Beaver CountyAlberta

For hazard risk, Beaver County gets an A

In Health Canada’s survey, 5.2% of homes tested in Beaver County’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.007 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fire seldom reaches Beaver County: since 1986, 0.8% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.03% a year). Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the East Central Health, with Beaver County one part of it.

For schools, Beaver County gets a C−

An elementary school stands 4.2 km from the centre, higher than both Alberta’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). The 4 with results split, 1 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 2 in the lower. 555 students attend the 1 secondary school and 4 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Beaver County.

Commuters in Beaver County travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 39 min on average

For safety, Beaver County gets a C−

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Beaver County itself

The index for the force that serves it came to 96, between Alberta’s towns (110) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 41.3 property crimes are reported each year.

Expect 79.1 years of life in the region around Beaver County, 2.4 under the typical Canadian town

Shared with the rest of the Central Zone: health survey and life expectancy

Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, higher than both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Alberta: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 53%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Beaver County’s is long: 15 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Beaver County has colder winters than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −17.8°C

A normal year brings 378 mm of precipitation, below both Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Frost usually lifts by 20 May and returns around 14 September: 117 days without it. July afternoons in Beaver County average 23.1°C. Snow peaks in January: 30 cm in a normal year.

Most households in Beaver County own their home: 90%, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent took 18% of household income, below both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, about level with Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%).

Step out of Beaver County and you are in Elk Island National Park

Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 11, above both Alberta’s towns (2) and Canadian towns (4). The nearest provincial park, Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, is 1.6 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 6.8%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.

In Beaver County, November normally means freezing afternoons and −10°C nights

Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −16°C. About 27 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Camrose forecast, on the Weather page.

Pierre Poilievre (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Beaver County in Ottawa as MP for Battle River—Crowfoot

No provincial riding is named for Beaver County: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse.

Beaver County has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hay Lakes Library, 31 km away

The next is Camrose Public Library (Camrose), 32 km away.

Fewer of Beaver County’s people belong to a visible minority than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.8%

The share of residents under 15 is 18%. 5.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents.