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Results around Rocky Ridge lean high: 6 of 8 schools in the top two fifths in Alberta

Of the 18, one teaches in French (2% of schools in Alberta). Robert Thirsk High School is the biggest, at 1,437 students. They come under 3 school boards.

Rocky Ridge gets an A+ for health

Measured from where Rocky Ridge’s residents live, a hospital is 2.8 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Smoking takes in 7.9% of adults, age-standardised, below both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%), while the survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. On top of that, women in the region live to 85.0 and men to 80.9, 83.0 years taken together (2022/2024). Rocky Ridge doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Zone.

More households own their home in Rocky Ridge than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 82%

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

The median home value was $532,000, above Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Hazards in Rocky Ridge: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 8.1% of tested homes

Shared with the rest of the city of Calgary: earthquake risk

For earthquakes Rocky Ridge is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Rocky Ridge on the national inventory.

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

March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. For the wettest month, look to June: 113 mm on average. Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Gardeners get 119 frost-free days, from 21 May to 18 September.

Visible minorities make up more of Rocky Ridge than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 40%

1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.

Rocky Ridge in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −8°C

ECCC’s forecast for Calgary (Olympic Park) is on the Weather page, hour by hour. December follows at freezing by day and −12°C by night. November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 16 mm.

Rocky Ridge’s MP is Pat Kelly (Conservative Party of Canada), for Calgary Crowfoot

The Conservative Party of Canada has 33 of the 37 MPs elected in Alberta.

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

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

Trips to work from Rocky Ridge take longer than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average

The car took 85% of commuters, close to Alberta’s towns (88%) and below Canadian towns (89%).

Rocky Ridge gets a B− for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, about level with Canadian towns (67) and below Alberta’s towns (110). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.6 per 1,000 people a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 31.9 property crimes are reported each year.

3.2 km from Rocky Ridge to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Close by: one protected area. 64 km separate the town from Banff National Park, its nearest national park. Within 5 km are 2 beaches; Bowmont Beach is the nearest.