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Cougar Ridge earns an A for health

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Calgary Zone

Smoking takes in 7.9% of adults, age-standardised, below Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. People in the region live to 83.0 on average: 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Cougar Ridge’s is long: 5.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

8 boards run the schools in and around Cougar Ridge

2 of the 38 teach in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta. On results, 21 of its 31 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. The largest is Bowness High School, with 1,459 students. Taken together, Cougar Ridge and its 3 km edge hold 20 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 12 schools for every grade for 16,760 students.

Households in Cougar Ridge earn more than in almost any other Canadian town

The average trip to work took 28 min, above Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike. The car took nearly nine in ten commuters, about level with both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Cougar Ridge is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta

In Health Canada’s survey, nearly one in ten homes tested in Cougar Ridge’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Earthquake risk here 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. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Calgary, Cougar Ridge included.

Rent takes less of local pay in Cougar Ridge than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

88% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for a fifth of households, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Calgary metro area, with Cougar Ridge one part of it.

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

July afternoons in Cougar Ridge average 23.5°C. There are 193 days of frost in a typical year, near Alberta’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). The most precipitation falls in June: 113 mm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it.

Visible minorities make up more of Cougar Ridge than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 39%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.7% of residents, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in Cougar Ridge: −8°C at night, 4°C by day

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 16 mm. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −12°C. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −14°C in January.

David McKenzie (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Cougar Ridge in Ottawa as MP for Calgary Signal Hill

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

At 12.7 loans per person served, Calgary Library lends more than 82% of Alberta’s town libraries

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

Cougar Ridge earns a B− for safety

Measured across the Calgary service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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

The nearest provincial park, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, is 6.9 km from Cougar Ridge

For a national park, Banff National Park is 67 km away. 0.7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Count 2 protected areas within 10 km of town. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Bowmont Beach.