Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Who lives here

HereBC
Indigenous identity–5.9%
Immigrants–29.0%
Visible minority–34.4%
No religion or a secular outlook–52.1%

Bars: the dark bar is this place, the gold 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).

Fewer than 1,000 people live here, so Statistics Canada rounds these counts and leaves out some figures (shown as –).

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.