Valley RidgeCalgary

For health, Valley Ridge gets an A

Expected years of life at birth: 83.0, above Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike, and on top of that the survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Valley Ridge’s is long: 8.2 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Calgary Zone, with Valley Ridge one part of it.

In the top two fifths in Alberta: 10 of the 14 schools around Valley Ridge with results

Counting a 3 km margin, Valley Ridge has 12 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, for 10,076 students. Bowness High School is the biggest, at 1,459 students. No single board runs them all: there are 5. In French: one of the 22 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

Valley Ridge is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Government of Alberta

Earthquake risk for the city of Calgary

Earthquake risk in Valley Ridge 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. In Health Canada’s survey, 8.1% of homes tested in the town’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Health Region, Valley Ridge included.

Few Canadian towns have household incomes as high as Valley Ridge’s

The average trip to work took 27 min, in line with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

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

Summer highs in Valley Ridge reach 23.5°C in July. Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it. Also worth knowing: a normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.

Valley Ridge is a town of owners: 95% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns and 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 13% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 14% of household income, below Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

Who lives in Valley Ridge: a median age of 43.8, 2,690 households

Children under 15 make up 18%, near Alberta’s towns (18%) and higher than Canadian towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents.

Expect November days around 4°C in Valley Ridge, nights around −8°C

In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow. Into December, the normals move to freezing and −12°C. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Calgary (Olympic Park) forecast, on the Weather page.

Valley Ridge’s MP is David McKenzie (Conservative Party of Canada), for Calgary Signal Hill

Valley Ridge’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

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

The library figures on this page are Calgary’s: Calgary Library serves all 1,285,711 people of the city, Valley Ridge among them.

For safety, Valley Ridge gets a B−

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover 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). The force’s area logs 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

The nearest provincial park, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, is 3.8 km from Valley Ridge

2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Bowmont Beach. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Banff National Park, at 63 km. Count 2 protected areas within 10 km of town.