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Hawkwood is graded an A+ for health

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

In the top two fifths in Alberta: 14 of the 21 schools around Hawkwood with results

The 3 km around Hawkwood counts 25 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, 15,192 students between them. Sir Winston Churchill High School is the biggest, at 2,165 students. Of the 34, one teaches in French (2% of schools in Alberta).

More households own their home in Hawkwood than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 92%

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Calgary metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $524,000, above both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Hawkwood’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.1% of area homes over the radon guideline

Shared with the rest of the Calgary Health Region: radon tests · Earthquake risk for the city of Calgary

Seismic risk in Hawkwood sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

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

March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 119 days.

More of Hawkwood belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 37%

Over-65s are 21% of the population. 15% are under 15, lower than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (16%).

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

A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −12°C. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary (Olympic Park) forecast.

Hawkwood’s MP is Pat Kelly (Conservative Party of Canada), for Calgary Crowfoot

33 of the 37 MPs from Alberta belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.

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

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

Households in Hawkwood earn more than those in 98% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 29 min, above both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). Driving is how 86% of commuters got to work at the census.

Hawkwood 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). Where it is policed, 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Hawkwood doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Calgary service area.

Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park is 7.7 km from Hawkwood

Within 10 km of the town, 0.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Banff National Park, at 69 km. Close by: one protected area. For a swim, Bowmont Beach is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km.