Belle RiveEdmonton

For hazard risk, Belle Rive gets an A+

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 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). No flood study for Belle Rive is on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Belle Rive included.

The force covering Belle Rive 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, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Edmonton service area as a whole, not for Belle Rive alone.

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Belle Rive live 4.3 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.6 and men at 78.8. Also worth knowing: for everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 0.9 km away on average (10 within 3 km).

4 school boards share Belle Rive

Within 3 km of Belle Rive are 31 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade, teaching 26,272 students. The largest is M. E. LaZerte School, with 2,499 students. 18 of the 49 are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta. Elementary schools here average 390 students, against 274 in Alberta.

Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Belle Rive, less than on 90% of Canadian towns

In July, daytime highs in Belle Rive average 23.5°C. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. The most precipitation falls in July: 83 mm in a normal year. Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159).

More of Belle Rive belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 52%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.3% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

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

Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month. A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C.

Belle Rive’s MP is Kerry Diotte (Conservative Party of Canada), for Edmonton Griesbach

Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Belle Rive has no public library of its own; the nearest is EPL Castle Downs Branch, 3 km away

Belle Rive is served by Edmonton Library, the library of all of Edmonton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 972,223 people.

Within 34 km of Belle Rive: Elk Island National Park

Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km.

Most households in Belle Rive own their home: 93%, more than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns

Rent took 16% of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Belle Rive has higher household incomes than 95% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 27 min, above Alberta’s towns (26 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min). The car carried 92% of commuters at the census.