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Deer Run’s grade for health: an A+

A baby born in the region can expect 83.0 years, 85.0 for a girl and 80.9 for a boy (2022/2024). Age-standardised, 56% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, above Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. Measured from where Deer Run’s residents live, a hospital is 3.8 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Deer Run doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Zone.

3 boards run the schools in and around Deer Run

The 24 with results split, 11 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 5 in the lower. Centennial High School is the biggest, at 1,793 students. Of the 37, one teaches in French (2% of schools in Alberta). The 3 km around Deer Run counts 25 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade, 16,472 students between them.

Deer Run has higher household incomes than 90% of Canadian towns

On average, the journey to work lasts 25 min.

Most households in Deer Run own their home: 85%, more than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns

Measured across the Calgary metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took 22% of household income, above Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 19% of households, lower than Alberta’s towns (21%) yet higher than Canadian towns (18%).

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

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Calgary Health Region

Radon around Deer Run is ordinary for Canada: 8.1% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). For earthquakes Deer Run is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town.

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

Frost comes on 193 days a year, close to Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year. Expect July highs of around 23.5°C in Deer Run.

Older residents shape Deer Run: 20% are 65 or over, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

15% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) and near Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.

Expect November days around 4°C in Deer Run, nights around −8°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. A normal December brings highs of freezing, lows of −12°C. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary.

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

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s riding map carries non-commercial terms, so Deer Run isn’t placed in a riding here.

More loans per person served than 82% of Alberta’s town libraries: Calgary Library lends 12.7

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

Deer Run’s grade for safety: a B−

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. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year.

47% of Deer Run itself is protected land

Swimmers have 15 beaches within 5 km, Sikome Lake North the nearest. Banff National Park is the closest national park, 87 km from town. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km. Within 10 km, 3.4% of the land is protected, above both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).