Community suitability of British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique, Canada
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 41
76
best land · p90
76%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 76
Governance, safety & tenure 81
Economy & cost 98
Society, freedom & health 93
Land & water 71
Climate, growing & hazards 68
Autonomy & access 1
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityFood & forage diversityGrowing conditions
Within British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique — 29 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Nanaimo
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Land & water (70)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Capital
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Land & water (70)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Cowichan Valley
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Land & water (64)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 81
Greater Vancouver
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Land & water (75)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 79
Comox Valley
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Autonomy & access (70)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 78
Okanagan-Similkameen
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Central Okanagan
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Fraser Valley
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Kootenay Boundary
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
East Kootenay
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Alberni-Clayoquot
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
North Okanagan
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Thompson-Nicola
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Sunshine Coast
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Central Kootenay
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Squamish-Lillooet
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
Columbia-Shuswap
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Strathcona
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Cariboo
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Bulkley-Nechako
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Fraser-Fort George
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Peace River
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Central Coast
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 41
Mount Waddington
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Northern Rockies
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Powell River
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 41
Skeena-Queen Charlotte
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 41
Kitimat-Stikine
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 40
Stikine
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 40
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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