TaradaleCalgary
With 17,911 residents, it is a neighbourhood in Calgary. Of Calgary’s 152 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is Taradale a good place to live?
Some subjects shine; others lag. The weak point is schools (C−). At C+ overall, Taradale ranks #321 of 473 in Alberta. Set against the rest, it does better than 39% of Canadian towns. Housing is expensive (C−). Residents are healthier than most (A). Fewer journeys need a car (A+).
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Taradale grades
Each subject compares Taradale with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Taradale stand out
The 3 things Taradale does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Taradale.
Taradale gets an A for health
Measured across the Calgary Zone: health survey and life expectancy
The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.0, with women at 85.0 and men at 80.9. By their own account, 56% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, above both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. For Taradale itself the measure is access, and it lags: 5.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 56% | 51% | 52% |
| Smokers | 7.9% | 12% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.0 | 81.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Results around Taradale lean low: 22 of 28 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta
Schooling here is split between 6 boards, higher than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). Elementary schools here average 477 students, against 274 in Alberta. The Catholic boards run 12 of its 34 schools, against 18% in Alberta. Nelson Mandela High School is the biggest, at 1,988 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant MacEwan School Fourth fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 725 | English public |
| Nelson Mandela High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Secondary · Grades 10–12 | 1,988 | English public |
| École La Mosaïque FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 302 | French public |
| St. John XXIII School CatholicResults in the top fifth in AlbertaAll grades · Grades K–9 | All grades · Grades K–9 | 961 | English Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Measured against local pay, Taradale costs more to live in than 81% of Canadian towns
Just over a quarter 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 just over a fifth of the median household income, above Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 26% | 21% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 22% | 20% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020. · Area behind the rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures: the Calgary metro area
Commuters in Taradale travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average
The car took 84% of commuters, below Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 31 min | 26 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 84% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Taradale’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.1% of area homes over the radon guideline
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Calgary Health Region · Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Calgary
Earthquake risk in Taradale 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. No one has filed a flood map for Taradale on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 8.1% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.023 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Taradale, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. 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). Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 445 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 193 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport))
More of Taradale belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 90%
1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.4% of Taradale’s residents are women
Here the census found 8,860 women and 9,060 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.
| Taradale | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 69% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 7.7% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 20% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 49% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in Taradale runs from −8°C to 4°C
A normal December brings highs of freezing, lows of −12°C. November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. Expect about 16 mm of rain and snow over November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −1°C | −12°C | 34 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 108 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 9°C | 232 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | −1°C | 71 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Dalwinder Gill (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Calgary McKnight, the riding that includes Taradale
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s riding map carries non-commercial terms, so Taradale isn’t placed in a riding here.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
More loans per person served than 82% of Alberta’s town libraries: Calgary Library lends 12.7
Calgary Library serves the whole of Calgary, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,285,711 people, Taradale among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Taradale gets 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. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 67 | 110 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 79 | 109 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 31.9 | 45 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 10.6 | 14.2 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Not measured by town: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 (the Calgary service area)
Fish Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away, is the closest provincial park to Taradale
Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Biggest among them: Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 8.4 km off. One protected area is close by. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 86 km away.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Taradale | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.2% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Taradale
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame and 2 more in and around Taradale
Sights in Taradale and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
About Taradale
Neighbourhood in Calgary
The edges of Taradale follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Calgary’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 17,911 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Calgary
- Census subdivision
- 4806016
Taradale’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taradale | 17,911 | — | C+ | C− | B− | A |
| Saddle Ridge | 21,479 | 1.4 | C+ | C− | B− | A |
| Martindale | 14,467 | 1.9 | B− | C | B− | A |
| Coral Springs | 5,542 | 2.1 | B− | C | B− | A |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 2.2 | C | C− | B− | A+ |
| Castleridge | 6,127 | 2.6 | C+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Cityscape | 11,782 | 3.4 | C+ | D | B− | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Taradale
Is Taradale a young town or an old one?
At 32.7, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 23% of the population and seniors 8%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).