Downtown West EndCalgary

Health in Downtown West End beats 97% of Canadian towns

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Calgary Zone

On average 16% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, below Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. Add to that, women in the region live to 85.0 and men to 80.9, 83.0 years taken together (2022/2024). The region has fewer smokers than Alberta, 7.9% of adults to 11%.

Rent takes more of local pay in Downtown West End than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

The median home value was $400,000, in line with Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 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, Downtown West End included.

The top fifth in Alberta holds 14 of the 33 schools around Downtown West End with results

Schooling here is split between 4 boards, above both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). Western Canada High School is the biggest, at 2,230 students. 15 of the 52 are independent, against 14% in Alberta. One of the 52 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta.

Commuters in Downtown West End have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Flood mapping exists for Downtown West End: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

In Health Canada’s survey, nearly one in ten homes tested in Downtown West End’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Downtown West End as in most places, at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Downtown West End shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Calgary Health Region. Downtown West End doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.

Precipitation in Downtown West End trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

July afternoons reach 23.5°C on average, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). For the wettest month, look to June: 113 mm on average. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. Gardeners get 119 frost-free days, from 21 May to 18 September.

Fewer children live in Downtown West End than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 9.8% are under 15

14% of residents have reached 65. Visible minorities make up 52% of the population, higher than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Expect November days around 4°C in Downtown West End, nights around −8°C

Expect around 19 cm of snow in November. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm. December follows at freezing by day and −12°C by night. ECCC’s forecast for Calgary is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Greg McLean (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Calgary Centre, the riding that includes Downtown West End

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

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

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

Downtown West End earns a B− for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, about level with Canadian towns (67) and below Alberta’s towns (110). The force’s area logs 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 31.9 property crimes are reported each year.

12 km from Downtown West End to Fish Creek Provincial Park

One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Calgary Plus 15. Banff National Park is the closest national park, 78 km from town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.5% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The largest named area nearby is Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 4.9 km away.