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Deer Ridge gets an A+ for health

Measured across the Calgary Zone: health survey and life expectancy

The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Deer Ridge live 3.8 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. By their own account, 56% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, above Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.0, women 85.0 and men 80.9 (2022/2024). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta.

Rent takes more of local pay in Deer Ridge than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% of household income

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Calgary metro area

72% of households own their home, near both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). The median home value was $400,000, close to both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

The schools around Deer Ridge answer to 3 boards

The 21 with results split, 9 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 5 in the lower. Centennial High School is the biggest, at 1,793 students. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 31; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it. Taken together, Deer Ridge and its 3 km edge hold 20 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade for 13,696 students.

A flood study covers Deer Ridge: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Government of Alberta

Radon around Deer Ridge is ordinary for Canada: nearly a tenth of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Deer Ridge as in most places, at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Precipitation in Deer Ridge trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 119 days. For the wettest month, look to June: 113 mm on average. The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.

Deer Ridge has higher household incomes than 78% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 25 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). At the census, 87% of commuters went by car.

Who lives in Deer Ridge: a median age of 42.6, 1,750 households

15% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) and near Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. Children are 17% of the town.

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

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast. By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm.

Stephanie Kusie won Calgary Midnapore by 27,321 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 92% of Canada’s ridings

Deer Ridge is a Calgary neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

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

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

Deer Ridge gets a B− for safety

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, below Alberta’s towns (110) and close to Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Fish Creek Provincial Park begins where Deer Ridge ends

2 protected areas lie within 10 km. 87 km separate the town from Banff National Park, its nearest national park. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 3.7%, above both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). For a swim, Sikome Lake North is the nearest of 10 beaches within 5 km.