Bon AccordAlberta

For hazard risk, Bon Accord gets an A+

Shared with the rest of the Capital Health: radon tests

Seismic risk runs low: $0.011 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). The burn rate around Bon Accord is 0.05% a year (1.9% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band.

For safety, Bon Accord gets a C

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Bon Accord itself · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Morinville detachment area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 85 over 2023–25, between Alberta’s towns (110) and Canadian towns (67). Property crime in the area its police cover: 34.2 per 1,000 people a year.

Commuters in Bon Accord travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 34 min on average

The car took 96% of commuters, above both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

In and around Bon Accord, 3 schools: 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade

More of Bon Accord’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 19%

1.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up 4.2% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike.

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

A normal January brings 30 cm of snow, the most of any month. Frosty days number 199 in a normal year, close to Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A July afternoon in Bon Accord typically reaches 23.6°C.

Most households in Bon Accord own their home: 85%, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

22% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, about level with Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 19% of the median household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Edmonton metro area, with Bon Accord one part of it.

A normal November in Bon Accord runs from −10°C to 1°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton forecast, on the Weather page. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 29 mm. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −5°C and lows near −15°C. About 27 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

Michael Cooper (Conservative Party of Canada) holds St. Albert—Sturgeon River, the riding that includes Bon Accord

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

More visits per person served than 81% of Alberta’s town libraries: Bon Accord Library counts 6.1

Bon Accord Library serves 1,529 people from a single building.

Within 36 km of Bon Accord: Elk Island National Park

There is one protected area within 10 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 28 km from the edge of town.

51% of adults around Bon Accord rate their health very good or excellent

Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.6 for women, 78.8 for men, 2022/2024). For Bon Accord itself the measure is access, and it lags: 19 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, close to both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Edmonton Zone as a whole, not for Bon Accord alone.