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Tuscany is graded an A for health

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. 7.9% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, lower than both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Lives in the region last 83.0 years on average (2022/2024): 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men. What sets Tuscany apart within its region is distance, and at 4.6 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Most of the schools around Tuscany score above the middle in Alberta: 11 of 15

In or within 3 km of Tuscany: 16 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, with 12,547 students. Bowness High School is the biggest, at 1,459 students. Of the 27, one teaches in French (2% of schools in Alberta).

A flood study covers Tuscany: 2 on the national inventory, the newest from Government of Alberta

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Calgary

About as many homes carry radon around Tuscany as elsewhere, 8.1% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. For earthquakes Tuscany is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Health Region, Tuscany included.

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

Most of the snow comes in March, about 24 cm. The most precipitation falls in June: 113 mm in a normal year. July afternoons reach 23.5°C on average, 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.

Trips to work from Tuscany take longer than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 29 min on average

86% of commuters drove, about level with both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Children under 15 make up 23% of Tuscany’s residents

25% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.6% of residents, below both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary (Olympic Park) forecast. Then December: freezing by day, −12°C at night. In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow.

Pat Kelly (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Calgary Crowfoot, the riding that includes Tuscany

33 of the 37 MPs from Alberta belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.

Each person Calgary Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of Alberta’s town libraries

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

Most households in Tuscany own their home: 89%, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Tuscany is graded a B− for safety

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, 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. The force’s area logs 31.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Tuscany 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.

A provincial park at Tuscany’s edge: Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

2 protected areas lie within 10 km. A drive of 60 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. For a swim, Bowmont Beach is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km.