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Fish Creek Park is graded an A for health

Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 56%, above Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.0 years at birth, 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men. The region has fewer smokers than Alberta, 7.9% of adults to 11%. Measured from where Fish Creek Park’s residents live, a hospital is 4.1 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

6 school boards share Fish Creek Park

2 of the 101 teach in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta. The largest is Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School, with 1,833 students. On the tests, 30 of 61 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 14 under it.

More households own their home in Fish Creek Park than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 86%

Owners put the median home at $600,000, above both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). A year’s rent came to nearly a fifth of the median household income, near Alberta’s towns (20%) and lower than Canadian towns (20%).

Flood mapping exists for Fish Creek Park: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

Source area for radon tests: the Calgary Health Region

Radon is about average around Fish Creek Park: nearly a tenth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Seismic risk in Fish Creek Park sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Calgary as a whole, not for Fish Creek Park alone.

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

June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal July day peaks at 23.5°C, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Gardeners get 119 frost-free days, from 21 May to 18 September. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.

Households in Fish Creek Park have higher incomes than those in 96% of Canadian towns

By car: that was how 86% of commuters travelled at the census. The average trip to work took 26 min, close to both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

25% of Fish Creek Park’s residents belong to a visible minority (Alberta’s towns: 29%; Canadian towns: 15%)

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.9% of residents, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and near Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in Fish Creek Park: −8°C at night, 4°C by day

The month after, December, normally sees freezing afternoons and −12°C nights. A normal November brings 16 mm of rain and snow. November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. ECCC’s forecast for Calgary is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Fish Creek Park votes in 3 federal ridings, led by Calgary Heritage and Calgary Shepard

Fish Creek Park is a Calgary neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

More loans per person served than four in five Alberta’s town libraries: Calgary Library lends 12.7

Fish Creek Park is graded 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). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 10.6 violent incidents are reported each year. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Calgary service area, Fish Creek Park included.

Fish Creek Provincial Park surrounds Fish Creek Park

7.5 km out lies the largest, Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area, at 1,943 ha. Inside the neighbourhood itself, 53% of the land is protected. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 80 km away. Within 10 km, 3.2% of the land is protected, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike.