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Dover is graded an A for health

Shared with the rest of the Calgary Zone: health survey and life expectancy

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 16% of adults, below both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). For Dover itself the measure is access, and it lags: 5.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta.

Renting in Dover eats 33% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

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

Owners put the median home at $300,000, below both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Households that own their home make up 63%.

Results around Dover lean low: 19 of 25 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta

The largest is The Gilbertine Academy, with 6,218 students. Its schools answer to 5 boards. 13 of the 37 are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta. 20,144 students attend the 23 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Dover.

Working-age people in Dover are less likely to have a job than in 83% of Canadian towns

Driving is how 85% of commuters got to work at the census. Commutes averaged 25 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Dover is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta

Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Calgary

In Health Canada’s survey, nearly one in ten homes tested in Dover’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. For earthquakes Dover is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Dover doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Health Region.

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

Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). A normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 119 days.

Children make up only 15% of Dover, fewer than in Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 6.5% of residents, above Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.

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

Then December: freezing by day, −12°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast.

Calgary East, which takes in Dover, is held by Jasraj Hallan (Conservative Party of Canada)

Dover’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

Each person Calgary Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of Alberta’s town libraries

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

Dover is graded a B− for safety

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, below Alberta’s towns (110) and close to Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 10.6 violent incidents are reported each year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year.

Dover touches Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary

7.5 km from town is Fish Creek Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. For a national park, Banff National Park is 85 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.