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For health, Macewan Glen gets an A+

The survey finds 56% of adults in very good or excellent health, higher than both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). Lives in the region last 83.0 years on average (2022/2024): 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.7 km from the average resident of Macewan Glen, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta.

The schools around Macewan Glen answer to 6 boards

St. Francis High School is the biggest, at 2,210 students. The 51 with results split, 28 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 12 in the lower. Of the 76, 2 teach in French (2% of schools in Alberta). Taken together, Macewan Glen and its 3 km edge hold 52 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools and 13 schools for every grade for 38,865 students.

Most households in Macewan Glen own their home: 86%, more than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns

Just over one in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $432,000, above both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Macewan Glen’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

NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Macewan Glen, near the typical $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Macewan Glen on the national inventory.

Precipitation in Macewan Glen trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. July afternoons reach 23.5°C on average, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.

Visible minorities make up more of Macewan Glen than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 31%

1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older.

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

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary (Olympic Park). Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm.

Calgary Nose Hill gave Michelle Rempel Garner a 17,690-vote lead in 2021, bigger than in 84% of ridings

Local decisions for Macewan Glen are made by Calgary’s council; neighbourhoods don’t have their own.

Calgary Library lends 12.7 items per person served, more than 82% of Alberta’s town libraries

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

For safety, Macewan Glen gets a B−

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, below Alberta’s towns (110) and close to Canadian towns (67). 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.

Macewan Glen is 12 km from Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.2% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. For a national park, Banff National Park is 73 km away. Swimmers have 2 beaches within 5 km, Bowmont Beach the nearest. Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary (111 ha) is the biggest, 8.2 km from town.

Household incomes in Macewan Glen top those of 94% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 26 min, about level with both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).