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Stikine Region

An electoral area of the Stikine Region. 424 people lived here in 2021, down 6.8% from 2016, on 121,815 km² of land. It takes in Atlin.

BC place · electoral area

How Stikine Region compares with BC's other rural areas

  1. Emergency care: the nearest emergency department open around the clock is in Stewart, 460 km away in a straight line. The one nearer, in Atlin, keeps set hours (Mon 09:00 - 16:30, and so on).
  2. Mobile: no home is inside the 4G coverage the carriers report. In a typical rural area, 96% are. The coverage is LTE (4G mobile phone and data) as reported to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, counted over the place's 2021 homes.
  3. Winters: the 4th coldest of BC's 114 rural electoral areas with a climate station nearby. −12.4 °C on average in January, compared with −1.2 °C in a typical rural area.typical

Typical for its size No scheduled buses, 1 licensed child care provider and 1 fire hall.

Checked, nothing found No evacuation order or alert since April 2017.

How we compare

Each figure is set against BC's places of the same kind: cities of 50,000 or more, towns of 10,000 to 50,000, towns of 2,000 to 10,000, villages and towns under 2,000, or rural electoral areas. A figure stands out when it's among the top tenth of its kind at the end that matters to a buyer and clearly off the typical one, the middle place of that kind. Where fewer than 15 places of its kind have the figure, it's set against all BC places with it. A figure only counts when its source speaks for the place: a climate or air station within 15 km and 300 m of its ground, the place's own police service, at least 1,000 people for census figures and 25 homes for internet. A point that stands out has an ochre bar on its left, its section's stamp is filled ochre, and a dot in the bar at the top of the page marks that section; "Typical for its size" is a plain outline and "Nothing on record" a dotted one. In each strip a tick is one place, the tall tick the typical one, the dot this place, and the end that matters on the right. Facts that matter at any size (an evacuation order, emergency care far away, little mobile coverage) are said whatever the size, and mark a section as standing out only when they too are in the top tenth of its kind. A section is marked typical only where a figure in it is set against the typical one and none sits far from it (outside the middle half of its kind, or clearly off the typical one), and "nothing on record" only where it shows nothing.

Stikine Region outlined. Zoom in to see its lots; tap one for its report.

Hazards Typical for its size

No evacuation order or alert since April 2017, and 6.3% of its land burned by wildfire since 1996.

Burned by wildfire since 1996
6.3% typical rural area: 2%
Years with a mapped wildfire since 1917
73, the latest 2025
Evacuation events since April 2017
none on the Province's record
Radon: homes tested at or above the guideline in its health region
5.2% in Northwest (BC: 7.9%)
More on hazards

Its land, ranked in BC

HereRank in BC
In the farmland reserve (ALR)0.0%No land in the reserve, so not ranked
Burned by wildfire since 19966.3%66th of 215 (tied)
Years with a mapped wildfire since 191773most recent 2025
Under mineral, placer or coal titles12%81st of 219 (tied)
Land area121,815 km²

Shares of the land area, worked out from the Province's 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.

Large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 1990

Since 1990, 76 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in Stikine Region, together 791,643 ha, 6% of its land (ground that burned twice counts once). The most here was unnamed fire R92132 in 2018, 156,775 ha.

2025: 15,533 ha here2024: 19,275 ha here2023: 157,329 ha here2022: 15,039 ha here2021: 2,666 ha here2019: 3,133 ha here2018: 332,263 ha here2016: 4,765 ha here2015: 82,552 ha here2014: 11,188 ha here2012: 11,292 ha here2011: 11,000 ha here2010: 37,896 ha here2009: 9,852 ha here2008: 5,365 ha here2007: 8,542 ha here2006: 21,630 ha here2004: 67,333 ha here1999: 1,512 ha here1998: 3,737 ha here1995: 29,289 ha here1992: 4,995 ha here1991: 4,155 ha here1990: 9,421 ha here19902000201020202026
  1. 2025Unnamed fire G9042113,516 ha in all13,516 ha here
  2. 2025Glacier Creek wildfire2,017 ha in all2,017 ha here
  3. 2024Unnamed fire G9093914,171 ha in all14,171 ha here
  4. 2024Unnamed fire G610133,460 ha in all3,460 ha here
  5. 2024Unnamed fire G923481,644 ha in all1,644 ha here
  6. 2023Little Blue River wildfire60,064 ha in all60,064 ha here
  7. 2023Big Creek wildfire176,539 ha in all · 25% of it here44,179 ha here
  8. 2023Unnamed fire G9098122,394 ha in all22,393 ha here
  9. 2023Tomias Mountain wildfire14,462 ha in all14,462 ha here
  10. 2023Unnamed fire G9294712,806 ha in all12,806 ha here
And 66 more
  1. 2023Deep Bay wildfire2,253 ha in all2,253 ha here
  2. 2023Angel Lake wildfire1,172 ha in all1,172 ha here
  3. 2022One Ace Mountain wildfire12,330 ha in all12,330 ha here
  4. 2022Unnamed fire G903131,609 ha in all1,608 ha here
  5. 2022Jennings River wildfire1,101 ha in all1,101 ha here
  6. 2021Blackpine wildfire16,836 ha in all · 16% of it here2,666 ha here
  7. 2019Unnamed fire R903761,936 ha in all1,936 ha here
  8. 2019Unnamed fire R908811,197 ha in all1,197 ha here
  9. 2018Unnamed fire R92132156,775 ha in all156,775 ha here
  10. 2018Unnamed fire R92033100,779 ha in all100,458 ha here
  11. 2018Unnamed fire R91947121,215 ha in all · 51% of it here62,164 ha here
  12. 2018Unnamed fire R926315,464 ha in all5,464 ha here
  13. 2018Unnamed fire R927252,514 ha in all2,514 ha here
  14. 2018Unnamed fire G920522,484 ha in all2,484 ha here
  15. 2018Unnamed fire R416841,339 ha in all1,339 ha here
  16. 2018Unnamed fire G627171,065 ha in all1,065 ha here
  17. 2016Blue River wildfire4,765 ha in all4,765 ha here
  18. 2015Wadin Creek wildfire49,545 ha in all49,468 ha here
  19. 2015Unnamed fire R9004514,218 ha in all14,218 ha here
  20. 2015Unnamed fire R900468,746 ha in all8,746 ha here
  21. 2015Unnamed fire G602144,509 ha in all4,509 ha here
  22. 2015Unnamed fire R900473,984 ha in all3,984 ha here
  23. 2015Unnamed fire G603531,627 ha in all1,627 ha here
  24. 2014Tenakihi - Mesilinka Complex wildfire61,285 ha in all · 15% of it here9,190 ha here
  25. 2014Unnamed fire G603691,998 ha in all1,998 ha here
  26. 2012Good Hope Lake wildfire3,754 ha in all3,754 ha here
  27. 2012Solitary Lake wildfire3,011 ha in all3,011 ha here
  28. 2012Unnamed fire G903272,936 ha in all2,936 ha here
  29. 2012Unnamed fire G603961,591 ha in all1,591 ha here
  30. 2011Tisigar Lake wildfire11,000 ha in all11,000 ha here
  31. 2010Cassiar Highway wildfire35,284 ha in all35,284 ha here
  32. 2010Unnamed fire G902102,612 ha in all2,612 ha here
  33. 2009Unnamed fire G604614,049 ha in all4,049 ha here
  34. 2009Unnamed fire G903242,311 ha in all2,311 ha here
  35. 2009Unnamed fire R900752,037 ha in all2,037 ha here
  36. 2009Unnamed fire R901891,455 ha in all1,455 ha here
  37. 2008Unnamed fire G900885,365 ha in all5,365 ha here
  38. 2007Turnagain Creek wildfire8,542 ha in all8,542 ha here
  39. 2006Unnamed fire G9041910,722 ha in all10,722 ha here
  40. 2006Gataga River wildfire6,397 ha in all6,397 ha here
  41. 2006Cat Mountain wildfire2,786 ha in all2,786 ha here
  42. 2006Ossilinka Complex wildfire1,166 ha in all1,166 ha here
  43. 2006Moosevale Creek wildfire1,211 ha in all · 46% of it here559 ha here
  44. 2004Unnamed fire R9008630,212 ha in all30,212 ha here
  45. 2004Unnamed fire R9004513,220 ha in all · 97% of it here12,869 ha here
  46. 2004Unnamed fire R900977,858 ha in all7,858 ha here
  47. 2004Unnamed fire R901065,004 ha in all5,004 ha here
  48. 2004Unnamed fire R900835,278 ha in all · 72% of it here3,821 ha here
  49. 2004Unnamed fire R901893,248 ha in all3,248 ha here
  50. 2004Unnamed fire R901822,257 ha in all2,257 ha here
  51. 2004Unnamed fire R901981,054 ha in all1,054 ha here
  52. 2004Unnamed fire R901841,010 ha in all1,010 ha here
  53. 1999Unnamed fire R900671,512 ha in all1,512 ha here
  54. 1998Unnamed fire R900913,737 ha in all3,737 ha here
  55. 1995Unnamed fire R9007315,007 ha in all15,007 ha here
  56. 1995Unnamed fire R900857,731 ha in all7,731 ha here
  57. 1995Unnamed fire R900753,741 ha in all3,741 ha here
  58. 1995Unnamed fire R900742,810 ha in all2,810 ha here
  59. 1992Unnamed fire R900262,549 ha in all2,549 ha here
  60. 1992Unnamed fire R900171,440 ha in all1,440 ha here
  61. 1992Unnamed fire R900151,006 ha in all1,006 ha here
  62. 1991Unnamed fire G600112,562 ha in all2,562 ha here
  63. 1991Unnamed fire R900011,593 ha in all1,593 ha here
  64. 1990Unnamed fire G600114,538 ha in all4,538 ha here
  65. 1990Unnamed fire R900103,452 ha in all3,452 ha here
  66. 1990Unnamed fire R900131,431 ha in all1,431 ha here

Smaller mapped fires since 2016

Since 2016, the BC Wildfire Service mapped 42 smaller fires (under 1,000 ha) that reached Stikine Region, newest first. This season's are as mapped by November 9, 2026.

  1. 2026Unnamed fire R9083455 ha in all55 ha here
  2. 2026Unnamed fire R910743.1 ha in all3.1 ha here
  3. 2025Unnamed fire R90693836 ha in all836 ha here
  4. 2025Unnamed fire G907111.1 ha in all1.1 ha here
  5. 2024Unnamed fire R40993977 ha in all977 ha here
  6. 2024Hook Creek wildfire372 ha in all372 ha here
  7. 2024Unnamed fire G90741166 ha in all166 ha here
  8. 2024Unnamed fire R905184.6 ha in all4.6 ha here
And 34 more
  1. 2023Unnamed fire G93120812 ha in all812 ha here
  2. 2023Little Klappan River wildfire763 ha in all · 61% of it here461 ha here
  3. 2023Unnamed fire G92594317 ha in all317 ha here
  4. 2023Unnamed fire R9173368 ha in all68 ha here
  5. 2022N/a wildfire713 ha in all713 ha here
  6. 2022Unnamed fire R90464356 ha in all356 ha here
  7. 2022Tagish Lake wildfire106 ha in all106 ha here
  8. 2022Unnamed fire R9044963 ha in all63 ha here
  9. 2022Unnamed fire G9051536 ha in all36 ha here
  10. 2022Tahoots Creek wildfire17 ha in all17 ha here
  11. 2022Wheeler Lake wildfire8.8 ha in all8.8 ha here
  12. 2022Unnamed fire R904845.9 ha in all5.9 ha here
  13. 2022Unnamed fire G515982.4 ha in all2.4 ha here
  14. 2022Dease Lake wildfire2.2 ha in all2.2 ha here
  15. 2022Unnamed fire R904422.1 ha in all2.1 ha here
  16. 2022Unnamed fire R903881.1 ha in all1.1 ha here
  17. 2021Unnamed fire G91588436 ha in all · 26% of it here113 ha here
  18. 2019Unnamed fire G90410509 ha in all509 ha here
  19. 2019Unnamed fire R90894369 ha in all369 ha here
  20. 2019Red River wildfire13 ha in all13 ha here
  21. 2019Unnamed fire R903934.5 ha in all4.5 ha here
  22. 2018Unnamed fire R92228134 ha in all134 ha here
  23. 2018Unnamed fire R9223274 ha in all74 ha here
  24. 2018Unnamed fire G5283368 ha in all68 ha here
  25. 2018Unnamed fire G5194858 ha in all58 ha here
  26. 2018Unnamed fire G6053617 ha in all17 ha here
  27. 2018Unnamed fire G607324.7 ha in all4.7 ha here
  28. 2018Unnamed fire G526793.1 ha in all3.1 ha here
  29. 2016Unnamed fire R90065287 ha in all287 ha here
  30. 2016Unnamed fire R90045162 ha in all162 ha here
  31. 2016Unnamed fire G90236101 ha in all101 ha here
  32. 2016Unnamed fire G9029298 ha in all98 ha here
  33. 2016Unnamed fire R9006652 ha in all52 ha here
  34. 2016Unnamed fire R900507 ha in all7 ha here

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 November 10, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.

How the land burned

On the Province's ecosystem map, Stikine Region's land is 43% NDT2 (burned in large fires about every 200 years), 28% NDT3 (burned in large fires about every 100 to 150 years), 27% NDT5 (alpine tundra and subalpine parkland) and 2% NDT1 (rarely burned, about every 250 to 350 years and in patches). Its main biogeoclimatic zones are Spruce–Willow–Birch (36%), Boreal White and Black Spruce (25%), Boreal Altai Fescue Alpine (20%) and Engelmann Spruce–Subalpine Fir (10%). This is how the land burned before fires were put out, not its fire risk today. A report names the type over a lot. Every place's natural fire regime.

Source: BEC Map (biogeoclimatic zones and natural disturbance types), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), read 2026-10-12; areas worked out on the census boundaries.

Evacuations since April 2017

None of the wildfire evacuation orders or alerts in the Province's record since April 2017 covered 5% or more of the land or homes in Stikine Region.

Listed when an order or alert area covered at least 5% of the land in Stikine Region, or lay mostly in Stikine Region 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 Stikine Region. 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 November 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Each order and alert area placed in the municipalities and electoral areas it covers by us.

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 Stikine Region.

Sources: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on November 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Each order and alert area placed in the municipalities and electoral areas it covers by us.

320 landslides are recorded inside Stikine Region in the Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database (version 14.0), including 54 rock rotational slides, 38 rock falls and 35 rock slides. The latest with a date of its own: a debris flow, 23 Jul 2024. 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.

The Province lists 6 dams in Stikine Region, none classed High or above for the harm a failure would do downstream. Of these, 3 are recorded as breached (failed). The class rates what a failure would do, not how likely one is; a report names the dams within 1 km of a lot. Dams in BC, by place.

16 Water Survey of Canada gauges in Stikine Region have 5 or more years of yearly peak flows: Cottonwood River above Bass Creek peaked highest at 242 m³/s in 1970 (60 years on record), Swift River near Swift River peaked highest at 439 m³/s in 1964 (57 years on record) and Tutshi River at Outlet of Tutshi Lake peaked highest at 105 m³/s in 1964 (51 years on record), among others. 1 set its record in the last 10 years. A gauge's record is the river where it stands, not a flood line; a report gives the nearest gauge on a river by the lot. River gauges in BC, by place.

Radon

In the Northwest health region, 11 of the 211 homes tested (5.2%) 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. The only way to know is to test the home: 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).

Check one lot: has it burned? · is it on a floodplain map? · is it behind a dike? · is there a dam nearby? · landslides nearby? · contaminated sites nearby? · radon? · how much is too steep?

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).

Cost to own

Rural property tax rates are set for each electoral area and its service areas; the figures and a calculator are under More.

Typical home value against typical household income
4.5 years of income (fewer than 1,000 people, so a rough figure)
Median home value (owners' estimate, 2021)
$276,000
Median monthly rent (2021)
$512
Speculation and vacancy tax
doesn't apply here
More on cost to own

Property tax

The property tax rate here is unclear: the Province's rural tax rates list no rates for Stikine Region. Ask the Province's Surveyor of Taxes.

Stikine Region 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.

The typical home here is the median value owners gave the 2021 census, and the typical household's income is the median for 2020: a home that costs 4.5 years of income took that many years of a typical household's whole income. "Typical" for places its size is the middle of BC's rural electoral areas.

Land for sale nearby

The 2 nearest listings on AcreScout within 25 km of Atlin, nearest first; listings with only an approximate location come last.

ListingAsking priceSizePer acreAway
Dl 1109 Atlin RoadAtlin, listed 247 days ago$650,00035 acres$18,571 an acre23 km
Nearly 1 Acre In HistoricAtlin, listed 23 days ago$219,0001 acre$219,000 an acrenear Atlin (location approximate)

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, a Buretto site; active listings as of 2026-11-15. Asking prices set by the sellers; not a valuation.

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

What you can build

On a lot zoned for a house, the zoning must allow at least a secondary suite or a garden suite (the provincial minimum).

Homes allowed on a house lot (provincial minimum)
a house and a secondary suite or garden suite
Short-term rentals
The Province's principal residence requirement doesn't apply in Stikine Region (list in force from June 1, 2026).
In the farmland reserve (ALR)
none typical rural area: 4%
More on what you can build

In Stikine Region, a zone limited to detached houses must allow at least one secondary suite or detached accessory home (a garden suite or carriage house) next to a house. A floor of 3 or 4 homes applies on rural land only inside an urban containment boundary drawn in a regional growth strategy, and most rural land is outside one. None of it applies on land in an Islands Trust local trust area or under a rural land use bylaw, and in the Agricultural Land Reserve the Commission's limits come first. How many homes you can build on a lot.

The Province's principal residence requirement doesn't apply in Stikine Region (list in force from June 1, 2026), so the provincial rule doesn't limit short-term rentals to the host's home. 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.

Reports for lots in Stikine Region can't name the zone: we have no open zoning map for it (see the places covered).

Ask the Province of BC for a lot's zone and what it allows.

The federal boundaries put 30 reserves of 5 First Nations in or beside Stikine Region. On reserve land the First Nation decides land use, not the local zoning bylaw; a report says when a lot is on reserve land or within 500 m of it. Reserve land in BC, by place.

Whether the Province's building inspection covers Stikine Region is unclear: it has no local government, and we found no provincial page saying who issues building permits there. Ask the Province. The BC Building Code applies everywhere all the same. Our reading of the Province's own page, checked 2026-10-07. Do you need a building permit on rural land?

The Province maps one designated community watershed, Telegraph Community Watershed, over less than 1% of Stikine Region: land draining to a licensed drinking-water intake, where logging and roads on Crown land must protect the supply. A report says whether a lot lies in one and whose water it is. Community watersheds in BC, by place.

Check one lot: is it in the ALR? · is the soil good for farming? · is it in a community watershed?

Source: Agricultural Land Reserve polygons, Agricultural Land Commission (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Living here Stands out

Emergency care: the nearest emergency department open around the clock is in Stewart, 460 km away in a straight line. The one nearer, in Atlin, keeps set hours (Mon 09:00 - 16:30, and so on).

  • Mobile: no home is inside the 4G coverage the carriers report. In a typical rural area, 96% are. The coverage is LTE (4G mobile phone and data) as reported to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, counted over the place's 2021 homes.
Homes with 50/10 Mbps internet or faster
81% typical rural area: 81%
Homes with LTE mobile coverage
0%
Nearest emergency department open around the clock
Stewart, 460 km in a straight line
Fire halls
1 on the Province's list; the nearest 300 m from Atlin
Buses
no scheduled buses
Licensed child care
1 (1 group facility, 0 family homes)
Crime, weighted for how serious it is
no police service of its own in Statistics Canada's figures: those of the Dease Lake RCMP detachment (rural) are under More
More on living here

Internet

81% of homes in Stikine Region have 50/10 Mbps or faster recorded, wired or fixed wireless, against 97.6% across BC. 19% have nothing at 25/5 Mbps or faster.

Share of homes hereBC
50/10 Mbps or faster, wired or fixed wireless81%97.6%
50/10 Mbps or faster over a wired line81%96.2%
50/10 Mbps or faster over fixed wireless0%87%
Nothing at 25/5 Mbps or faster19%1.4%
LTE mobile coverage0%99.1%
Homes counted (2021)4912,170,255
Rank in BC, homes without 50/10 Mbps83rd of 248 (tied)

This is the service providers report to the federal government (ISED), counted over each area's homes in the 2021 census. It isn't a promise for any address: ask providers whether they serve it 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).

Nearest hospital

The nearest hospital on the Province's list (updated 2026-10-01) is Whitehorse General Hospital, about 147 km in a straight line from Atlin. The nearest emergency department on HealthLink BC's list is Northern Health's emergency department in Atlin, about 300 m away; hours on HealthLink BC's list: Mon to Fri 09:00 to 16:30. On-call nurse available for after-hours emergencies. Closed for lunch 12:00 - 13:00. The nearest open 24 hours is Northern Health's emergency department in Stewart, about 460 km away. Roads are longer than these straight lines, and a small town's emergency department can close for a shift when it's short of staff: the health authority posts these as service changes. In an emergency, call 9-1-1. How far is the nearest hospital from a property?

Source: Hospitals in BC, HealthLinkBC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Emergency Rooms in BC, HealthLinkBC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Fire protection

In Stikine Region, a fire department answers calls only inside the fire protection area its service bylaw sets, so a hall nearby doesn't by itself mean a lot is covered: ask the Stikine Region which department responds, if any. The Province's list (updated 2026-09-11) has one fire hall in Stikine Region: Atlin Volunteer Fire Department. It is about 300 m in a straight line from Atlin. Home insurers ask the road distance to the hall that responds, which can be far longer than the straight line. How far is the nearest fire hall, and what insurers ask

Source: First Responders (fire halls and ambulance stations), GeoBC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Child care

The Province lists 1 licensed group child care facility in Stikine Region. By the ages their operators list, 1 takes children under 36 months, 1 takes children 30 months to 5 years and 1 takes preschool children. It takes part in the fee reduction (CCFRI). Family child care homes are counted but not named or mapped, since they are private homes. Many operators list no ages, and the list holds the licensed facilities the Province funds, so a licensed one without that funding isn't on it. A report on a lot names its nearest group facility and counts those within 1 and 2 km; ask each facility about spaces and its wait list.

Source: Child Care Map Data, Child Care Programs and Services (listed 2026-10-11) (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); placed by us in the 2021 census boundary 2026-10-11. Licensed child care in every BC place.

Crime

The Dease Lake RCMP detachment (rural) reported a crime severity index of 91 in 2025, about the same as BC's 92; down 22% since 2015 (BC unchanged).

Crime severity index, 202591 (BC 92)
Violent / non-violent index136 / 73 (BC 98 / 91)
Crime severity index, 2015117 (BC 93)
Change since 2015Down 22% (BC unchanged)
Break and enter, per 100,000 people, 2025284 (BC 281)
Theft of a vehicle, per 100,000 people, 2025142 (BC 138)
Theft from a vehicle, per 100,000 people, 20250 (BC 441)
Violent crime, per 100,000 people, 20254,261 (BC 1,531)
All Criminal Code offences (not traffic), per 100,000 people, 202511,080 (BC 6,943)

Inferred: Statistics Canada publishes figures for no RCMP detachment within 40 km of here; the nearest it does is about 133 km away, so these figures are for that detachment's area, which may not include this place. BC's police boundaries aren't open data; the local RCMP can say who polices it.

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

28 water-supply wells on record; half are deeper than 36 m, and the median tested yield is 66 L/min.

Water-supply wells on record
28; half deeper than 36 m; median tested yield 66 L/min
Rank in BC for well depth
141st of 245 (tied)
More on water

The Province's monitoring records hold groundwater samples from 4 wells in Stikine Region, 2006. The median passed Health Canada's limit for manganese (2 wells) and lead (1 well). A report names the nearest sampled wells within 10 km of a lot. A neighbouring well isn't your water: test your own. What BC's well water tests for, by place.

Mapped aquifers

No mapped aquifer within the boundary of Stikine Region.

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. 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

50 sampled lakes lie in Stikine Region (2 only partly), largest first.

  1. 1Williston Lake1,727 km² · under 1% of it heretoo few readings to judge
  2. 2Atlin Lake587 km²too few readings to judge
  3. 3Tutshi Lake53 km²too few readings to judge
  4. 4Tuya Lake31 km²too few readings to judge
  5. 5Cry Lake25 km² · 24% of it heretoo few readings to judge
  6. 6Bear Lake19 km²too few readings to judge
  7. 7Tatsamenie Lake17 km²too few readings to judge
  8. 8Deadwood Lake14 km²too few readings to judge
  9. 9Nome Lake10 km²too few readings to judge
  10. 10Klinkit Lake9 km²too few readings to judge
And 40 more
  1. 11Jennings Lakes9 km²too few readings to judge
  2. 12Looncry Lake7 km²too few readings to judge
  3. 13Chismaina Lake6 km²too few readings to judge
  4. 14Aeroplane Lake6 km²too few readings to judge
  5. 15Prairie Lake5 km²too few readings to judge
  6. 16Disella Lake5 km²too few readings to judge
  7. 17Tootsee Lake5 km²too few readings to judge
  8. 18Swift Lake4 km²too few readings to judge
  9. 19Tucho Lake4 km²too few readings to judge
  10. 20Turtle Lake4 km²too few readings to judge
  11. 21Hottah Lake4 km²too few readings to judge
  12. 22Birches Lake3 km²too few readings to judge
  13. 23Ed Asp Lake3 km²too few readings to judge
  14. 24Gun Lake (Nahlin River watershed)3 km²too few readings to judge
  15. 25Butte Lake3 km²too few readings to judge
  16. 26Unnamed lake in the Upper Jennings River watershed3 km²too few readings to judge
  17. 27Sustut Lake3 km²too few readings to judge
  18. 28Unnamed lake in the Jennings River watershed (3 km²)3 km²too few readings to judge
  19. 29Hyland Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
  20. 30Unnamed lake in the Teslin River watershed (2 km²)2 km²too few readings to judge
  21. 31Little Trapper Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
  22. 32Unnamed lake in the Little Rancheria River watershed2 km²too few readings to judge
  23. 33High Tuya Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
  24. 34Unnamed lake in the Blue River watershed2 km²too few readings to judge
  25. 35Aconitum Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
  26. 36Unnamed lake in the Jennings River watershed (2 km²)2 km²too few readings to judge
  27. 37Wasi Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
  28. 38Uslika Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
  29. 39Plate Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
  30. 40Johanson Lake1 km²too few readings to judge
  31. 41Unnamed lake in the Swift River watershed1 km²too few readings to judge
  32. 42Victoria Lake (Nahlin River watershed)1 km²too few readings to judge
  33. 43Camp Island Lake1 km²too few readings to judge
  34. 44Unnamed lake in the Jennings River watershed (1 km²)1 km²too few readings to judge
  35. 45Unnamed lake in the Teslin River watershed (1 km²)1 km²too few readings to judge
  36. 46Tatsatua Lake80.7 hatoo few readings to judge
  37. 47Como Lake (Atlin Lake watershed)41.2 hatoo few readings to judge
  38. 48Blue Sheep Lake26.3 hatoo few readings to judge
  39. 49Lang Lake12 hatoo few readings to judge
  40. 50Unnamed lake in the Lower Omineca River watershed2.1 hatoo few readings to judge

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).

Climate and sun Stands out

Winters: the 4th coldest of BC's 114 rural electoral areas with a climate station nearby. −12.4 °C on average in January, compared with −1.2 °C in a typical rural area.

typical
January mean temperature
-12.4 °C typical rural area: −1.2 °C
July mean temperature
13.6 °C
Yearly precipitation
362 mm*
Yearly snowfall
160 cm* typical rural area: 88 cm
Days a year over 30 °C
no days* typical rural area: 7

Winter sun

About 5 h 10 min of possible direct sun on December 21 at Atlin, against 5 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 10 min against 12 h; on June 21, 17 h against 18 h 20 min. Our estimate from the terrain around the point, ground at about 679 m, seen from head height: trees, buildings and cloud aren't counted. On BC's least winter sun ranking (December sun as a share of open ground) it is 205th of 310 (tied). How winter sun is read.

20° up40° up60° upDec 21 · 5 h 10 minMar 21 · 11 h 10 minJun 21 · 17 hESESSWW
The skyline from Atlin, from NRCan's elevation model every 5°, and the sun's path on December 21, March 21 and June 21: solid where the sun clears the hills, dotted where they hide it. Angles are drawn true to scale.
More on climate and sun
1991-2020 normalsRank in BC
January mean temperature-12.4 °C113th of 116
July mean temperature13.6 °C112th of 116
Yearly precipitation362 mm*
Yearly snowfall160 cm*Not ranked*
Lowest temperature recorded, 1991-2020-47 °C (1996)61st of 64
Days a year over 30 °Cno days; no days over 35 °C*Not ranked*
Highest temperature recorded, 1991-202031 °C (2004)
Wettest day recorded, 1991-202046 mm of rain and melted snow, September 22, 1993
Most snow in a day recorded, 1991-202034 cm, November 1, 2020
Deepest snow on the ground recorded, 1991-202073 cm, December 9, 1991
Heating degree days, below 18 °C6,039 a year*
Growing degree days, above 5 °C921 a year; 292 above 10 °C*

Normals for 1991-2020 at the Atlin station, about 1 km from Atlin (of the communities here with a station within 30 km, the one with the most addresses). Its normals don't include the frost-free period or days with snow on the ground, so those are left out. * Based on at least 20 of the 30 years, short of the World Meteorological Organization's standard: treat as a rougher guide. The records are single days measured at the station: the most rain, snow and wind it saw in 1991-2020. Each is one event, not what to expect in a year, and the lot can get more or less than the station. 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 3a (68%); 22% are in 2b, on Natural Resources Canada's 2025 map. Higher numbers are milder winters. What the zones mean.

Solar panels: a south-facing panel tilted at the latitude would make about 940 kWh a year for each kW of panels at Atlin, about 18 of it in December (estimated from Natural Resources Canada's 1998-2022 sunshine map). An open sky is assumed: the hills, trees and buildings around a lot cut it, and a report sets the lot's own skyline beside it. What solar panels would make in BC.

By the 2050s (2041-2070) at Atlin, climate models project about 1 more day over 30 °C a year, a longest frost-free run about 40 days longer and about 4 percentage points less of winter's precipitation falling as snow, each against the same models' 1971-2000 (model projections under SSP2-4.5, a middle path for emissions). The models work on a grid of about 9 by 6 km, which averages valley floors with the slopes around them, so their own figures can sit well off a station's normals and aren't comparable with them. Their own figures there: about 1 day over 30 °C a year in 2041-2070 (range under 1 to 3 across the models), against under 1 day in 1971-2000; a longest frost-free run of about 145 days (range 125 to 160), against about 105; and about 90% of winter's precipitation falling as snow (range 84% to 92%), against about 94%. The ranges run from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the models' 2041-2070 figures. The 2050s across BC.

Light at night within 1 km of Atlin: like a small town such as Gibsons, Sooke or Valemount (our reading), and darker than about 79% of BC's homes (2024 satellite record). A lot away from the centre can be much darker. How dark are BC's nights?

Lightning: around Atlin, a cloud-to-ground flash within 10 km on about 1 day a year and 0.01 flashes per km² a year, less than at 3 in 4 BC homes (the Canadian Lightning Detection Network, 1998-2025 average, on a grid of about 11 by 7 km).

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); Daily average solar irradiance on tilted surfaces for all of Canada (1998-2022), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Photovoltaic Potential and Solar Resource Maps of Canada (performance ratio), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Statistically downscaled climate indices from CMIP6 global climate models (CanDCS-M6), Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, via the Canadian Centre for Climate Services (Open Government Licence – Canada); VIIRS Nighttime Lights, 2024 annual composite, Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines (Elvidge et al. 2021, Remote Sensing 13(5):922), via Hengl, OpenGeoHub, Zenodo doi 10.5281/zenodo.7750174 (CC BY 4.0); Canadian Lightning Detection Network cloud-to-ground flashes (CanCPLDv1), Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Land use around

4 major projects in assessment or approved in or near Stikine Region on the Environmental Assessment Office's register; 12% of its land is under mineral, placer or coal titles.

Major projects in assessment or approved, in or within 5 km
4: Arctos Anthracite; Kutcho; New Polaris Gold Mine; and more
Under mineral, placer or coal titles
12%
Who holds them
Largest company holders: Brixton Metals Corporation (24% of the land under title), Coeur Silvertip Holdings Ltd. (10%), Core Assets Corp. (7.5%); private individuals hold titles over 11% of it, on the Province's record as of October 29, 2026.
More on land use around

Major projects in Stikine Region

The Environmental Assessment Office's register places 4 major projects in assessment or approved in Stikine Region or within 5 km of it: Arctos Anthracite (coal mine, in assessment (pre-application)); Kutcho (mineral mine, in assessment (process planning)); New Polaris Gold Mine (mineral mine, in assessment (application being written and reviewed)); and 1 more.

ProjectDecisionPhaseWhere
Arctos AnthraciteCoal MinesIn ProgressPre-ApplicationIn Stikine Region
KutchoMineral MinesIn ProgressProcess PlanningIn Stikine Region
New Polaris Gold MineMineral MinesIn ProgressApplication Development and ReviewIn Stikine Region
Tulsequah Chief MineMineral MinesCertificate Issued, Dec 12, 2002Post Decision – Care & MaintenanceIn Stikine Region
Closed: 5 withdrawn, terminated, refused, expired or not reviewable

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; every project in BC by place.

Source: Environmental Assessment Office project points (EPIC), Province of BC, as of 2026-11-02 (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

The Province lists 16 active waste discharge authorizations in Stikine Region; the commonest kinds: mine (8), sewage treatment or discharge site (3) and concrete plant (1). Of these, 5 may discharge to air, 8 effluent to water or land and 3 refuse to land. A report lists any within 2 km of a lot, and flags one whose point is on it. Permitted discharges in BC, by place.

The Province maps 7 open gravel pits and quarries in Stikine Region, among them Powerhouse, Monarch Gold Spruce Gravel and Otter Creek North; and 144 other open mine permits: 97 placer mines, 2 coal mines, 8 mineral exploration permit areas and 37 mineral exploration or mine permit areas. A report lists the permits within 2 km of a lot, names an open pit or quarry within 500 m and flags one whose permit area takes in the lot. Gravel pits and mine permits in BC, by place.

On ParcelMap BC, the land in Stikine Region is under 1% private, under 1% Crown land with a parcel drawn (under 1% with no title); no parcel is mapped over 100%, likely most of it untitled Crown land, with lakes and road allowances. A report says who owns the land along a lot's line. Crown land next to a property, and every place's land by owner.

The Ministry of Forests maps 31 active Crown range tenures (30 grazing, 1 hay cutting) reaching into Stikine Region, over 69% of its area, licensed for about 9,825 animal unit months of grazing a year in all. Outside a pound district, keeping livestock off a lot is the owner's fence to build. A report lists any tenure within 1 km of a lot. Open range and grazing in BC, by place.

The Province maps 136 registered traplines over nearly all of the area and 40 guide outfitter territories over 98% in Stikine Region. The maps are drawn over titled land too, but traplines are registered on Crown land: on titled land, anyone but the owner or occupier needs their written permission to trap. A report says whether either takes in a lot. Traplines and guiding territories in BC, by place.

Stikine Region lies in wildlife management units 6-26 (15%), 6-25 (14%), 7-52 (12%), 6-29 (8%), 6-24 (6%), 6-20 (6%), 6-23 (6%), 6-27 (6%), 7-51 (5%), 6-18 (5%): the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis sets seasons and closed areas by unit. Hunting and shooting on your own property.

BC Parks maps 29 parks and protected areas (Atlin/A Teix'gi Aan Tlein Park, a provincial park; Blue/Dease Rivers Ecological Reserve; Charlie Cole Creek Ecological Reserve; Chukachida Protected Area; and 25 more) reaching into Stikine Region, over 21% of its land. Recreation Sites and Trails BC lists 14 sites there. A report names the nearest park and recreation site within 25 km of a lot. Parks and recreation sites in BC, by place.

Check one lot: is there a mineral claim? · power lines nearby? · pipelines nearby? · a gravel pit nearby? · a landfill or plant nearby? · logging planned nearby? · cattle on open range? · is there a trapline? · can I hunt on it? · a park nearby? · Crown land next door?

Source: Mineral, placer and coal tenures, Mineral Titles Branch (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

People

424 people in 2021, down 6.8% from 2016; the median age is 59.2.

HereBC
Population, 20214245,000,879
Change since 2016-6.8%+7.6%
Median age59.242.8
Under 158.3%14.3%
65 and over38.1%20.3%
Median household income (2020)$61,600$85,000
Homes owned by the people living in them82.2%66.8%
Single-detached houses95.8%42.4%
Movable dwellings (mobile homes and the like)2.1%2.5%
Built before 19618.9%12.5%
Needing major repairs17.8%5.8%
Median home value (owners' estimate)$276,000$785,000
Median monthly rent$512$1,370
Worked from home22.9%22.6%
Unemployment rate15.0%8.4%

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

Who lives here

HereBC
Indigenous identity10.1%5.9%
Immigrants20.0%29.0%
Visible minority2.5%34.4%
No religion or a secular outlook62.0%52.1%

Census figures, shown for context like the others. We don't rank or score places on these.

More on people

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. The places named at the top are the official place names in the area (BC Geographical Names) with the most 2021 homes nearer them than any other name, on ISED's home points: our reading.

Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence); BC Geographical Names, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Pseudo-Household Demographic Distribution (2021), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).