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Sample Address
Five 0–10 scores derived from open data. Higher is better.
• Walkable — count of food + grocery + fitness + service amenities within 1 km. 10 = downtown-dense (40+ nearby), 0 = remote rural.
• Transit — proximity to closest stop + number of stops within 1 km. 10 = rapid transit or 15+ stops within walking distance.
• Family-friendly — school proximity + diversity (elementary + secondary), secondary rating bias, parks nearby.
• Green space — distance to closest park + park count within 1 km.
• Quiet — inverse of the national Crime Severity Index. CMA-level (whole metro area), not your specific block.
Scoring is calibrated for BC.
Five 0–10 scores based on open data. Higher is better.
Schools within 3 km of this address, sorted by distance per level. Public + independent (private) schools both included.
Ratings (secondary only today): a 0–10 percentile rank built from BC's open Graduation Assessment data — Numeracy 10, Literacy 10, and Literacy 12. 0 = lowest-performing in BC; 10 = highest. Schools with too few writers, or privacy-masked counts, show no rating.
Elementary ratings are not yet shown — we're working on a workaround.
Catchment vs nearest: Surrey is the only BC district with a queryable catchment feed today, so for now distance is straight-line. Actual catchment may differ — verify with the school district's catchment finder.
Nearest schools · Vancouver (SD 39)
Top 3 closest spots in each category within 1 km of the address. Distance is straight-line — walking time will be longer. Public ratings are shown when the place has at least one review.
Use the search box to look for a specific spot by name. For a deeper "is this neighbourhood walkable" judgment, drop the address into a map service and check Street View.
The 3 closest places in each category. Distance is straight-line walking time.
Nearest hospital, police station, and fire station — measured straight-line from the address, so actual drive time may be longer.
The 24/7 ER tag indicates the nearest hospital has an emergency department. Police and fire locations come from open mapping data and cover most urban and suburban areas; remote addresses may show none in range. Always confirm the responding station with your local municipality.
Nearest hospital, police, and fire station — straight-line distance.
Pending development applications + recently-issued new-build permits within 500 m of the property.
Why this matters: a buyer planning to live somewhere for 5+ years will be affected by what's about to be built next door. A pending high-density rezoning across the street can mean the view, traffic, and noise change dramatically.
Coverage varies by city — Surrey and Vancouver have the deepest public feeds. Other municipalities: check the city's planning office directly.
7 new-building permits issued within 500 m in the last 24 months. New-build activity is a leading indicator of densification.
From the national rental market survey. When this address resolves to a recognised survey zone, we show the zone-level median rent so you get a more local read than the metro-wide average.
Vacancy rate ranges: under 1% = extreme tight (landlord's market, hard to find rentals); 1–3% = tight (Canadian normal in major cities); above 3% = balanced; above 5% = soft (renter's market).
Useful for buyers considering rental income, or to gauge how "stuck" a tenant might be at the address.
From the national rental market survey.
Census demographics for the census block your address sits in — Statistics Canada's smallest area (a "Dissemination Area"), bounded by the surrounding streets, not a radius around the point. These blocks are sized to roughly 400–700 residents, so a dense high-rise block reads higher. The "vs <city>" line compares this block to the whole municipality.
Median household income is before-tax. Counts are randomly rounded to the nearest 5 for privacy, so percentages within a chart may not add up to exactly 100%.
Reported for the census block around this address — Statistics Canada's smallest area, not a radius.
Crime Severity Index — Canada's national crime index. The national average is 100, so a CSI of 81 means crime in this municipality is 19% below the national average; a CSI of 120 means 20% above.
CSI weights crimes by severity, so a single homicide affects the index more than a hundred shoplifting cases. Reported at the municipality level — not per-block.
Year-over-year change tracks whether the local crime picture is trending better or worse. Sustained 3-year trends are more meaningful than single-year swings.
Canada's national Crime Severity Index. The national average is 100 · reported for Vancouver.
Building permits issued by the municipality for work at this address. Includes alterations, new construction, demolitions, and tenant improvements. Permits are issued BEFORE work begins, so recent permits indicate active renovation. Absence of permits doesn't guarantee no work was done — unpermitted work happens. Coverage starts in 2017 for most cities.
No permits found for this address since 2017.
Earthquake hazard: Sa(0.2s) is the short-period spectral acceleration for the 1-in-2475-year event per NBC 2020 (Site Class C). Vancouver-area typical range: 0.70–1.20 g. Higher = stricter design loads.
Flood susceptibility: 1–10 scale from the national hazard model. 1–3 = lowest (typical urban); 4–6 = elevated (consider flood insurance); 7–10 = high (insurance often required). "Designated floodplain" is a city-level overlay.
Wildfire history: whether the address sits inside a recorded burn polygon from the provincial wildfire archive. Mainly relevant for rural / interior addresses.
Earthquake, flood, wildfire, and radon — drawn from open Canadian datasets.
Nearby fires: historical wildfire perimeters within 10 km of this address from the provincial fire-history archive. Recent counts predict where re-burns and smoke exposure are likely.
Smoke days/yr: average count of calendar days where the nearest air-quality monitoring station recorded PM2.5 above the wildfire-smoke threshold. Coastal stations often read 0; interior + northern stations can read 30+.
Historical fire perimeters within 10 km plus smoke-day averages at the nearest monitoring station.
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