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Palliser earns an A+ for health

Measured across the Calgary Zone: health survey and life expectancy

Expected years of life at birth: 83.0, above both Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5). In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. Measured from where Palliser’s residents live, a hospital is 2.6 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. The region has fewer smokers than Alberta, 7.9% of adults to 11%.

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

Just over a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 61%. Palliser doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Calgary metro area.

5 school boards share Palliser

Within 3 km of Palliser are 26 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade, teaching 22,203 students. Lord Beaverbrook High School is the biggest, at 2,059 students. Of its 31 tested schools, 17 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 8 in the bottom two. In French: one of the 47 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

A flood study covers Palliser: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Government of Alberta

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Calgary Health Region · The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Calgary

Earthquake risk in Palliser is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Radon around Palliser is ordinary for Canada: nearly a tenth of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical).

Households in Palliser have higher incomes than those in 68% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 23 min getting to work, on average. 86% of commuters drove, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

A July afternoon in Palliser typically reaches 23.5°C. Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, about level with Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days.

Older than 92% of Canadian towns: half of Palliser is over 53.6

1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Visible minorities make up 22% of the population, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%).

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

A normal December brings highs of freezing, lows of −12°C. November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −14°C.

Calgary Heritage, which takes in Palliser, is held by Shuvaloy Majumdar (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

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

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

Palliser 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

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). The force’s area logs 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Palliser is 2.7 km from Fish Creek Provincial Park

3 protected areas lie within 10 km. Banff National Park is the closest national park, 79 km from town. Protected areas cover 4% of the land within 10 km, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. Within 5 km lie 5 beaches, unnamed on the map.