BentleyAlberta

Few places are as safe from hazards as Bentley: it beats 86% of Canadian towns

Measured across the David Thompson Regional Health Authority: radon tests

Seismic risk runs low: $0.009 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is about average around Bentley: 7.5% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Bentley on the national inventory.

Renting in Bentley costs 14% of household income, less than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners make up 80% of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). 21% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near Alberta’s towns (21%) and higher than Canadian towns (18%).

Working-age people in Bentley are less likely to have a job than in 76% of Canadian towns

The car took 93% of commuters, above both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work took 26 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Bentley has cooler summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.9°C

The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −17.6°C, lower than both Alberta’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 22 May, and the first in autumn, 12 September, lie 112 days. June is the wettest month, with 98 mm of rain and snow on average.

One school serves Bentley: Bentley School

In Bentley, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −11°C nights

Then December: −4°C by day, −16°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month. A normal November brings 17 mm of rain and snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Lacombe forecast.

Bentley’s MP is Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada), for Ponoka—Didsbury

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s riding map carries non-commercial terms, so Bentley isn’t placed in a riding here.

Rimbey Municipal Library logs 0.2 visits per person served, fewer than 98% of Alberta’s town libraries

A single building, Rimbey Municipal Library, serves 1,078 people.

People in Bentley’s health region live to 79.1 on average, 2.4 years short of the typical Canadian town

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Central Zone

Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Alberta (53%). Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, above Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. What sets Bentley apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

The force covering Bentley records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 43

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Bentley

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 8.6 per 1,000 people a year. The force’s area logs 32 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

No protected area lies within 10 km of Bentley

Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. A provincial park, Pigeon Lake Provincial Park, lies 60 km away.

More of Bentley’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 12%

4.3% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Under 15: 18% of residents.