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For health, Erin Woods gets an A

Lives in the region last 83.0 years on average (2022/2024): 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men. The survey counts 7.9% of adults as smokers, below Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. What sets Erin Woods apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Erin Woods doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Zone.

Most schools around Erin Woods score below the middle in Alberta: 35 of 41

The largest is Forest Lawn High School, with 1,480 students. 6 boards run its schools. Within 3 km of Erin Woods are 33 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade, teaching 22,562 students.

Renting in Erin Woods eats 26% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

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

The median home value was $312,000, below both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 72% of households are owner-occupiers.

Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Erin Woods stands on hazards

NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Erin Woods, near the typical $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Erin Woods on the national inventory. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Health Region, Erin Woods included.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Erin Woods trails that of 86% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 25 min on average. The car took 89% of commuters, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Erin Woods, less than on 82% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.

More of Erin Woods belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 52%

5.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in Erin Woods: −8°C at night, 4°C by day

November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 16 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary.

Erin Woods sends Jasraj Hallan (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary East

Calgary’s council runs Erin Woods, one of the city’s neighbourhoods.

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

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

For safety, Erin Woods gets a B−

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). Violence across its police area runs at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Calgary service area, with Erin Woods one part of it.

Erin Woods is 7.5 km from Fish Creek Provincial Park

Swimmers have 7 beaches within 5 km, Dog Park Beach the nearest. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 86 km away. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km. The protected share within 10 km is 0.6%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.