Courtenay sits at City Score rank #311 with a standing of 40%, from 5 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. The chart below shows how that standing moves year to year.
Published study placements for Courtenay are charted below when available. Topic atlases carry the underlying municipal readings for the same place.
Among Canadian cities on the hub, Courtenay carries a City Score standing of 40% (rank #311 of 343) with 5 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 7 points below the British Columbia peer average across 58 ranked cities. Within British Columbia, Courtenay ranks #49 of 58 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is population growth (standing 87%, rank #45 of 343, +2.6% annual growth). The weakest observed pillar is seismic hazard (standing 11%, rank #37 of 343). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Courtenay, British Columbia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal (table 35100063), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 246 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Courtenay. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
