Garrison WoodsCalgary

Commuters in Garrison Woods have a short way to work, 19 min on average, less than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

83% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Garrison Woods’s grade for health: an A+

Life expectancy in the region is 83.0 years (85.0 for women, 80.9 for men, 2022/2024). In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, above both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. For Garrison Woods itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.5 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Zone, Garrison Woods included.

Schools in Garrison Woods: 7 boards, side by side

The largest is Western Canada High School, with 2,230 students. Of the 45 with results, 27 sit in the upper two fifths in Alberta. Independent schools number 26 of 71, above the 14% in Alberta. In French: one of the 71 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

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

Seismic risk in Garrison Woods sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. Garrison Woods doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.

Garrison Woods is drier than four in five Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year

Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year. June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, near Alberta’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). July afternoons in Garrison Woods average 23.5°C.

Garrison Woods is more bilingual than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 20% speak both languages

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.2% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: a fifth of residents are 65 or older. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.

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

In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. Expect around 19 cm of snow in November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary.

Calgary Centre, which takes in Garrison Woods, is held by Greg McLean (Conservative Party of Canada)

From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

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

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

Garrison Woods’s grade for safety: a B−

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year. Garrison Woods shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Calgary service area.

Rent is light in Garrison Woods: a year of it is 16% of the median income, where the typical Canadian town needs 20%

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Calgary metro area

The owner-occupied share of households is 77%.

Garrison Woods is 8.2 km from Fish Creek Provincial Park

CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km. A drive of 77 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. Parks and reserves take up 1.9% of the ground within 10 km, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) but below Canadian towns (2.3%).