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Braeside earns an A+ for health

Across the region, life runs to 83.0 years on average: women 85.0, men 80.9, in 2022/2024. By their own account, 56% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, higher than both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Braeside live 3.9 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Braeside alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary Zone.

Renting in Braeside eats 25% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Calgary metro area

22% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 76%.

Braeside’s schools come under 4 different boards

The 3 km around Braeside counts 20 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 11 schools for every grade, 17,398 students between them. Lord Beaverbrook High School is the biggest, at 2,059 students. Results are mixed: 11 of 23 schools above the middle in Alberta, 7 below it. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 36; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.

Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Braeside stands on hazards

For earthquakes Braeside is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Braeside is on the national inventory.

Braeside is drier than four in five Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year

Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 119 days. Most of the snow comes in March, about 24 cm.

Fewer children live in Braeside than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% are under 15

Visible minorities make up 17% of the population, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%). Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.

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

By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −12°C. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast.

Calgary Heritage, which takes in Braeside, is held by Shuvaloy Majumdar (Conservative Party of Canada)

The Conservative Party of Canada has 33 of the 37 MPs elected in Alberta.

Calgary Library lends 12.7 items per person served, more than four in five Alberta’s town libraries

Calgary Library serves the whole of Calgary, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,285,711 people, Braeside among them.

Braeside earns a B− for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). Violence across its police area runs at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 31.9 property crimes are reported each year. Braeside 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.

Households in Braeside have higher incomes than those in 78% of Canadian towns

On average, the journey to work lasts 28 min. 88% of commuters drove, in line with Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Fish Creek Provincial Park is 1.5 km from Braeside

Of the land within 10 km, 4% has protected status, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. A drive of 80 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. 3 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Within 5 km lie 5 beaches, unnamed on the map.