Williams Lake sits at City Score rank #159 with a standing of 51%, from 6 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. Rising 70 places versus 2022 (#229 → #159).
Latest owned placements: indoor radon rank #247 of 327 at 72 Bq/m³ survey mean. Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
Among Canadian cities on the hub, Williams Lake carries a City Score standing of 51% (rank #159 of 343) with 6 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 3 points above the British Columbia peer average across 58 ranked cities. Within British Columbia, Williams Lake ranks #20 of 58 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is drinking-water hardness (standing 91%, rank #312 of 343, raw score 90). The weakest observed pillar is police-reported crime severity (standing 4%, rank #4 of 102, 220.4 CSI). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Williams Lake, British Columbia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal (table 35100063), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 90 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Williams Lake. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
