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For health, Dalhousie gets an A+

Life expectancy at birth in the region is 83.0 years, above both Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5). In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Dalhousie live 2.7 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. The region has fewer smokers than Alberta, 7.9% of adults to 11%. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Dalhousie alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary Zone.

Renting in Dalhousie eats 26% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

The median home value was $528,000, above both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 64% of households own their home. For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Calgary metro area, Dalhousie included.

The schools around Dalhousie answer to 5 boards

The largest is Sir Winston Churchill High School, with 2,165 students. Of the 32 with results, 18 sit in the upper two fifths in Alberta. Within 3 km of Dalhousie are 36 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, teaching 21,586 students. In French: 2 of the 51 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

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

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Calgary Health Region · Earthquake risk for the city of Calgary

For earthquakes Dalhousie is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Dalhousie on the national inventory.

Driving to work is less common in Dalhousie than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 77% of commuters

Commutes averaged 24 min, below Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike.

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

There are 193 days of frost in a typical year, close to Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. Midsummer afternoons in Dalhousie peak at about 23.5°C.

Visible minorities make up more of Dalhousie than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 38%

People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, below Alberta’s towns (18%) and close to Canadian towns (16%).

In Dalhousie, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −8°C nights

Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −14°C.

Dalhousie sends Michelle Rempel Garner (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary Nose Hill

From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

At 12.7 loans per person served, Calgary Library lends 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, Dalhousie among them.

For safety, Dalhousie gets a B−

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, 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. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 31.9 property crimes are reported each year.

Dalhousie is 9.1 km from Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Close by: one protected area. A drive of 71 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. Swimmers have 2 beaches within 5 km, Bowmont Beach the nearest.