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Thorncliffe gets an A for health

Women in the region live to 85.0 and men to 80.9, 83.0 years taken together (2022/2024), and the survey finds 56% of adults in very good or excellent health, higher than both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). Measured from where Thorncliffe’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 5.0 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The region has fewer smokers than Alberta, 7.9% of adults to 11%. Thorncliffe doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Zone.

Rent takes more of local pay in Thorncliffe than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 28% of household income

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Calgary metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 22% of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 61%.

Thorncliffe’s schools come under 6 different boards

27,386 students attend the 36 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 11 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Thorncliffe. The largest is St. Francis High School, with 2,210 students. The 39 with results split, 17 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 14 in the lower. Of the 57, one teaches in French (2% of schools in Alberta).

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

Shared with the rest of the Calgary Health Region: radon tests · Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Calgary

Earthquake risk in Thorncliffe 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. About as many homes carry radon around Thorncliffe as elsewhere, 8.1% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Working-age people in Thorncliffe are less likely to have a job than in 79% of Canadian towns

The car took 82% of commuters, below Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike. The commute to work averages 25 min.

Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Thorncliffe, less than on 82% of Canadian towns

Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). The most precipitation falls in June: 113 mm in a normal year. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year. Gardeners get 119 frost-free days, from 21 May to 18 September.

Thorncliffe: median age 40.5, 6,620 households

30% of residents belong to a visible minority, close to Alberta’s towns (29%) and above Canadian towns (15%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents.

What November brings in Thorncliffe: −8°C at night, 4°C by day

A normal November brings 16 mm of rain and snow. Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. The month after, December, normally sees freezing afternoons and −12°C nights. ECCC’s forecast for Calgary is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

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

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

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

Calgary Library serves the whole of Calgary, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,285,711 people, Thorncliffe among them.

Thorncliffe gets a B− for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, below Alberta’s towns (110) and close to 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. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Thorncliffe alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary service area.

From Thorncliffe, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (15 km)

6.4 km out lies the largest, Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, at 111 ha. The protected share within 10 km is 0.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. A drive of 76 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. Close by: one protected area.