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Woodlands gets an A for health

Measured across the Calgary Zone: health survey and life expectancy

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, below Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. A baby born in the region can expect 83.0 years, 85.0 for a girl and 80.9 for a boy (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is 5.3 km from the average resident of Woodlands, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Measured against local pay, Woodlands costs more to live in than 87% of Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $500,000, above Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. 72% of households own their home. Woodlands doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Calgary metro area.

Woodlands’s schools come under 3 different boards

The 25 with results split, 12 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 7 in the lower. The largest is Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School, with 1,833 students. Counting a 3 km margin, Woodlands has 23 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 13 schools for every grade, for 16,737 students.

Woodlands’ hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.1% of area homes over the radon guideline

Source area for radon tests: the Calgary Health Region

Seismic risk in Woodlands sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Less rain and snow fall on Woodlands than on 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

A normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, near Alberta’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Also worth knowing: july afternoons in Woodlands average 23.5°C. Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.

Woodlands gets a B for jobs & income

The car took 86% of commuters, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work took 26 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Woodlands skews older, with 21% of residents 65 or over, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 17% of the population, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.

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

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Calgary forecast. By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. November normally sees 16 mm of precipitation.

Woodlands sends Shuvaloy Majumdar (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary Heritage

From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Each person Calgary Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of 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, Woodlands among them.

Woodlands gets a B− for safety

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for 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. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year.

Woodlands borders Fish Creek Provincial Park

Of the land within 10 km, 3.9% has protected status, above both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Biggest among them: Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area, 1,943 ha, 9.1 km off. 9.6% of the neighbourhood lies within a protected area. A drive of 80 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park.