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Hazard risk in Brooks is lower than in 86% of Canadian towns

Source area for radon tests: the Palliser Health Region

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 4.4% of homes, below both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Earthquake risk in Brooks is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.016 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

Trips to work from Brooks are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 15 min on average

The car took 93% of commuters, higher than both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

For safety, Brooks gets a C

Violent crime runs at 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Its violent severity index came to 121, above Alberta’s towns (109) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Each year brings 42.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents.

Brooks has warmer summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 26.9°C

Snowfall adds up to 105 cm a year, below both Alberta’s towns (127 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The coldest nights come in January, when Brooks averages a low of −15.7°C. Between the last spring frost, 22 May, and the first in autumn, 21 September, lie 121 days. A normal March brings 18 cm of snow, the most of any month.

More of Brooks belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 49%

2.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Brooks’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 5 of the 9 with results

One of the 13 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta. Its schools answer to 3 boards. Counting a 3 km margin, Brooks has 6 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, for 4,065 students.

What November brings in Brooks: −9°C at night, 4°C by day

A normal November brings 15 mm of rain and snow. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −15°C. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Brooks forecast.

David Bexte (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Bow River, the riding that includes Brooks

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

At 6.4 visits per person served, Shortgrass Library System is busier than four in five Alberta’s town libraries

A single building, Shortgrass Library System, serves 14,451 people.

Expect 78.7 years of life in the region around Brooks, 2.8 under the typical Canadian town

Self-rated health is ordinary for Alberta: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 53%. Chronic conditions run at 19% of adults, age-standardised, above both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). For Brooks itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.3 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Brooks alone, so this card uses the figure for the South Zone.

Buying in Brooks takes 2.9 years of household income for the median home, fewer than the 4.7 typical across Canada

65% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Brooks metro area as a whole, not for Brooks alone.

Kinbrook Island Provincial Park is 7.3 km from Brooks

One protected area lies within 10 km. National parks are all over 100 km off. Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.