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For health, Falconridge gets an A+

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

Smoking takes in 7.9% of adults, age-standardised, lower than both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%); even so, in the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. Measured from where Falconridge’s residents live, a hospital is 3.9 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Life expectancy in the region is 83.0 years (85.0 for women, 80.9 for men, 2022/2024).

Working-age people in Falconridge are less likely to have a job than in 92% of Canadian towns

Driving is how 84% of commuters got to work at the census. Commutes averaged 29 min, above both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Renting in Falconridge eats 28% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Owners make up 63% of households. The median home value was $310,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Calgary metro area, with Falconridge one part of it.

29 of Falconridge’s 36 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Alberta

Elementary schools here average 458 students, against 274 in Alberta. Boards running schools in the area: 6, higher than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). The largest is Nelson Mandela High School, with 1,988 students. The Catholic boards run 15 of its 43 schools, against 18% in Alberta.

Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Falconridge stands on hazards

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Calgary

NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Falconridge, near the typical $0.030. No flood study for Falconridge is on the national inventory.

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

Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it. Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.

Visible minorities make up more of Falconridge than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 66%

4.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

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

Falconridge’s MP is Dalwinder Gill (Conservative Party of Canada), for Calgary McKnight

Falconridge has no council of its own: it is a neighbourhood of Calgary, run by the city council.

At 12.7 loans per person served, Calgary Library lends more than four in five Alberta’s town libraries

Calgary Library serves the whole of Calgary, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,285,711 people, Falconridge among them.

For safety, Falconridge gets a B−

Shared with the rest of the Calgary service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.6 per 1,000 people a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

From Falconridge, Fish Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (17 km)

Close by: one protected area. For a national park, Banff National Park is 86 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 0.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary (111 ha) is the biggest, 7.2 km from town.