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Applewood Park earns an A for health

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

Closer to home, a hospital is 5.4 km from the average resident of Applewood Park, further than the usual 3.7 km. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 56%, above Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.0, with women at 85.0 and men at 80.9. At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta.

Most schools around Applewood Park score below the middle in Alberta: 21 of 24

In or within 3 km of Applewood Park: 21 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, with 12,286 students. The largest is Forest Lawn High School, with 1,480 students.

Rent takes more of local pay in Applewood Park than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 26% of household income

Measured across the Calgary metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

27% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Households that own their home make up 61%.

Applewood Park has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 87% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 28 min on average. The car took 85% of commuters, close to Alberta’s towns (88%) and below Canadian towns (89%).

Hazards in Applewood Park: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 8.1% of tested homes

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Applewood Park as in most places, at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Applewood Park on the national inventory. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Health Region, Applewood Park included.

Less rain and snow fall on Applewood Park than on 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in March, about 24 cm.

Visible minorities make up more of Applewood Park than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 74%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.7% of residents, between Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Applewood Park runs from −8°C to 4°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 16 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary.

Applewood Park sends Jasraj Hallan (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary East

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

More loans per person served than four in five Alberta’s town libraries: Calgary Library lends 12.7

The library figures on this page are Calgary’s: Calgary Library serves all 1,285,711 people of the city, Applewood Park among them.

Applewood Park earns a B− for safety

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, about level with Canadian towns (67) and below Alberta’s towns (110). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.6 per 1,000 people a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Applewood Park doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Calgary service area.

Applewood Park is 12 km from Fish Creek Provincial Park

The largest named area nearby is Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 4.4 km away. One protected area is close by. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 89 km away. 0.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).