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Around Signal Hill, 18 of 39 schools with results rank among the top fifth in Alberta

Counting a 3 km margin, Signal Hill has 20 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 14 schools for every grade, for 20,736 students. The largest is Ernest Manning High School, with 2,007 students. The schools around it answer to 6 boards, above both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). One of the 44 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta.

Signal Hill earns an A+ for health

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Calgary Zone

Expected years of life at birth: 83.0, higher than both Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5). In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. 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: residents of Signal Hill live 3.1 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

Most households in Signal Hill own their home: 89%, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

The median home value was $600,000, above both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). A year’s rent came to nearly a fifth of the median household income, about level with both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Signal Hill 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.

Flood mapping exists for Signal Hill: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Calgary

Radon is about average around Signal Hill: nearly a tenth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. For earthquakes Signal Hill is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Signal Hill shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Calgary Health Region.

Driving to work is less common in Signal Hill than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 83% of commuters

Commutes averaged 25 min, in line with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Precipitation in Signal Hill trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, about level with Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. Summer highs in Signal Hill reach 23.5°C in July.

Children make up only 14% of Signal Hill, fewer than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, above both Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%). 37% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

A normal November in Signal Hill runs from −8°C to 4°C

Into December, the normals move to freezing and −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Calgary (Olympic Park) forecast, on the Weather page.

Signal Hill sends David McKenzie (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary Signal Hill

No provincial riding is named for Signal Hill: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse.

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

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

Signal Hill earns a B− for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Calgary service area

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.

The nearest provincial park, Fish Creek Provincial Park, is 8.5 km from Signal Hill

2 protected areas lie within 10 km. 72 km separate the town from Banff National Park, its nearest national park. The protected share within 10 km is 0.9%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.