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Riverbend’s grade for health: an A

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

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, lower than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Riverbend’s is long: 5.9 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Also worth knowing: across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%.

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

The car took 87% of commuters, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Schools in Riverbend: 5 boards, side by side

In French: 2 of the 74 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%. Lord Beaverbrook High School is the biggest, at 2,059 students. On the tests, 18 of 36 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 15 under it. Taken together, Riverbend and its 3 km edge hold 49 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 19 schools for every grade for 27,053 students.

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

Measured across the city of Calgary: earthquake risk

Radon around Riverbend is ordinary for Canada: nearly a tenth of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Earthquake risk here 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.

Most households in Riverbend own their home: 89%, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to nearly a fifth of the median household income, about level with Alberta’s towns (20%) and below Canadian towns (20%). Riverbend 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.

Less rain and snow fall on Riverbend than on 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

The most precipitation falls in June: 113 mm in a normal year. A normal July day peaks at 23.5°C, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it.

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

24% of residents belong to a visible minority, between Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents.

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

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −12°C. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. A normal November brings 16 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Calgary forecast, on the Weather page.

Riverbend sends Jasraj Hallan (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary East

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

Calgary Library lends 12.7 items per person served, more than 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, Riverbend among them.

Riverbend’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). Its police area records 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The force’s area logs 31.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Riverbend alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary service area.

The nearest provincial park, Fish Creek Provincial Park, is 2.6 km from Riverbend

Within 10 km, 3.1% of the land is protected, higher than both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Banff National Park is the closest national park, 82 km from town. CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km. 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Trout Beach.