MillriseCalgary
Some 6,754 people live in this neighbourhood, in Calgary. Calgary is split into 152 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Millrise a good place to live?
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Health is its strong suit (A+). Its schools beat most (A). The trade-off is cost of living (C−). Overall, that makes an A−, good for #94 of 473 in Alberta. That leaves it better than 79% of Canadian towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for jobs & income.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Millrise grades
Each subject compares Millrise with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Millrise stand out
The 3 things Millrise does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Millrise.
Millrise earns an A+ for health
The region has fewer smokers than Alberta, 7.9% of adults to 11%, though the survey finds 56% of adults in very good or excellent health, above both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). People in the region live to 83.0 on average: 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men in 2022/2024. What sets Millrise apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.5 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 56% | 51% | 52% |
| Smokers | 7.9% | 12% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.0 | 81.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Calgary Zone
Results around Millrise lean high: 14 of 23 schools in the top two fifths in Alberta
The largest is Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School, with 1,833 students. Its schools answer to 3 boards. The 3 km around Millrise counts 26 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade, 19,294 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenmore Christian Academy Elementary IndependentLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–5 | Elementary · Grades K–5 | 598 | Independent |
| Dr. E. P. Scarlett High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Secondary · Grades 10–12 | 1,833 | English public |
| Andrew Sibbald School Top fifth in AlbertaResults in the top fifth in AlbertaElementary · Grades K–5 | Elementary · Grades K–5 | 310 | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Measured against local pay, Millrise costs more to live in than 84% of Canadian towns
Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Calgary metro area
A year’s rent came to 23% of the median household income, above both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). The owner-occupied share of households is 77%.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 23% | 20% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 77% | 74% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 21% | 21% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Millrise stands on hazards
Source area for radon tests: the Calgary Health Region
NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Millrise, near the typical $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study of the town. Millrise doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 8.1% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.023 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Millrise, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
A normal March brings 24 cm of snow, the most of any month. June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. Also worth knowing: the warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, about level with 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.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 445 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 193 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport))
Millrise’s household incomes are higher than in 85% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work took 27 min, above Alberta’s towns (26 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min). 82% of commuters drove to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 82% | 88% | 89% |
| Average trip | 27 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Immigrants make up 41% of Millrise, a higher share than in 86% of Canadian towns
Visible minorities make up 36% of the population, higher than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.9% of Millrise’s residents are women
Here the census found 3,505 women and 3,250 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.
| Millrise | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 11% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 59% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Millrise: −8°C at night, 4°C by day
About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: freezing by day, −12°C at night. November normally sees 16 mm of precipitation. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −1°C | −12°C | 34 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 108 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 9°C | 232 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | −1°C | 71 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Calgary Heritage, which takes in Millrise, is held by Shuvaloy Majumdar (Conservative Party of Canada)
Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Each person Calgary Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of 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, Millrise among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Millrise 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). The force’s area logs 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across its police area, there are 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 67 | 110 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 79 | 109 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 31.9 | 45 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 10.6 | 14.2 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Not measured by town: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 (the Calgary service area)
8 beaches lie within 5 km of Millrise
The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 83 km away. A provincial park, Fish Creek Provincial Park, lies 0.5 km away. Biggest among them: Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area, 1,943 ha, 8.7 km off. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 4.1%, above both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Millrise | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 4.1% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Millrise
Spruce Meadows and 3 more in and around Millrise
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Millrise, the best known first.
About Millrise
Neighbourhood in Calgary
Where Millrise begins and ends inside Calgary is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 6,754 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Calgary
- Census subdivision
- 4806016
Millrise’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millrise | 6,754 | — | A− | C− | B− | A+ |
| Fish Creek Park | 9,045 | 0.5 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Shawnessy | 9,696 | 1.5 | A− | C− | B− | A+ |
| Midnapore | 7,022 | 1.9 | A− | D | B− | A+ |
| Evergreen | 19,988 | 2 | A− | C | B− | A |
| Somerset | 8,416 | 2.4 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Canyon Meadows | 6,751 | 2.7 | A− | C− | B− | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).