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Few places match Lower Mount Royal for health: it beats 98% of Canadian towns

The average trip from home to a hospital is 1.1 km, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). A baby born in the region can expect 83.0 years, 85.0 for a girl and 80.9 for a boy (2022/2024). On top of that, across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Zone, Lower Mount Royal included.

The top fifth in Alberta holds 18 of the 37 schools around Lower Mount Royal with results

Within 3 km of Lower Mount Royal are 23 elementary schools, 17 secondary schools and 19 schools for every grade, teaching 19,620 students. The largest is Western Canada High School, with 2,230 students. Outside the public system: 20 of 59 schools, where in Alberta it is 14%. Its schools answer to 5 boards.

Rent takes more of local pay in Lower Mount Royal than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 40% of household income

37% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $348,000, below both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Household incomes in Lower Mount Royal are lower than in 92% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 26 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

A flood study covers Lower Mount Royal: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Government of Alberta

Source area for radon tests: the Calgary Health Region · Measured across the city of Calgary: earthquake risk

Seismic risk in Lower Mount Royal sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The town’s survey area, 8.1% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%.

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

Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 119 days. Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. A normal March brings 24 cm of snow, the most of any month. Midsummer afternoons in Lower Mount Royal peak at about 23.5°C.

Children make up only 6.2% of Lower Mount Royal, fewer than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

People 65 and over make up a tenth of the town, below both Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%). 28% of residents belong to a visible minority, near Alberta’s towns (29%) and higher than Canadian towns (15%).

Lower Mount Royal in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −8°C

By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast.

Greg McLean (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Calgary Centre, the riding that includes Lower Mount Royal

The Conservative Party of Canada has 33 of the 37 MPs elected in Alberta.

Calgary Library lends 12.7 items per person served, 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, Lower Mount Royal among them.

Lower Mount Royal earns a B− for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, below Alberta’s towns (110) and close to Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 10.6 violent incidents are reported each year.

Fish Creek Provincial Park is 11 km from Lower Mount Royal

For walks, the Calgary Plus 15 runs within 2 km. Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary (111 ha) is the biggest, 4.6 km from town. The protected share within 10 km is 0.6%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.