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Ogden earns an A for health

At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. By their own account, 56% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, higher than both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). What’s more, the region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.0, with women at 85.0 and men at 80.9. Closer to home, a hospital is 6.1 km from the average resident of Ogden, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Rent takes more of local pay in Ogden than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

Nearly a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $348,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Calgary metro area, Ogden included.

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

Seismic risk in Ogden sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is about average around Ogden: nearly a tenth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Calgary as a whole, not for Ogden alone.

Schools in Ogden: 7 boards, side by side

21 of 33 schools with results score below the middle in Alberta. The largest is The Gilbertine Academy, with 6,218 students. 29,781 students attend the 32 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 13 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Ogden.

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

Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it. For the wettest month, look to June: 113 mm on average. Also worth knowing: there are 193 days of frost in a typical year, near Alberta’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). In July, daytime highs in Ogden average 23.5°C.

Commuters in Ogden have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 86% of commuters, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Fewer children live in Ogden than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% are under 15

Nearly one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older.

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

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −14°C in January. November normally sees 16 mm of precipitation. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month.

Ogden’s MP is Jasraj Hallan (Conservative Party of Canada), for Calgary East

Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33.

Each person Glenmore Square Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of Alberta’s town libraries

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

Ogden earns a B− for safety

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). Violence across its police area runs at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary begins at the edge of Ogden

5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Trout Beach. The closest provincial park is Fish Creek Provincial Park, 4.2 km from the edge of town. A drive of 84 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park.