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Marlborough Park gets an A+ for health

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Calgary Zone

On average 16% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, lower than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Measured from where Marlborough Park’s residents live, a hospital is 3.3 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta.

Marlborough Park’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 38 of the 44 with results

The largest is Lester B. Pearson High School, with 1,616 students. No single board runs them all: there are 4. Within 3 km of Marlborough Park are 32 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 10 schools for every grade, teaching 23,752 students.

Rent takes more of local pay in Marlborough Park than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Calgary metro area

Just over a fifth of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up three quarters of households, close to both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%).

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Marlborough Park trails that of 89% of Canadian towns

87% of commuters took the car to work at the census. The average trip to work took 26 min, in line with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Marlborough Park stands on hazards

Measured across the Calgary Health Region: radon tests

For earthquakes Marlborough Park is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Marlborough Park is on the national inventory.

Precipitation in Marlborough Park trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

Expect July highs of around 23.5°C in Marlborough Park. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year. For the wettest month, look to June: 113 mm on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, near Alberta’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159).

Visible minorities make up more of Marlborough Park than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 53%

Children are 18% of the town. People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, near Alberta’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (19%).

Marlborough Park in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −8°C

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −12°C. In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Calgary forecast, on the Weather page.

Marlborough Park sends Jasraj Hallan (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary East

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

Calgary Library lends 12.7 items per person served, more than four in five Alberta’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Calgary’s: Calgary Library serves all 1,285,711 people of the city, Marlborough Park among them.

Marlborough Park gets a B− for safety

Shared with the rest of the Calgary service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, about level with Canadian towns (67) and below Alberta’s towns (110). Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.6 per 1,000 people a year.

The nearest provincial park, Fish Creek Provincial Park, is 13 km from Marlborough Park

Banff National Park is the closest national park, 87 km from town. The protected share within 10 km is 0.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary (111 ha) is the biggest, 3.6 km from town.