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Parkland’s grade for health: an A+

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

Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. Age-standardised, 56% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, higher than both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). Closer to home, a hospital sits 2.8 km from the average resident of Parkland, about the norm of 3.7 km. A baby born in the region can expect 83.0 years, 85.0 for a girl and 80.9 for a boy (2022/2024).

4 school boards share Parkland

In French: one of the 36 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%. The largest is Centennial High School, with 1,793 students. On the tests, 12 of 25 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 5 under it.

Parkland is a driving town: 92% of commuters go by car, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 25 min, below Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike.

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

Radon tests for the Calgary Health Region

NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Parkland, near the typical $0.030. Of the homes tested for radon, 8.1% were over 200 Bq/m³, above both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Parkland doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.

Parkland is a town of owners: 93% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Rent took 17% of household income, below both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Parkland is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year

July afternoons reach 23.5°C on average, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.

Fewer of Parkland’s people belong to a visible minority than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.6%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.9% of residents, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and near Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 4°C in Parkland, nights around −8°C

Into December, the normals move to freezing and −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Calgary forecast, on the Weather page.

Stephanie Kusie took Calgary Midnapore in 2021 by 27,321 votes, more than the margin in 92% of ridings

Stephanie Kusie (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Calgary Midnapore, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Parkland.

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

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

Parkland’s grade for safety: a B−

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). 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.

Protected areas cover 39% of Parkland

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 3.4%, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Banff National Park, at 86 km. Within 10 km are 2 protected areas. 10 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Sikome Lake North.