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Castleridge gets an A+ for health

Smokers make up 7.9% of the region’s adults, below both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.0 years at birth, 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men. Measured from where Castleridge’s residents live, a hospital is 3.5 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Zone, Castleridge included.

Renting in Castleridge eats 26% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

The owner-occupied share of households is 68%. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 25% of households, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Castleridge’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 26 of the 33 with results

Nelson Mandela High School is the biggest, at 1,988 students. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 6, above Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Its elementary schools are big ones, 456 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Also worth knowing: 14 of the 40 are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta.

Commuters in Castleridge travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

82% of commuters drove, lower than both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Castleridge’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.1% of area homes over the radon guideline

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Calgary Health Region · Measured across the city of Calgary: earthquake risk

Earthquake risk in Castleridge is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.023 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.

Castleridge is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year

Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year. June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, near Alberta’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Expect July highs of around 23.5°C in Castleridge.

Visible minorities make up more of Castleridge than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 72%

4.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Castleridge in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −8°C

The month after, December, normally sees freezing afternoons and −12°C nights. November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. ECCC’s forecast for Calgary is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Castleridge sends Dalwinder Gill (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary McKnight

Castleridge’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

Each person Calgary Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of Alberta’s town libraries

Castleridge is served by Calgary Library, the library of all of Calgary, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,285,711 people.

Castleridge gets 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). Its police area records 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The force’s area logs 31.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Fish Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away, is the closest provincial park to Castleridge

A drive of 85 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. Of the country within 10 km, 0.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The largest named area nearby is Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 7.6 km away.