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Currie Barracks’s grade for health: an A+

Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 83.0, higher than both Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.7 km from the average resident of Currie Barracks, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

Renting in Currie Barracks eats 29% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 26% of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $628,000, above both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Currie Barracks’s schools come under 7 different boards

The largest is Henry Wise Wood High School, with 1,862 students. Results lean high: 32 of 50 in the top two fifths in Alberta. Also worth knowing: 22 of the 72 are independent, against 14% in Alberta. One of the 72 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta.

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

Earthquake risk in Currie Barracks 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. No flood study for Currie Barracks is on the national inventory. Currie Barracks doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.

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

A normal March brings 24 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 119 days.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Currie Barracks trails that of 74% of Canadian towns

84% of commuters took the car to work at the census. The average trip to work took 23 min, below Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike.

An older town: 20% of people in Currie Barracks are 65 or over, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

2.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.

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

Then December: freezing by day, −12°C at night. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast.

Currie Barracks’ MP is David McKenzie (Conservative Party of Canada), for Calgary Signal Hill

Currie Barracks is a Calgary neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

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

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

Currie Barracks’s grade for safety: a B−

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

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, 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. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Fish Creek Provincial Park is 7.1 km from Currie Barracks

The 10 km around town hold 3 protected areas. 76 km separate the town from Banff National Park, its nearest national park. Of the land within 10 km, 1.9% has protected status, higher than Alberta’s towns (0.4%) yet lower than Canadian towns (2.3%).