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Saddle Ridge gets an A for health

Health survey and life expectancy for the Calgary Zone

Closer to home, a hospital is 6.7 km from the average resident of Saddle Ridge, further than the usual 3.7 km. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 56%, above Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike, and on top of that the region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.0, with women at 85.0 and men at 80.9. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.9% of adults, against 11% for Alberta.

Measured against local pay, Saddle Ridge costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

26% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 22% of the median household income, above both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Saddle Ridge alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary metro area.

In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 12 of the 18 schools around Saddle Ridge with results

Elementary schools here average 506 students, against 274 in Alberta. Its schools answer to 5 boards. Nelson Mandela High School is the biggest, at 1,988 students. 9 of the 24 are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta.

Commuters in Saddle Ridge travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

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

Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Saddle Ridge stands on hazards

Measured across the city of Calgary: earthquake risk

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Saddle Ridge as in most places, at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No flood study for Saddle Ridge is on the national inventory.

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

The most precipitation falls in June: 113 mm in a normal year. Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 119 days. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.

More of Saddle Ridge belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 94%

0.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 16 mm. By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −12°C. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast.

Saddle Ridge straddles 2 federal ridings, from Calgary McKnight to Calgary Skyview

Saddle Ridge has no council of its own: it is a neighbourhood of Calgary, run by the city council.

At 12.7 loans per person served, Calgary Library lends more than four in five Alberta’s town libraries

Saddle 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.

Saddle 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. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Saddle Ridge doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Calgary service area.

Fish Creek Provincial Park, 21 km away, is the closest provincial park to Saddle Ridge

Banff National Park is the closest national park, 85 km from town.