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The top fifth in Alberta holds 10 of the 16 schools around Discovery Ridge with results

Outside the public system: 7 of 18 schools, where in Alberta it is 14%. The largest is Ernest Manning High School, with 2,007 students. No single board runs them all: there are 3.

For health, Discovery Ridge gets an A

Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. A child born in the region can expect 83.0 years, above Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Discovery Ridge’s is long: 5.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. Discovery Ridge shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Calgary Zone.

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

Source area for radon tests: the Calgary Health Region

About as many homes carry radon around Discovery Ridge as elsewhere, 8.1% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Discovery Ridge as in most places, at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

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

On average, the journey to work lasts 24 min. 89% of commuters drove, in line with Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Discovery Ridge’s rents take 16% of what the median household earns in a year, below the 20% typical across Canada

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Calgary metro area

81% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. The median home value was $730,000, above both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

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

Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year. June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it.

Apartment towers house 33% of Discovery Ridge’s households

1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.

A normal November in Discovery Ridge runs from −8°C to 4°C

Into December, the normals move to freezing and −12°C. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Calgary (Olympic Park) forecast, on the Weather page.

Calgary Signal Hill, which takes in Discovery Ridge, is held by David McKenzie (Conservative Party of Canada)

Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33.

More loans per person served than four in five 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, Discovery Ridge among them.

For safety, Discovery Ridge gets a B−

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.6 per 1,000 people a year. Across its police area, there are 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

In Discovery Ridge, 32% of the land is set aside as protected

The protected share within 10 km is 0.5%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 9.0 km from town is Fish Creek Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 70 km away. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km.