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Canela

CoquimboFounded 18919.509 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 20242.196 km² of area4 inh./km²$7.562M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Economy
1.068/1,000 inhab.
13th most promised jobs per inhabitant (one megaproject transforms it)
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Procurement
26%
23rd that buys most through direct contracting
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Livability
1 m²/hab
22nd fewest green areas per inhabitant
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Population
−9,1%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
23,9%
Multidimensional poverty · 67th highest of 346
Finance
$795 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 97 of 346
Finance
81,65%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Education
559 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
76th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

30 Schools
14 Health centers
5 Squares and green areas
5 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
3 Carabineros
1 Kindergartens

Canela es una comuna del Norte Chico de Chile ubicada en la Provincia de Choapa, Región de Coquimbo. Su capital es la localidad de Canela Baja. Limita al norte con las comunas de Punitaqui y Ovalle, al sur con las comunas de Illapel y Los Vilos, al este con la comuna de Combarbalá y al oeste con el Océano Pacífico. Esta comuna fue epicentro del terremoto ocurrido el 16 de septiembre de 2015. En la comuna de Canela se presenta el ancho mínimo del territorio nacional, con una extensión de 90 km a los 31°37′ S, entre Punta Amolanas y Paso de la Casa de Piedra.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

40.1 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#304 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety22
Health46
Culture and environment43
Education76
Infrastructure36
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Waldo Contreras C.
INDEPENDIENTE
3.487
votes (44.85%)
9.458
Electoral roll
85,43%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 8 terms
WC
Waldo Contreras C.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
3.487
votes
JB
Juan Bernardo Leyton Lemus
2021-2024 · PC
2.736
votes
NA
Norman Araya Araya
2008-2012 · IND
2.458
votes
NT
Nathan Trigo González
2004-2008 · PC
2.654
votes
NA
Norman Araya Araya
2000-2004 · PPD
2.015
votes
NA
Norman Araya Araya
1996-2000 · PC
1.997
votes
NA
Norman Araya Araya
1994-1996 · PC
1.000
votes
HJ
Héctor Jorquera Valencia
1992-1994 · DC
705
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

BL
Bernardo Leyton L.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE CHILE
1.333
votes
NA
Norman Araya A.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
917
votes
EP
Evelyn Pereira L.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
738
votes
JA
Juan Avalos A.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
485
votes
JC
Juan Castillo C.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · INDEPENDIENTE
453
votes
EP
Erick Puelles P.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · INDEPENDIENTE
345
votes

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

What the council resolvesSource: Official minutes · AI extraction (ongoing)

Resolutions extracted
1.158
of 322 minutes read
Money involved
$45.429.060.826
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
El H. Concejo acuerda aprobación unánime del acta N° 46Otherunanimidad
3.4 · Tomar conocimiento de la invitación a reunión del Agrupamiento Vecinos Los Trigeños del Coligue BajoOther
3.3 · Tomar conocimiento de la invitación a reunión del Directorio de Asociación de Municipalidades Rurales del Norte Chico para el 23 de marzo, asistirán Concejal Manuel Navarro y Juan AvalosOther
3.2 · Tomar conocimiento de la carta Maserco sobre conservación del camino D-901 en Canela Baja y Los RulosOther
3.1 · Solicitar informe de gestiones previas para vecino Leonidas Avalos Rojas, quien sufre de cáncer a los huesosOther
2.7 · Autorizar al Sr. Concejal Juan Avalos a asistir a Seminario en Lima-Perú del 19 al 26 de abril sobre planificación estratégica de desarrollo localAppointment

Resolutions voted by the council, automatically extracted from the official minutes (extraction ongoing: coverage grows as the 94.917 indexed minutes are processed). May contain reading errors; the official document is the municipality's PDF.

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
188
Highly complex
21
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
202210911062
2019311911
20174820226

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • AS
    Ah Soluciones Empresariales Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2023–2026
  • IA
    Importadora Arquimed Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2023–2025
  • CL
    Comunidad Loteo Agricola Residencial Agua Dulce
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2018–2025
  • EN
    Empresa Nacional de Energia Enex S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016–2019
  • US
    Unibox SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024
  • LD
    La Directiva SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • IA
    Inmobiliaria Agua Dulce S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • CT
    Cerámicas Toro
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • Py
    Paz y Ríos Abogados
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • BC
    Brass Chile S a
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • O,
    Origen , Servicios y Consultorías Integrales SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • PR
    Pozo, Ríos, Rodríguez y Torres Ltda. (Zecovery)
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • OS
    On Street S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • EC
    Empresa Constructora Casas Florida
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • DA
    Desarrollos Alimenticios
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • L
    Lemontech
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • LT
    Lamarr Tech
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • IS
    Innuvo SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
and 40 more organizations that requested meetings

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

9.765
inhabitants
9.494
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-3%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
8.614
-8% vs. 2035 (9.319)
Over 60 · 2050
50,1%
39,26% in 2035 · +11 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)56,43 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,7 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment82 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)559 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)575,8 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo9.639 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)16,3 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)23,9 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples6,94 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 87 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
10.684
5.606 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
3.587
64% of RSH households
Female-headed households
45%
2.505
Elderly (60+)3.28231%
Children and adolescents (<18)1.84517%
Foreign nationals671%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2162%
People with moderate/severe dependency1561%
Single-person households2.74349%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

School enrollment
1.401
24 schools
Students per teacher
9,3
150 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,9%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
78,8%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 100%Private subsidized 0%
Pass rate
99,8%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,54%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
1
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
9
FONASA enrollees
10.596
111% of the population
Doctors employed
8
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 102Contract staff: 22Fee contracts: 8
Primary-care medical visits · per year
7.320
30.621
20102025
Medical specialties served · 1 in the comuna (public system)
Adult Gynecology

Specialties with services recorded at the comuna's public facilities (REM DEIS, 2024). These are services performed, not doctor headcount. Excludes the private network.

Comprehensive home visits · per year
239
185
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (10.651 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Consultorio CanelaFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal9.64462%
Posta de Salud Rural HuentelauquénRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal41258%
Posta de Salud Rural Canela AltaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal29164%
Posta de Salud Rural Mincha NorteRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal9260%
Posta de Salud Rural Agua FríaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal8361%
Posta de Salud Rural Mincha SurRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal5258%
Posta de Salud Rural los RulosRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal3571%
Posta de Salud Rural Espíritu SantoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal3168%
Posta de Salud Rural JaboneríaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal9100%
Posta de Salud Rural Quebrada LinaresRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal250%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $4.220.801.000 ($398.339/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.400.232.000Municipal contribution: $86.633.000

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
669
6.9% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
1
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
PeoplePeople% of total
Diaguita41762.3%
Mapuche15022.4%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

Community organizationSource: RPJSFL Civil Registry (Law 20.500/19.418) · as of Jun 2026

Active neighborhood councils
43
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
4.5
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
414
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
111
Sports
63
Social and aid
55
For the elderly
19
Cultural
10
Religious
3

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

6 Local media · 1 Comunitaria · 4 FM · 1 Digital pressSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
AASUNCIONFM92.3 FM
wwww.elcanelino.clDigital press
CAComunidad Agricola Canela Baja · holderComunitaria107.1 FM
EdExplotacion de Medios de Comunicación Radio, Television, Diarios, Revistas, Portales Web Soledad del Pilar Torrijo Mondaca E.I.R.L. · holderFM90.9 FM
FWFernando Wilson Zambra Robledo Comunicaciones y Publicidad E.I.R.L. · holderFM89.3 FM
SNSoc. Nacional de Comunicacion y Difusion Estrategica Ltda. · holderFM98.9 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
88
0,9% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
20 people · 23% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
20 Venezuela
19 Perú
15 Colombia
11 Bolivia

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Families in informal settlements
33
1 encampment (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
246
6,5% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
41
6.193 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
378
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
63
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
1
paid · 2018–2023

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

9.018homes · by type (2017)
House
4.848 · 92%
House
3.714 · 99.1%
Shack/hut/shanty
356 · 6.8%
Other private
37 · 0.7%
Shack/improvised dwelling
23 · 0.6%
Room in old house/tenement
20 · 0.4%
Other private
10 · 0.3%
Indigenous dwelling
5 · 0.1%
Mobile
4 · 0.1%
Mobile
1 · 0%
81%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
2.186 · 79.5%
Provided for work
182 · 6.6%
Rented
178 · 6.5%
Free of charge
160 · 5.8%
Owned, being paid off
44 · 1.6%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Benefits under special regimesSource: Laws/SII/BCN/MTT/Treasury · deep-research verified

Fiscal or economic treatments that apply only to this comuna or its zone, not the rest of Chile. The chip color shows who it reaches: municipality, community, residents, companies or workers.

Others
Asignación de zona 15% (DL 249)workerspreliminary data
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 15% del sueldo base (art. 7 DL 249). A los funcionarios municipales llega vía art. 25 del DL 3.551/1980 y el monto se aumenta en 40% (Ley 19.354) — salud primaria municipal (Ley 19.378) la percibe sin ese aumento; asistentes de la educación y personal de corporaciones no la perciben (Código del Trabajo). El %/territorio usa la división de 1974: dentro de una comuna pueden regir % mayores en localidades específicas (retenes, islas, cordillera) no reflejados acá; la CGR resuelve caso a caso. Comunas sin asignación no aparecen.

15% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$7.562.092.000
Own revenue
$1.120.176.000
15% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$4.983.483.000
66% of the total
State transfers
$1.001.288.000
13% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$1.247.369.000
$7.562.092.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

18.7%
20.9%
17.8%
40.0%
Property tax$209.265.000
Business licenses$234.214.000
Vehicle permits$199.281.000
Cleaning fees$29.190.000
Other own revenue$448.226.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $143.160.000

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
43.1%
33.7%
23.2%
Municipal$7.562.092.000
Education$5.910.457.000
Health$4.063.171.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $4.646.731.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$178.101.000
$1.120.176.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$791.670.000
$4.983.483.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$90.410.000
$1.001.288.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$7.960.740.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$7.120.784.000
Execution rate
89.4%
Unexecuted: $839.956.000
Medium execution: it executed 89.4%. Left unspent: $839.956.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$960.781.000
$7.120.784.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

46.6%
30.4%
7.3%
7.7%
Internal management$3.315.432.000
Community services$2.166.314.000
Social programs$519.428.000
Municipal activities$249.731.000
Recreational programs$548.254.000
Cultural programs$321.625.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$4.220.801.00059.3%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$2.285.818.00032.1%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.898.156.00026.7%
Investment (works and projects)$1.032.047.00014.5%
Electricity (facilities)$205.657.0002.9%
Transfers to health$86.633.0001.2%
Councillor stipends$82.063.0001.2%
Street lighting$63.082.0000.9%
Travel allowances$61.449.0000.9%
Transfers to education$30.000.0000.4%
Water (facilities)$26.561.0000.4%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$4.196.0000.1%
Commissions and representation$1.426.0000.0%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

26.7%
32.1%
41.2%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.898.156.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$2.285.818.000
Others$2.936.810.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

50.8%
20.3%
21.5%
Permanent staff$1.255.719.000
Contract staff$501.250.000
Fee contracts$141.187.000
Labor Code$40.909.000
Community progs.$531.149.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

45.8%
43.8%
10.4%
Permanent staff22
Contract staff21
Fee contracts5
Total: 48 staffFee contracts: 10.4% of the headcountWomen: 53.5%Professionalization: 34.9%
Cost/staffer permanent: $28.750.136/yearCost/staffer contract: $16.326.619/yearCost/staffer fees: $16.543.600/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $1.032.047.000 (14.5% of spending)Councillor stipends: $82.063.000Travel allowances: $61.449.000Commissions and representation: $1.426.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $4.196.000Street lighting: $63.082.000Electricity: $205.657.000Water: $26.561.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

192
80
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

21
73
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$64.200.269.194
Purchase orders
27.867

Purchase-order amount · trend

$557.215.177
$3.534.828.201
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Sergio Andres Madariaga Bravo$3.317.259.7834
Gmpg Ingenieria y Construcción Limitada$2.999.730.7141
Rb,construcciones$2.709.530.4202
Promociones Edificios y Contratas, Sociedad Anónima$2.211.599.1281
Constructora Ascon Ltda.$1.998.727.5111
Ingenieria Proyectos y Construcciones Ltda.$1.467.960.6031
William Emilio Arenas Saglie$1.166.216.36941
Pedro Patricio Castillo Jorquera$1.021.870.13956

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.580.464.70145%
Agile Purchase $1.135.004.58332%
Framework Agreement $459.810.41213%
Direct award discretionary$359.548.50210%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
692
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
1.456

Pyramid by sales bracket

67.5%
12.1%
19.4%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)467 companies
Small (≤25k UF)84 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)5 companies
Large (>100k UF)2 companies
No sales/no info134 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Agricola Hacienda Huentelauquen LimitadaACTIVIDADES DE ALOJAMIENTO Y DE SERVICIO DE CLarge 1178
Transportes San Martin Cp LimitadaEXPLOTACION DE MINAS Y CANTERASLarge 127
Sociedad Comercial y Constructora Call LimitadaCONSTRUCCIONMedium 167
Comercializadora y Productora de Minerales Alc SpAEXPLOTACION DE MINAS Y CANTERASMedium 111
M&h Maquinaria SpATRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOMedium 110
Comercial Call Hormigones SpAINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERAMedium 18
Construcciones Olivares LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 15
I Municipalidad de CanelaADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SMicro 1810

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
1
US$ 0 M declared
Approved last 5 years
3
US$ 213 M declared
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
585
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Línea de Transmisión Eléctrica HVDC Kimal - Lo AguirreEIAConexión Kimal Lo Aguirre S.A.Approved1.4809.535
Parque hibrido AmolanasDIAPacific Hydro Chile S.A.Approved340625
Transporte terrestre de ácido sulfúrico entre la región de Arica y ParDIAAsociación Gremial de Dueños de CamApproved9,72
Logística y transporte de Sustancias peligrosas en las Regiones XV, I,DIASociedad de Servicios y TransportesUnder Review6,3

Investment DECLARED by the owner upon entering SEIA (not necessarily materialized; the RCA expires after 5 years without works). Multi-comuna projects: prorated investment, jobs counted in full. Jobs = declared peak labor (source PRISMA/SOFOFA). Source: e-SEIA + PRISMA.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

Roads and motorwaysSource: OpenStreetMap · 2026 snapshot

Kilometres of trunk road
123 km
Motorways and trunk roads crossing the comuna

Road infrastructure of the MOP and concession holders, not the municipality: it measures how much highway crosses the territory, not municipal management. Only comunas with roads of this category are counted.

Environment and air qualitySource: MMA · SINCA + PPDA + RETC

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
Las ChinchillasNational Reserveat 25.1 km

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

285
Species
169
Flora
99
Fauna
17
Funga
78
In conservation status
59
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Belloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUGuayacánPorlieria chilensisVUSandillón, asiento de la suegraEriosyce aurataVUUvilloMonttea chilensisENPalma chilena, palmera chilena, palmera de coquitos, palma de miel, palma de vino de chile, can – canJubaea chilensisENHuillipatagua, naranjillo, pataguaCitronella mucronataVUQueuleGomortega keuleENSapo de ruloRhinella aruncoVURuilNothofagus alessandriiENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENSapo de atacamaRhinella atacamensisVULagarto gruñidor de álvaroPristidactylus alvaroiCRChinchilla costinaChinchilla lanigeraENRoble de santiago, roble blanco, roble, hualle, pellín,hualoNothofagus macrocarpaVUAñañucaPhycella scarlatinaVUParamela de til-tilAdesmia resinosaENPitaoPitavia punctataENLagartija de schröederLiolaemus schroederiVUTollo de agua dulceDiplomystes chilensisENGruñidor de valeriaPristidactylus valeriaeENCascarudo de las docasCallyntra multicostaENPatagua, patahuaCrinodendron pataguaVUDragón de oído cubiertoLiolaemus audituvelatusVUVaquita del desierto de paposoGyriosomus angustusENVaquita de la isla choros, vaquita del desiertoGyriosomus granulipennisVUPancoraAegla laevisENBagre grandeNematogenys inermisENPochaCheirodon pisciculusVURatón topo del matorralChelemys megalonyxVUCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUTricahueCyanoliseus patagonusENGuanacoLama guanicoeVUPiuquén, piquén, guayataChloephaga melanopteraENLinguePersea lingueVUZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUCamarón de río del norteCryphiops caementariusVUAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENBallena de aleta, rorcual comúnBalaenoptera physalusCRBallena sei, rorcual bacalao, rorcual de rudolphiBalaenoptera borealisCRChinchilla cordilleranaChinchilla chinchillaCRComadrejita trompudaRhyncholestes raphanurusVUTarántula chilena rosada, araña pollitoGrammostola roseaVUPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUAbejorro, abejorro colorado, moscardón, duillin, diwmeñ, abejorro gigante de la patagonia, don basilioBombus dahlbomiiENGolondrina de mar negra, markham’s storm-petrelHydrobates markhamiENGaviota garumaLeucophaeus modestusVUGolondrina de mar de collar, ringed storm petrel (inglés)Hydrobates hornbyiVULagarto nítidoLiolaemus nitidusNT-Copiapoa coquimbanaNTIguanaCallopistes maculatusNTHitigu, arrayán de hoja rojaMyrceugenia rufaNTCarbonillo, mendozaCordia decandraNTLagartija de manchaLiolaemus nigromaculatusNTSapo arrieroAlsodes nodosusNTDegú costinoOctodon lunatusNTJagartija de velosoLiolaemus velosoiNTDragón de torres-muraLiolaemus torresiNT
and 18 more

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

2 Wetlands · 2 urban · 771 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-04-15Rio Illapelurban727 /1.287
HUR-04-14Estero La Canelaurban44

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 22 projects totaling US$ 1.741 million, approved between 1998 and 2025. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy12 projects · US$ 1.218 M · 2006–2025
Conexión Kimal Lo Aguirre S.A.Línea de Transmisión Eléctrica HVDC Kimal - Lo Aguirre · Plan de Expansión Chile LT 2x500 kV Cardones - Polpaico
Mining1 project · US$ 312 M · 2016
El Espino SpAProyecto El Espino
Others8 projects · US$ 148 M · 2009–2020
Enel Generación Chile S.A.Reubicación de Aerogeneradores Parque Eólico Canela II (e-seia) · Ampliación de la Actividad de Transporte de Sustancias Peligrosas de ENAEX Servicios S.A.
Transport Infrastructure1 project · US$ 63 M · 1998
Dirección General de Concesiones de Obras Públicas del Ministerio de Obras PúblicasConcesión Internacional Ruta 5 Tramo Los Vilos - La Serena

Approved is not the same as built or operating: the RCA authorises the project, but some were never carried out and others have since closed.

Source: projects with an RCA approved by SEIA (investment declared by the developer, split among the comunas the project spans). Under each sector are its two largest projects by investment. It is the best public proxy for large industrial sites; SERNAGEOMIN’s registry of active mining operations (by mineral and type of operation) is a layer not yet incorporated.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
CGE
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
Aguas del Valle
Higher education
1 campus in the comuna

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Environmental conflictsSource: SNIFA · SMA + Environmental Search · Environmental Courts

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
1
Sanctioned entities
1
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
440 UTA
1 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Ministerio de Obras PublicasRUTA D-705 SECTOR: ILLAPEL-AUCO-LOS POZOS IV REGIONTransport Infrastructure440

Environmental sanctions final from the SMA (no pending appeals) whose auditable unit sits in the comuna: companies, individuals and institutions (including the municipality). Fine in UTA (Annual Tax Unit). Source: Public Sanctions Registry, SNIFA.

Appeals before the Environmental Courts

Appeals
3
on projects in the comuna
Case no.Parties / projectSubjectDecision
133372-2022
1TA
Corporación de Desarrollo Social y Cultural Amolanas y otro con Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental
Central Eléctrica Canelillo
Environmental assessment - Citizen participationRejects
R-240-2020
2TA
Organización Comunitaria Funcional Vecinos Los Nogales / Director Ejecutivo del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental
Plan de Expansión Chile LT 2x500 kv Cardones-Polpaico
Administrative invalidationRejects
R-38-2014
2TA
Fisco de Chile en contra de la SMA
Construcción y mejoramiento Ruta D-705, Sector Illapel-Aucó-Los Pozos, IV, Región
Environmental sanction proceedingRejects

Appeals resolved by the Environmental Courts (Law 20.600) on the comuna's projects or facilities, geolocated by the associated project (SEIA) or sanctioned facility (SMA). Partial coverage: Supreme Court appeals and cases without a locatable act are excluded. Source: 1st Environmental Court's Environmental Search.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
1 m²
10% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
2
Historic monuments
1
Heritage zones
1

Monuments declared by decree (official CMN roster). Excludes archaeological and public monuments. Declaration entails legal protection and intervention restrictions.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
Vertedero Quebrada El GalloVertedero1.057 t/year
PTAS - CANELA ALTAPTAS · lodos activadosAGUAS DEL VALLE S.A. · discharges into estero la canela
PTAS - CANELA BAJAPTAS · lodos activadosAGUAS DEL VALLE S.A. · discharges into estero la canela
Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero Quebrada El Gallo (Canela) · 1.057 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
1
Area affected
0 ha
Cumulative last 5 seasons
3 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
131
At high or very high risk
13
Main threat
Activación de quebradas

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)

Under water-scarcity decreeDecreto MOP N°77 21-07-2025 (prórroga N°94/2024) · in force until 27-07-2026
Years under decree since 2008
11
latest: 2026 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
13,98°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,12°C
Annual precipitation
213 mm
projection: -9%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +1 days
Frost days
1

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
439
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
4.617
Police cases · trend
285
439
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage1081.136
Threats48505
Other burglaries (forcible entry)47494
Domestic violence37389
Larceny26273
Minor injuries23242
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces22231
Burglary of an inhabited place21221
Burglary of an uninhabited place19200
Receiving stolen goods18189
Drug-related crimes15158
Theft of items from vehicles12126

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 23.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
12
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 9.509 hab
Patrol fleet
1
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
12
20202024

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
62
Deaths
5
52,6 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
61
15 serious

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.