Clear HillsAlberta

Clear Hills is graded a D− for health

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 78.3, women 80.9 and men 76.1 (2022/2024). At 17%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Alberta. Residents have 54 km to cover to reach a hospital, above both Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Across the region, 48% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole reaches 53%. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the North Zone, Clear Hills included.

Around Clear Hills, 2 schools for every grade: 2 schools in all

Secondary school means a trip of 13 km at the nearest, above both Alberta’s towns (0.7 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Commuters in Clear Hills travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

Violent crime weighs less where Clear Hills is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 62

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Clear Hills itself · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Fairview detachment area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 96 over 2023–25, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) yet higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 44.3 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Most households in Clear Hills own their home: 91%, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Children make up 30% of Clear Hills, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

0.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents.

Clear Hills’ hazards at a glance: a moderate wildfire record and 8.9% of area homes over the radon guideline

Measured across the Peace Country Health: radon tests

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.014 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The burn rate around Clear Hills is 0.18% a year (7.4% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

Clear Hills has cooler summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.7°C

Winter lows in Clear Hills average −20.1°C in January. The year’s precipitation totals 384 mm, below both Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Between the last spring frost, 21 May, and the first in autumn, 13 September, lie 114 days. Snow peaks in January: 25 cm in a normal year.

Chinchaga Wildland Provincial Park begins where Clear Hills ends

115 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Within 100 km there is no national park. Parks and reserves take up 5.4% of the ground within 10 km, above both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).

Expect November days around −3°C in Clear Hills, nights around −12°C

Then December: −8°C by day, −18°C at night. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Peace River forecast.

Grande Prairie, which takes in Clear Hills, is held by Chris Warkentin (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

Clear Hills has one public library, Hines Creek Municipal Library

It sits 14 km from the centre of Clear Hills.