CalmarAlberta

Calmar earns an A+ for hazard risk

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Seismic risk runs low: $0.015 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Calmar.

In Calmar, a home and getting around cost 36% of the median household’s income; the typical Canadian town spends 29%

Home ownership covers just over four in five households. Owners put the median home at $300,000, below Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. Calmar shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Edmonton metro area.

Violent crime weighs less where Calmar is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 60

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Calmar itself · Shared with the rest of the Thorsby detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The index for the force that serves it came to 89, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) yet higher than Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 41.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Trips to work from Calmar take longer than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average

The car took 90% of commuters, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Calmar has cooler summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.0°C

January is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. Frost comes on 211 days a year, above both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Calmar sees January nights of −18.1°C on average. Between the last spring frost, 27 May, and the first in autumn, 10 September, lie 105 days.

The 2 schools of Calmar: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

Visible minorities make up less of Calmar than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 5.7%

8.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Immigrants make up 6% of residents, below both Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Calmar’s health region

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Edmonton Zone

A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.6 for a girl and 78.8 for a boy (2022/2024). Measured from where Calmar’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 11 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, near both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%).

Expect November days around freezing in Calmar, nights around −11°C

By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −17°C. November normally sees 20 mm of precipitation. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Edmonton (Int'l Aprt) forecast.

Mike Lake (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Leduc—Wetaskiwin, the riding that includes Calmar

Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding Calmar is in.

Calmar Library draws 2.2 visits per person served, behind 79% of Alberta’s town libraries

Calmar Library has one location for the 2,228 people it serves.

From Calmar, Big Island Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (20 km)

The nearest national park is Elk Island National Park, 61 km away. The 10 km around town hold one protected area.