Cypress CountyAlberta

Cypress County is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Radon topped the guideline in 4.4% of tested homes, below both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Government of Alberta has mapped the flood hazard here, one of 3 studies on the national inventory. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Little of the land around Cypress County has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.006% a year.

Households in Cypress County earn more than those in 86% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 24 min on average. The car took 95% of commuters, above Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 16 of the 23 schools around Cypress County with results

Elementary schools here average 148 students; in Alberta, 274. Its schools answer to 3 boards. 8,878 students attend the 18 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 12 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Cypress County.

Cypress County has warmer summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.7°C

Between the last spring frost, 12 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 135 days. Rain and melted snow add up to 331 mm a year, below both Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Snow peaks in January: 17 cm in a normal year. For the wettest month, look to June: 76 mm on average.

Life expectancy around Cypress County is 78.7 years, 2.8 less than for the typical Canadian town

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect nearly a fifth of the region’s adults on average, above both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Alberta (53%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Cypress County’s is long: 20 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the South Zone, Cypress County included.

Cypress County has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns

National parks are all over 100 km off. CPCAD lists 46 protected areas within 10 km. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

Children make up 21% of Cypress County, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

2.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents.

Expect November days around 5°C in Cypress County, nights around −7°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Medicine Hat forecast. Snow is normal by November, about 13 cm over the month. A normal November brings 14 mm of rain and snow. Normal highs peak at 28°C in July; nights bottom out at −14°C in January.

Glen Motz won Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner by 24,832 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 96% of Canada’s ridings

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Cypress County is Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, and Glen Motz (Conservative Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.

At 1.5 loans per person served, Graham Community Library lends less than 89% of Alberta’s town libraries

The 7,662 people Graham Community Library serves have 2 branches to choose from.

The force covering Cypress County records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 47

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Cypress County itself

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, about level with Canadian towns (67) and below Alberta’s towns (110). Its police area records 9.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 27.7 property crimes are reported each year. Cypress County doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Redcliff detachment area.

Most households in Cypress County own their home: 88%, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Rent took 15% of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Cypress County alone, so this card uses the figure for the Medicine Hat metro area.

Cypress County’s oldest designated place, Suffield Tipi Rings, dates from 1430

The record has 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. On the registers the town counts 4 historic places, 2 at the top. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 14% of homes, above Alberta’s towns (4.5%) but below Canadian towns (18%).