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BC places, ranked

9 rankings of BC's 319 municipalities and regional district electoral areas. Each ranks only the places with enough behind the figure and lists the rest apart; next to every figure is what it rests on. Census figures about who lives here are shown on each place's page, never ranked.

50°N52°N54°N56°N58°N60°N135°W130°W125°W120°W115°WVancouver: –Surrey: –Burnaby: –Richmond: 0.7%Abbotsford: –Coquitlam: 0.1%Kelowna: 11%Langley: –Saanich: –Delta: 0.4%Nanaimo: under 0.1%Kamloops: 1.9%Chilliwack: 0.1%Victoria: –Maple Ridge: –North Vancouver: –New Westminster: –Prince George: under 0.1%Port Coquitlam: –North Vancouver: –Langford: under 0.1%Vernon: 1.6%West Vancouver: under 0.1%Mission: under 0.1%Penticton: 0.2%West Kelowna: 36%Campbell River: 0.2%Port Moody: –North Cowichan: under 0.1%Langley: –Courtenay: –Squamish: 0.5%White Rock: –Fort St. John: 1.1%Cranbrook: –Salmon Arm: 11%Pitt Meadows: –Colwood: –Metro Vancouver, Electoral Area A: under 0.1%Port Alberni: under 0.1%Oak Bay: –Esquimalt: –Central Saanich: –Lake Country: 2.4%Sooke: under 0.1%Comox: –Whistler: 0.2%Powell River: –Parksville: –Dawson Creek: under 0.1%Sidney: –Prince Rupert: –North Saanich: –Summerland: 8.2%Terrace: 0.3%Saltspring Island: under 0.1%View Royal: under 0.1%Coldstream: 0.5%Nelson: –Williams Lake: 6.0%Sechelt: under 0.1%Quesnel: –Qualicum Beach: –Comox Valley, Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek): under 0.1%Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area B: under 0.1%Ladysmith: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area C: 3.2%Castlegar: under 0.1%Revelstoke: –Kitimat: 0.2%Nanaimo, Electoral Area F: 2.8%Kimberley: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area G: –Comox Valley, Electoral Area A: under 0.1%Trail: 0.1%Nanaimo, Electoral Area A: 0.2%Comox Valley, Electoral Area B (Lazo North): under 0.1%Merritt: 0.3%Nanaimo, Electoral Area E: –Hope: 9.8%East Kootenay, Electoral Area C: 7.4%Fernie: –Kent: 2.2%Cariboo, Electoral Area A: 1.2%Southern Gulf Islands: –Peace River, Electoral Area C: 1.6%Peachland: 13%Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area A: under 0.1%Creston: –Osoyoos: 2.5%Peace River, Electoral Area B: 14%Smithers: under 0.1%Armstrong: –Cariboo, Electoral Area G: 11%Spallumcheen: 0.6%Juan de Fuca (Part 1): 1.1%Oliver: 0.7%Metchosin: –Duncan: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area C: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H: 9.2%Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area A: under 0.1%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area B: 4.7%Peace River, Electoral Area D: 9.9%Cariboo, Electoral Area F: 5.0%Cariboo, Electoral Area L: 5.7%Gibsons: –North Okanagan, Electoral Area C: 0.3%Nanaimo, Electoral Area B: –Cumberland: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area D: 8.8%Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area D: under 0.1%North Okanagan, Electoral Area F: 5.6%Vanderhoof: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area H: 0.3%Central Okanagan: 10.0%Bowen Island: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area E: 0.5%Strathcona, Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake): 2.0%Sparwood: 2.0%Rossland: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area F: 6.8%Cariboo, Electoral Area E: 4.7%Grand Forks: 0.1%Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks): 14%Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area D: 27%Golden: –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C: 35%Northern Rockies: 29%Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area E: –Invermere: –Port Hardy: under 0.1%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area E: 11%Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area E: –Cariboo, Electoral Area B: under 0.1%Lantzville: –Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area C: 2.6%Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area D: –Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area D: –East Kootenay, Electoral Area F: 12%Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F: 18%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area J: 21%Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area A: 0.2%Pemberton: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area C: 0.3%Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A: 2.3%Lake Cowichan: under 0.1%Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area L (Grasslands): 14%Mackenzie: 0.2%North Okanagan, Electoral Area B: 45%Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks: 6.6%Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area F: 13%Houston: –Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area A: 0.2%Enderby: –Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary: 1.5%Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area C (Part 1): 0.2%Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area B: 0.7%Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area E: 0.2%North Okanagan, Electoral Area D: 1.1%Central Okanagan West: 26%Princeton: 12%Cariboo, Electoral Area D: 7.3%Elkford: 0.4%Strathcona, Electoral Area C: 0.9%Peace River, Electoral Area E: 4.8%Sicamous: 0.3%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area I: under 0.1%Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area H: 0.8%Tofino: –Highlands: under 0.1%Fraser Valley, Electoral Area H: under 0.1%Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area G: –Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area F: under 0.1%Chase: 6.3%Tumbler Ridge: 4.2%Clearwater: –Anmore: –Port McNeill: –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area I: 18%Chetwynd: 0.3%Lillooet: 0.3%Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G: 37%Logan Lake: 5.3%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area A: 10%Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H: 12%qathet, Electoral Area C: under 0.1%Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A: 45%Fraser Valley, Electoral Area D: under 0.1%Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area F: 4.0%Ucluelet: –Lumby: –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E: 23%East Kootenay, Electoral Area B: 7.2%Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C: 4.0%Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area F: 9.3%Fruitvale: –One Hundred Mile House: 4.6%Harrison Hot Springs: –Cariboo, Electoral Area H: 4.2%East Kootenay, Electoral Area A: 6.5%Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area D: 0.4%Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area F: under 0.1%Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country): 42%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area K: 6.2%Barriere: 88%Warfield: 0.1%Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area B: 7.9%Fraser Valley, Electoral Area G: –East Kootenay, Electoral Area E: 7.5%Ashcroft: 23%qathet, Electoral Area B: under 0.1%Burns Lake: 0.1%East Kootenay, Electoral Area G: 5.9%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G: 3.4%Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North): 7.8%Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake: 1.5%Kootenay Boundary, Electoral Area A: 1.0%Keremeos: –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D: 38%Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area H: 1.8%Nakusp: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country): 7.6%Fraser Valley, Electoral Area E: 0.3%Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson): 14%Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E: 39%Cariboo, Electoral Area I: 40%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area C: 8.3%Telkwa: under 0.1%Central Kootenay, Electoral Area D: 9.1%Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area B: 1.0%Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area I: under 0.1%Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory: 0.9%Sun Peaks Mountain: –Lions Bay: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area E: 5.7%Fort St. James: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area F: 0.3%Radium Hot Springs: –Taylor: 0.6%Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C: 9.5%qathet, Electoral Area A: 0.2%Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area F: 0.2%Gold River: under 0.1%Cariboo, Electoral Area C: 2.9%Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau): 39%Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B: 50%Salmo: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area C: 1.1%qathet, Electoral Area D: under 0.1%North Okanagan, Electoral Area E: 6.3%Strathcona, Electoral Area B: –Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D: 1.8%Valemount: –Kaslo: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country): 37%Montrose: under 0.1%Cache Creek: 42%Fraser Lake: –Queen Charlotte: –Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area C: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area B: 4.6%Strathcona, Electoral Area A: 0.8%Hudson's Hope: 2.8%Masset: –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G: 2.3%Canal Flats: –Mount Waddington, Electoral Area C: 0.7%Pouce Coupe: –Port Alice: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South): 14%Greenwood: –Mount Waddington, Electoral Area A: 2.4%Belcarra: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area B: 2.8%Central Coast, Electoral Area C: 12%Midway: 0.2%Cariboo, Electoral Area J: 23%New Hazelton: under 0.1%McBride: 17%North Coast, Electoral Area D: –Clinton: 3.3%Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area E: 0.2%Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area B: under 0.1%Stewart: –qathet, Electoral Area E: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area A: 8.8%New Denver: –Port Edward: –Alert Bay: –Cariboo, Electoral Area K: 33%Stikine Region: 6.3%Central Coast, Electoral Area D: 1.2%Juan de Fuca (Part 2): 0.6%Tahsis: –Slocan: –Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B: 20%Mount Waddington, Electoral Area D: 0.8%Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area G: 3.8%Port Clements: –Granisle: –Sayward: 3.4%Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F: 3.2%North Coast, Electoral Area E: –Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A: 6.5%Hazelton: –Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area A: 1.1%Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area B (Thompson Headwaters): 1.5%Wells: 0.6%Lytton: 59%Central Coast, Electoral Area E: –Central Coast, Electoral Area A: 0.7%Silverton: –Zeballos: 1.3%Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D: 3.5%Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area A: under 0.1%North Coast, Electoral Area A: –Mount Waddington, Electoral Area B: –North Coast, Electoral Area C: under 0.1%

Colour: Share of the land inside a mapped wildfire perimeter since 1996Dot size: population

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Five equal groups of the ranked places; hollow dots have no figure or too small a base to rank. Census figures about who lives here are shown on each place's page, never on this map.

Full ranking: most land burned by wildfire since 1996 →

Land and hazards

Most land in the farmland reserve

Share of the land in the Agricultural Land Reserve. 267 ranked; 52 have no land in the reserve.

  1. Ashcroft74%
  2. Langley74%
  3. Pitt Meadows71%
  4. Abbotsford70%
  5. Peace River, Electoral Area C69%

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Most land burned by wildfire since 1996

Share of the land inside a mapped wildfire perimeter since 1996. 215 ranked; 104 have no mapped wildfire in that time.

  1. Barriere88%
  2. Lytton59%
  3. Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B50%
  4. North Okanagan, Electoral Area B45%
  5. Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A45%

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Most land under mineral and placer titles

Share of the land under a mineral, placer or coal title. 219 ranked; 100 have no titles.

  1. Greenwood100%
  2. Wells100%
  3. Logan Lake91%
  4. Stewart89%
  5. Princeton83%

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Water wells

Deepest water wells

Median depth of water-supply wells on record. 245 ranked; 51 too small to rank; 23 have no figure.

  1. Sooke122 m
  2. Juan de Fuca (Part 1)107 m
  3. Metchosin107 m
  4. Bowen Island104 m
  5. Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E99 m

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Climate

Snowiest places

Average yearly snowfall at the nearest climate station within 30 km, 1981-2010. 237 ranked; 82 have no figure.

  1. Stewart570 cm
  2. Valemount532 cm
  3. Wells461 cm
  4. Pemberton419 cm
  5. Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D419 cm

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Warmest summers

Mean July temperature at the nearest climate station within 30 km, 1981-2010. 237 ranked; 82 have no figure.

  1. Keremeos22.2 °C
  2. Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B22.2 °C
  3. Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C22.2 °C
  4. Oliver22.2 °C
  5. Ashcroft22.1 °C

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People and homes

Fastest-growing places

Population change, 2016 to 2021. 282 ranked; 37 too small to rank.

  1. Sun Peaks Mountain+127.9%
  2. Radium Hot Springs+72.6%
  3. Central Okanagan West+45.5%
  4. Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary+39.4%
  5. Fraser Valley, Electoral Area D+36.8%

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Highest home values

Median value of owned homes, as estimated by owners in the 2021 census. 285 ranked; 30 too small to rank; 4 have no figure.

  1. West Vancouver$2,500,000
  2. Anmore$2,200,000
  3. Belcarra$2,000,000
  4. Lions Bay$1,800,000
  5. North Vancouver$1,600,000

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Oldest populations

Median age, 2021. 285 ranked; 32 too small to rank; 2 have no figure.

  1. Qualicum Beach67.5 years
  2. Keremeos63.6 years
  3. Nanaimo, Electoral Area B63.2 years
  4. Osoyoos63.2 years
  5. Midway62.8 years

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More rankings: BC aquifers (wells, depth, yield) and BC lakes (water clarity and sampling).

Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence); 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); Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Climate normals 1981-2010, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).