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For health, Oakridge gets an A+

What sets Oakridge apart within its region is distance, and at 3.3 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). 7.9% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, below Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. Lives in the region last 83.0 years on average (2022/2024): 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Zone, Oakridge included.

7 boards run the schools in and around Oakridge

Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 49; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it. The largest is Henry Wise Wood High School, with 1,862 students. The 3 km around Oakridge counts 22 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade, 23,266 students between them.

Trips to work from Oakridge are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average

The car took 86% of commuters, in line with Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

More households own their home in Oakridge than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 87%

Owners put the median home at $528,000, higher than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Oakridge is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta

Seismic risk in Oakridge 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%. Oakridge shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Calgary.

Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Oakridge, less than on 82% of Canadian towns

Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). A normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Gardeners get 119 frost-free days, from 21 May to 18 September. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.

An older town: 25% of people in Oakridge are 65 or over, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.9% of residents, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.

A normal November in Oakridge runs from −8°C to 4°C

November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. A normal November brings 16 mm of rain and snow. December follows at freezing by day and −12°C by night. ECCC’s forecast for Calgary is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Oakridge sends Shuvaloy Majumdar (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary Heritage

Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding Oakridge is in.

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, Oakridge among them.

For safety, Oakridge gets a B−

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Calgary service area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, 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. The force’s area logs 31.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

2.9 km from Oakridge to Fish Creek Provincial Park

The 10 km around town hold 3 protected areas. A drive of 75 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. Protected areas cover 2.9% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.