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Sandstone Valley is graded an A+ for health

Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. 7.9% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, below Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. For Sandstone Valley itself the measure is access: 2.8 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Women in the region live to 85.0 and men to 80.9, 83.0 years taken together (2022/2024). Sandstone Valley doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Zone.

Measured against local pay, Sandstone Valley costs more to live in than 83% of Canadian towns

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

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Rent took just over a fifth of household income, above both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Catholic schools are a larger share around Sandstone Valley: 11 of 27, against 18% in Alberta

Results are mixed: 8 of 17 schools above the middle in Alberta, 7 below it. The largest is Notre Dame High School, with 2,095 students. No single board runs them all: there are 3. Its elementary schools are big ones, 414 students on average, against 274 in Alberta.

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

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Calgary Health Region · Measured across the city of Calgary: earthquake risk

Radon around Sandstone Valley is ordinary for Canada: nearly a tenth of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings locally, near the typical $0.030.

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

Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it. A normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in March, about 24 cm.

More of Sandstone Valley belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 52%

21% of residents are 65 or over, above both Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.

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

Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −12°C. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Calgary (Olympic Park) forecast, on the Weather page.

Michelle Rempel Garner took Calgary Nose Hill in 2021 by 17,690 votes, more than the margin in 84% of ridings

Sandstone Valley is a Calgary neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

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

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

Sandstone Valley is graded a B− for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 10.6 violent incidents are reported each year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year.

The nearest provincial park, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, is 14 km from Sandstone Valley

74 km separate the town from Banff National Park, its nearest national park.

Sandstone Valley’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 25 min, in line with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). Driving is how 87% of commuters got to work at the census.