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Avonmore gets an A+ for hazard risk

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests · Earthquake risk for the city of Edmonton

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. No flood study for Avonmore is on the national inventory.

4 school boards share Avonmore

Counting a 3 km margin, Avonmore has 19 elementary schools, 17 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, for 18,231 students. The largest is Strathcona School, with 1,757 students. On the tests, 15 of 29 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 9 under it. In French: 5 of the 42 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

The force covering Avonmore records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 128

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton service area, Avonmore included.

Commuters in Avonmore have a short way to work, 23 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Avonmore gets a C for cost of living

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Edmonton metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 76% of households.

51% of adults around Avonmore rate their health very good or excellent

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

Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.6 km from the average resident of Avonmore, about the norm of 3.7 km. Across the region, life runs to 81.2 years on average: women 83.6, men 78.8, in 2022/2024. For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 0.8 km away on average (9.3 within 3 km).

The climate in Avonmore

Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. Rain and melted snow add up to 423 mm a year, about level with Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. January is the snowiest month, with 26 cm on average.

Who lives in Avonmore: a median age of 42.2, 1,300 households

One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, higher than Alberta’s towns (15%) and near Canadian towns (19%).

What November brings in Avonmore: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −5°C and lows near −13°C. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month.

At 69%, 2021 turnout in Edmonton Strathcona beat 91% of the country’s ridings

Andrew Knack, the mayor, heads the council of Edmonton, which governs Avonmore as one of its neighbourhoods.

Avonmore has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library - Idylwylde Branch, 2 km away

Edmonton Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Avonmore among them.

Within 32 km of Avonmore: Elk Island National Park

Within 10 km is a single protected area. A provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, lies 13 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. One beach is mapped within 5 km: Accidental Beach.

Older housing stands out in Avonmore: 72% predates 1961