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Whitehorn’s grade for health: an A+

7.9% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, below both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.0, women 85.0 and men 80.9 (2022/2024). What’s more, across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. Measured from where Whitehorn’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.6 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Whitehorn doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Zone.

In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 34 of the 42 schools around Whitehorn with results

Taken together, Whitehorn and its 3 km edge hold 31 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade for 25,957 students. Bishop McNally High School is the biggest, at 1,631 students. The schools around it answer to 7 boards, above Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Elementary schools here average 395 students, against 274 in Alberta.

Renting in Whitehorn eats 25% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

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 nearly a fifth of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and close to Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 71% of households.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Whitehorn trails that of 90% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 27 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Whitehorn stands on hazards

Shared with the rest of the Calgary Health Region: radon tests

Earthquake risk in Whitehorn 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 flood study for Whitehorn is on the national inventory.

Less rain and snow fall on Whitehorn than on 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, about level with 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.

More of Whitehorn belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 72%

Children are nearly a fifth of the town. 2.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.

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

A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −12°C. A normal November brings 16 mm of rain and snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast.

Calgary McKnight, which takes in Whitehorn, is held by Dalwinder Gill (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

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

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

Whitehorn’s grade for safety: a B−

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Calgary service area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, 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. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Fish Creek Provincial Park, 16 km away, is the closest provincial park to Whitehorn

5.2 km out lies the largest, Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, at 111 ha. Of the country within 10 km, 0.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Banff National Park is the closest national park, 84 km from town. One protected area is close by.