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West Hillhurst earns an A+ for health

7.9% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, below Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Women in the region live to 85.0 and men to 80.9, 83.0 years taken together (2022/2024); what’s more, in the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. Measured from where West Hillhurst’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.2 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Zone, West Hillhurst included.

Trips to work from West Hillhurst are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average

11 school boards share West Hillhurst

Of the 86, 2 teach in French (2% of schools in Alberta). Results lean high: 37 of 56 in the top two fifths in Alberta. Western Canada High School is the biggest, at 2,230 students. The 3 km around West Hillhurst counts 46 elementary schools, 21 secondary schools and 19 schools for every grade, 33,028 students between them.

Measured against local pay, West Hillhurst costs more to live in than 78% of Canadian towns

23% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 64%.

Flood mapping exists for West Hillhurst: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

Earthquake risk in West Hillhurst 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%. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Calgary, with West Hillhurst one part of it.

West Hillhurst is drier than four in five Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year

Rain and snow peak in June, at 113 mm. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.

Who lives in West Hillhurst: a median age of 39.9, 4,355 households

17% of residents are 65 or over, between Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.

In West Hillhurst, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −8°C nights

November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary.

Corey Hogan (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Calgary Confederation, the riding that includes West Hillhurst

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

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

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

West Hillhurst earns a B− for safety

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.

West Hillhurst is 12 km from Fish Creek Provincial Park

2 protected areas lie within 10 km. For a national park, Banff National Park is 74 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 0.5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Biggest among them: Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 5.8 km off.