Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Canischio: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Torino, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Canischio

The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Frazione Rua 1, Canischio.

Canischio, scattered hamlets in the hills behind Cuorgnè

Canischio is a small municipality in western Canavese, in the hills behind Cuorgnè at around six hundred and fifty metres. Rather than a compact village it is a group of hamlets among chestnut woods and meadows, linked by narrow roads that climb from the valley. There are no shops or schools, so for everything you go down to Cuorgnè, which has the services of a small town and roads on to Ivrea and Turin.

The typical house is stone, often with a former barn or hayloft alongside, and many have been converted into summer homes. When viewing one, look at the roof, damp in walls set against the ground and whether a car can actually reach the door, which is not a given in some hamlets. Climate zone F calls for good insulation.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 269 residents in 2023: 25 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 8.5%. The estimated average age is 50.8, against 47.4 in the province, with over-65s at 33.8%. Foreign nationals make up 3.0% of residents. Average declared incomes are a little below the provincial level.

As for earthquakes, Canischio is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province of Turin, with an expected acceleration of about 0.054 g in the built-up area. That is low, but in a renovated rural building it is still worth checking how floors and roof were rebuilt. For plots on a slope the report gives the gradient and the official landslide maps, and the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are available.

Key points

  • Hamlets among chestnut woods and meadows behind Cuorgnè.
  • 269 residents in 2023, down 8.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 50.8, against 47.4 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.054 g.

Overview

Canischio is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 269 residents, among the smallest in the province (287 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Canischio is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (271 of 312) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.054 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 8.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Canischio declared an average taxable income of 24,059 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Canischio is in climate zone F, with 3,342 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 659 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.2% of the land in Canischio, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Canischio is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Canischio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Canischio: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Canischio are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 13 inhabited census areas in Canischio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 24.1%
  • good 75.9%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 001052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.