BarnwellAlberta

The force covering Barnwell records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 30

No police detachment reports under Barnwell’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 29 over 2023–25, below Alberta’s towns (110) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 4.7 violent incidents are reported each year. The force’s area logs 11.4 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

One school serves Barnwell: Barnwell School

Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 8.9 km off, above both Alberta’s towns (0.7 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). Elementary school is 8.5 km away at the nearest, above Alberta’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

Visible minorities make up less of Barnwell than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 2%

1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Summer runs warm in Barnwell: July highs of 26.8°C, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal winter brings 108 cm of snow, below both Alberta’s towns (127 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Gardeners get 126 frost-free days, from 15 May to 19 September. The most precipitation falls in June: 93 mm in a normal year. Most of the snow comes in March, about 18 cm.

Barnwell has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 91% of Canadian towns

The car carried 98% of commuters at the census. The average trip to work took 25 min, close to both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Barnwell’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.9% of area homes over the radon guideline

Wildfire is rare near Barnwell: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.003% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

In Barnwell, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −8°C nights

The month after, December, normally sees −1°C afternoons and −13°C nights. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm. The year peaks in July (27°C) and bottoms out in January (−14°C). ECCC’s forecast for Taber is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Bow River, which takes in Barnwell, is held by David Bexte (Conservative Party of Canada)

From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

More loans per person served than all but a few of Alberta’s town libraries: Barnwell Library lends 32.1

A single building, Barnwell Library, serves 947 people.

Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Barnwell

A provincial park, Kinbrook Island Provincial Park, lies 71 km away. Within 100 km there is no national park.

People in Barnwell’s health region live to 78.7 on average, 2.8 years short of the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the South Zone

Closer to home, a hospital is 7.6 km from the average resident of Barnwell, further than the usual 3.7 km. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 19% of the region’s adults on average, higher than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 52%; Alberta as a whole is at 53%.

Rent takes less of local pay in Barnwell than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 17% of household income

84% of households own their home, higher than both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).