Bighorn No. 8Alberta

It lies in Division No. 15. It is a town of 1,857 residents in Alberta.

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Population

1,857

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

43.6

years · Alberta’s towns: 40.8

Postsecondary

73%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Bighorn No. 8 a good place to live?

It is strong on jobs & income as well (B+). Prices are high against local incomes (D). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety, B− for schools and B for hazard risk.

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Bighorn No. 8 gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestA⁻HealthWeakestDCost of living C⁻Walkability

How Bighorn No. 8 grades

Each subject compares Bighorn No. 8 with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Bighorn No. 8 gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

Cost of livingAmong the weakest of the towns comparedDOpen →WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carC⁻Open →HealthAmong the healthiest places comparedA⁻Open →Jobs & incomeBetter than most of the towns comparedB⁺Open →Hazard riskBased on seismic risk and radon tests, lowered where wildfire runs highBOpen →SafetyGraded on crime per residentC⁺Open →SchoolsClose to the middle of the towns comparedB⁻Open →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Bighorn No. 8 stand out

The 3 things Bighorn No. 8 does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Population growth, 2016 to 2021

Growth

+21% more people than in 2016

Against 4% in the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2016 and 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

7.7 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $800,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Immigrants

Who lives here

12% are immigrants

Canadian towns centre on 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bighorn No. 8.

HousingCost of living D

Measured against local pay, Bighorn No. 8 costs more to live in than 85% of Canadian towns

$800,000median home value, 2021DCost of living Grade

82% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 26% of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Bighorn No. 8$800,000

Alberta$400,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	26%	21%	18%
Households owning their home	82%	74%	74%
Rent as a share of income	19%	20%	20%

$1,400

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$1,720

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Cost of living7.7 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $800,000, against the median household income Renting$1,400 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Owners and renters82% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.

HealthHealth A⁻

Health in and around Bighorn No. 8

56%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Life expectancy at birth in the region is 83.0 years, above both Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5). At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. For Bighorn No. 8 itself the measure is access, and it lags: 19 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Bighorn No. 856%

Alberta’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Very good or excellent health	56%	51%	52%
Smokers	7.9%	12%	12%
Chronic conditions (average share)	16%	18%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	83.0	81.2	81.5

83.0

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

19 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

7.9%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

11 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey56% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care19 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 11 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 85.0, men 80.9 Conditions and habits16% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Data for health survey and life expectancy covers the Calgary Zone

Climate

Summers stay cool in Bighorn No. 8: July afternoons reach 22.5°C, below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

22.5°CJuly afternoons

A normal year brings 454 mm of precipitation, between Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Between the last spring frost, 19 June, and the first in autumn, 23 August, lie 64 days. For the wettest month, look to June: 73 mm on average. Snow peaks in April: 30 cm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−2.9°C

Spring9.0°C

Summer20.8°C

Autumn8.8°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
July afternoon high	22.5°C	23.5°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	220	193	159
Snowfall a year	184 cm	127 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	454 mm	431 mm	883 mm

184 cm

of snow a year

220

days with frost a year

frost-free days, 19 Jun to 23 Aug

days with precipitation a year

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 22.5°C, January lows −13.5°C Rain and snow454 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow184 cm of snow a year Weather station31 km to the station · Banff

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Banff)

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁺

Bighorn No. 8 is a driving town: 98% of commuters go by car, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

0%walk, cycle or take transit

On average, the journey to work lasts 29 min.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van98%

Census 2021	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Car or van	98%	88%	89%
Average trip	29 min	26 min	26 min

$104,000

median household income, 2020

24%

worked from home, May 2021

17%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Getting to work0% walk, cycle or take transit Unemployment6.8% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Where people commute to185 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Canmore

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

Natural hazardsHazard risk B

Flood mapping exists for Bighorn No. 8: 3 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

Moderatewildfire bandBHazard risk Grade

The burn rate around Bighorn No. 8 is 0.07% a year (2.5% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band. In Health Canada’s survey, 8.1% of homes tested in the town’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Bighorn No. 8 doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Health Region.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Bighorn No. 88.1%

Alberta’s towns7.5%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	8.1%	7.5%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.031	$0.013	$0.030

Moderate

wildfire band

5.7 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood studies on the national inventory

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Flood3 flood studies on record WildfireModerate wildfire band · 2.5% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 Earthquakes$0.031 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon8.1% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Outdoors

The boundary of Banff National Park runs along Bighorn No. 8

32%of the land within 10 km protected

12 protected areas lie within 10 km. Within 10 km, 32% of the land is protected, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. Some protected land is inside the town: 31% of its area. Walkers have 5 mapped routes close by, starting with the Centennial Ridge Trail and Grotto Canyon.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Bighorn No. 832%

Alberta’s towns0.4%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	32%	0.4%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	12	2	4

At the edge

to Banff National Park

At the edge

to Bow Valley Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas12 protected areas within 10 km · Banff National Park National & provincial parksAt the edge to a national park · Banff National Park Footpaths & routes5 named routes · Centennial Ridge Trail

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

SafetySafety C⁺

Violent crime weighs less where Bighorn No. 8 is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 41

70Crime Severity Index

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Bighorn No. 8 · Shared with the rest of the Canmore detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 70 over 2023–25, about level with Canadian towns (67) and below Alberta’s towns (110). Where it is policed, 9.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 45.5 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202380

202464

202567

2023–2025	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	41	109	86
Crime Severity Index	70	110	67
Property crime per 1,000	45.5	45	31.2
Violent crime	9.9	14.2	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

30%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety70 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Bighorn No. 8’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Bighorn No. 8 safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Weather

A normal November in Bighorn No. 8 runs from −8°C to 1°C

1°Ca normal November afternoon

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Bow Valley (Provincial Park) forecast. About 25 cm of snow falls in a normal November. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. In November, the normal is 28 mm of rain and snow.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November1°C

December−5°C

January−4°C

February−1°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−3°C	−13°C	60 mm
Spring	9°C	−4°C	119 mm
Summer	21°C	6°C	167 mm
Autumn	9°C	−3°C	109 mm

−8°C

a normal November night

28 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Banff); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

William Stevenson (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Bighorn No. 8 in Ottawa as MP for Yellowhead

33 of the 37 MPs from Alberta belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Who runs itMunicipal District

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade A

Bighorn Library is Bighorn No. 8’s public library

It sits 0.6 km from the centre of Bighorn No.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong0 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

Fewer of Bighorn No. 8’s people belong to a visible minority than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 2.3%

43.6median age

Both official languages: 16% of residents, higher than both Alberta’s towns (5.7%) and Canadian towns (7.5%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. 16% of residents are 65 or over.

Bighorn No. 8AlbertaCanada

AlbertaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

16%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree10%

Postsecondary qualification73%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 47.3% of Bighorn No. 8

755 women and 840 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.

Who lives in Bighorn No. 8
	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Under 15	18%	18%	16%
15 to 64	67%	67%	64%
65+	16%	15%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	10%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	73%	54%	56%

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Immigrants12% are immigrants · 2% belong to a visible minority Ages43.6 median age · 16% are 65 or over Households640 households · 2.4 people per household English and French16% speak both · 0.3% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

SchoolsSchools B⁻

The schools around Bighorn No. 8 answer to 3 boards

9schools within 3 kmB⁻Schools Grade

In French: one of the 9 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%. The nearest secondary school is 11 km away, higher than both Alberta’s towns (0.7 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). The 6 with results split, 2 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 3 in the lower. Counting a 3 km margin, Bighorn No. 8 has 4 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, for 2,341 students.

School	Level	Students	System
Elizabeth Rummel SchoolLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–4	Elementary · Grades K–4	335	English public
Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy CatholicLargest secondary schoolAll grades · Grades K–12	All grades · Grades K–12	594	English Catholic
École Notre-Dame des Monts FrenchTeaches in FrenchAll grades · Grades K–12	All grades · Grades K–12	214	French public
Alpenglow Community School Top fifth in AlbertaResults in the top fifth in AlbertaElementary · Grades K–6	Elementary · Grades K–6	112	English public

See all 9 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public6

French public1

Independent1

English Catholic1

Schools within 3 km	Bighorn No. 8	Alberta	Canada
Nearest secondary school	11 km	0.7 km	1.2 km
School boards	3	3	3

2,341

students at the schools within 3 km, 2025/26

11 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageBighorn No. 8’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards3 school boards · The Canadian Rockies School Division Every school9 schools within 3 km · 4 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade Results2 of 6 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Alberta Language1 of 9 teach in French · 2% of schools in Alberta Questions“What schools are there in Bighorn No. 8?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bighorn No. 8

15pages on Bighorn No. 8

The big questions

SafetyC⁺Crime Severity Index 70 Housing & costDHomes 7.7 × income Property pricesSchoolsB⁻9 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 83 in its region Work & commuteB⁺65% of adults in work Natural hazardsBWildfire band: moderate

Out and about

Outdoors32% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 43.6 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Museum and 5 more in and around Bighorn No. 8

What there is to see in Bighorn No. 8 and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumMuseumin town

MuseumCanmore Museum and Geoscience Centre2.6 km outside town, to the northwest

AttractionAttractionCowley's Rafter Six Ranch100 m outside town, to the east

AttractionAttractionCross Zee Ranch1.5 km outside town, to the northwest AttractionAttractionThe Cheshire Farm3.2 km outside town, to the northeast MuseumMuseumNorth West Mounted Police Barracks2.4 km outside town, to the northwest

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Bighorn No. 8

No notable person born in Bighorn No. 8 is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Chandra CrawfordCanadian cross-country skier · born in Canmore · born 1983

Rosanna CrawfordCanadian biathlete · born in Canmore · born 1988

Connor HoweCanadian speed skater · born in Canmore · born 2000

Britt RichardsonCanadian alpine skier · born in Canmore · born 2003

Jacob Bernard-DockerCanadian ice hockey player · born in Canmore · born 2000

Krissy ScurfieldCanadian international rugby union play… · born in Canmore · born 2003

Photo credits

Chandra Crawford: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rosanna Crawford: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Britt Richardson: Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0 · Jacob Bernard-Docker: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0

About Bighorn No. 8

Town in Alberta

Every figure TownRatings gives for Bighorn No. 8 covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Alberta.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,857 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Alberta
Census division: Division No. 15
Census subdivision: 4815015

Bighorn No. 8’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

CanmoreBighorn No. 8

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Bighorn No. 8	1,857	—	—	D	C⁺	A⁻
Canmore	17,341	12	A	D⁻	B⁺	A⁺

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Bighorn No. 8

Is Bighorn No. 8 growing?

Yes: the census counted 1,324 in 2016 and 1,598 in 2021, a rise of 20.7%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,857.

Do people in Bighorn No. 8 speak French?

Many do: 16% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 0.3% speak French only.

What kind of homes are in Bighorn No. 8?

Single-detached houses make up 79% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 23% of households are one person, and the average is 2.4.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).