Digital Basin Quick Start
In the Columbia Basin-Boundary region, earnings were generally lower than the Canadian average, but the earnings gap is bigger. The average male earns $50,208, while the average female earns $29,975 – an earnings gap of $20,233. There is a far higher proportion of females earning low incomes than males and there is a far higher proportion of males earning high incomes than … [More]
Trends Analyses
2015 Trends Analysis: Wildfire
November 17, 2015
2015 was a notable fire year in the Basin-Boundary region, with over 13,800 total hectares burned. The biggest fires were located near Rock Creek (4417 ha) and in the Granby River drainage (1686 ha). A ten-year moving average of total area burned in the region shows that, on average, the impact of fire on our region continues to be much lower as compared to the years preceding … [More]
2015 Trends Analysis: Air Quality
November 5, 2015
As compared to 2013, compiled 2014 air quality data for stations in our region show higher particulate matter readings in the summer, and lower readings in the winter. The Nelson station continues to record the lowest fine particulate matter readings of all Basin-Boundary stations. For our full discussion of air quality trends and conditions, download the 2015 Air Quality … [More]
Basin-Boundary Agricultural Planning: The Regional Perspective