AldergroveEdmonton

For hazard risk, Aldergrove gets an A+

Radon tests for the Capital Health · Shared with the rest of the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 1.4% of homes, below both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Aldergrove.

3 school boards share Aldergrove

Jasper Place School is the biggest, at 3,123 students. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 49; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it. The 38 with results split, 17 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 12 in the lower. Taken together, Aldergrove and its 3 km edge hold 29 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 10 schools for every grade for 23,055 students.

Violent crime weighs more where Aldergrove is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Fewer households own their home in Aldergrove than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 63%

Just over a fifth of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to a fifth of the median household income, in line with Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

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

What sets Aldergrove apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.0 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.5 km away on average and 14 of them within 3 km of a typical home. Aldergrove doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton Zone.

Less rain and snow fall on Aldergrove than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

Expect July highs of around 23.5°C in Aldergrove. The thermometer drops below freezing on 179 days a year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Also worth knowing: july is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. Gardeners get 141 frost-free days, from 7 May to 25 September.

More of Aldergrove belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 42%

7.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Retirement age and beyond: 14% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.

In Aldergrove, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −8°C nights

A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 20 cm. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

Aldergrove’s MP is Kelly McCauley (Conservative Party of Canada), for Edmonton West

Aldergrove is part of Edmonton, whose council is led by Andrew Knack, the mayor.

Aldergrove has no public library of its own; the nearest is Lois Hole Library, 1.8 km away

The library figures on this page are Edmonton’s: Edmonton Library serves all 972,223 people of the city, Aldergrove among them.

Aldergrove’s household incomes are higher than in 81% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 25 min, close to both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Within 44 km of Aldergrove: Elk Island National Park

Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 7.3 km. Parks and reserves take up 3.7% of the ground within 10 km, higher than both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Count 8 protected areas within 10 km of town.