Vanderhoof | |
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District of Vanderhoof [1] | |
Coordinates: 54°00′52″N124°00′32″W / 54.01444°N 124.00889°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Region | Interior Plateau |
Regional district | Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako |
Incorporated | 1926 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Kevin Moutray |
• Chief Administrative Officer | Gerald Pinchback |
Area | |
• Total | 54.83 km2 (21.17 sq mi) |
Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 4,439 |
• Density | 81.0/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code | 250 / 778 / 236 |
Highways | Hwy 16 (TCH) Trans-Canada Highway Hwy 27 |
Waterways | Nechako River |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www |
Vanderhoof is a district municipality near the geographical centre [3] of British Columbia, Canada. Covering 2.92 square kilometers, [4] it has a population of about 4,500 within town limits, and offers services to nearly 10,000 people in nearby rural communities. Its main industries are forestry, agriculture, and related businesses. Tourism is also growing, and mining operations are being developed in the area. It has many elementary schools, and one major secondary school, Nechako Valley Secondary School (NVSS), comprising School District 91 Nechako Lakes. The College of New Caledonia has a regional campus there.
Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train serves the Vanderhoof railway station.
The municipality is named after Herbert Vanderhoof of Chicago, one of its founders. He was an employee of the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, a subsidiary of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. [5] [6] [7] The municipality's population rapidly expanded until World War II, when many of the town's men left to fight overseas. After the war, an increase in lumber prices and the construction of the Kenney Dam lead to increases in population again. Today Vanderhoof is a service centre in the eastern Bulkley-Nechako for surrounding communities, and the second-largest municipality in the regional district. [8]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Vanderhoof had a population of 4,346 living in 1,786 of its 1,885 total private dwellings, a change of -2% from its 2016 population of 4,434. With a land area of 53.93 km2 (20.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 80.6/km2 (208.7/sq mi) in 2021. [9]
Panethnic group | 2021 [10] | 2016 [11] | 2011 [12] | 2006 [13] | 2001 [14] | 1996 [15] | 1991 [16] [17] | 1986 [18] [19] [20] : 111 | 1981 [21] [22] | ||||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
European [lower-alpha 1] | 3,500 | 81.68% | 3,665 | 85.13% | 3,740 | 85.58% | 3,550 | 87.44% | 3,915 | 90.52% | 4,050 | 92.89% | 3,510 | 88.08% | 3,055 | 88.55% | 2,300 | 87.45% | |
Indigenous | 480 | 11.2% | 460 | 10.69% | 485 | 11.1% | 280 | 6.9% | 230 | 5.32% | 160 | 3.67% | 325 | 8.16% | 290 | 8.41% | 170 | 6.46% | |
Southeast Asian [lower-alpha 2] | 115 | 2.68% | 90 | 2.09% | 35 | 0.8% | 75 | 1.85% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0.14% | — | — | |
South Asian | 70 | 1.63% | 50 | 1.16% | 75 | 1.72% | 35 | 0.86% | 130 | 3.01% | 95 | 2.18% | 120 | 3.01% | 70 | 2.03% | 110 | 4.18% | |
African | 40 | 0.93% | 15 | 0.35% | 15 | 0.34% | 65 | 1.6% | 0 | 0% | 30 | 0.69% | 15 | 0.38% | 0 | 0% | — | — | |
Latin American | 25 | 0.58% | 10 | 0.23% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.23% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | |
East Asian [lower-alpha 3] | 15 | 0.35% | 20 | 0.46% | 10 | 0.23% | 30 | 0.74% | 45 | 1.04% | 15 | 0.34% | 15 | 0.38% | 30 | 0.87% | 50 | 1.9% | |
Middle Eastern [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 0.49% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | |
Other/Multiracial [lower-alpha 5] | 25 | 0.58% | 10 | 0.23% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.25% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Total responses | 4,285 | 98.6% | 4,305 | 97.09% | 4,370 | 97.54% | 4,060 | 99.9% | 4,325 | 98.52% | 4,360 | 99.07% | 3,985 | 99.06% | 3,450 | 98.43% | 2,630 | 113.22% | |
Total population | 4,346 | 100% | 4,434 | 100% | 4,480 | 100% | 4,064 | 100% | 4,390 | 100% | 4,401 | 100% | 4,023 | 100% | 3,505 | 100% | 2,323 | 100% | |
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses |
According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Vanderhoof included: [10]
Vanderhoof is known for its bird sanctuary along the Nechako River. Many Canada geese, swans, and other migratory birds pass through Vanderhoof during their annual migrations. The Nechako is home to a number of fish species, including salmon and the endangered Nechako white sturgeon. Many hunters come to Vanderhoof in search of bear, moose, deer, cougar and elk.
Elementary:
Evelyn Dickson
W.L. McLeod
Sinkutview
Mapes
Secondary:
Nechako Valley Secondary School (NVSS
Northside Christian School
Valhalla High Virtual School: EBUS Academy
A telegraph line, set up in the 1890s for communication with the Klondike Gold Rush gold fields, was abandoned in the 1930s and later converted into a series of walking trails. A 10 km trail connects Hogsback Lake (near Vanderhoof) to Blackwater Road.
Vanderhoof has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with mild summers and cold winters.
Climate data for Vanderhoof, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1916–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.0 (68.0) | 28.9 (84.0) | 36.0 (96.8) | 33.9 (93.0) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.5 (95.9) | 33.0 (91.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 36.0 (96.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) | −0.1 (31.8) | 5.9 (42.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 10.3 (50.5) | 0.9 (33.6) | −4.1 (24.6) | 10.4 (50.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) | −5.5 (22.1) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | −2.8 (27.0) | −8.1 (17.4) | 4.4 (39.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.3 (8.1) | −10.9 (12.4) | −6.3 (20.7) | −1.3 (29.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | 7.4 (45.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 8.3 (46.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | −0.3 (31.5) | −6.5 (20.3) | −12.1 (10.2) | −1.5 (29.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −51.7 (−61.1) | −51.1 (−60.0) | −42.8 (−45.0) | −29.4 (−20.9) | −9.4 (15.1) | −6.7 (19.9) | −3.3 (26.1) | −5.0 (23.0) | −16.7 (1.9) | −28.0 (−18.4) | −42.2 (−44.0) | −50.6 (−59.1) | −51.7 (−61.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.4 (1.75) | 26.6 (1.05) | 24.4 (0.96) | 25.4 (1.00) | 34.7 (1.37) | 57.0 (2.24) | 52.4 (2.06) | 43.1 (1.70) | 44.3 (1.74) | 50.8 (2.00) | 45.1 (1.78) | 41.3 (1.63) | 489.2 (19.26) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 6.6 (0.26) | 5.4 (0.21) | 7.1 (0.28) | 19.4 (0.76) | 34.2 (1.35) | 56.8 (2.24) | 52.3 (2.06) | 43.1 (1.70) | 44.0 (1.73) | 43.3 (1.70) | 16.1 (0.63) | 3.8 (0.15) | 332.0 (13.07) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 37.8 (14.9) | 21.3 (8.4) | 17.3 (6.8) | 6.0 (2.4) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.2 (0.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.1) | 7.5 (3.0) | 29.0 (11.4) | 37.5 (14.8) | 157.2 (61.9) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 14.1 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 12.6 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 152.1 |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 2.9 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 107.7 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 12.1 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 51.4 |
Source: Environment Canada [25] [26] [27] [28] |
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