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Belmead’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. 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 one has filed a flood map for Belmead on the national inventory. Belmead doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Capital Health.

Measured against local pay, Belmead costs more to live in than 86% of Canadian towns

Owners make up nearly two thirds of households. Rent took just over a fifth of household income, above Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

Violent crime weighs more where Belmead 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, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 45 property incidents 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 Belmead alone.

The schools around Belmead answer to 4 boards

On the tests, 8 of 31 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 14 under it. Jasper Place School is the biggest, at 3,123 students. Of the 40, one teaches in French (2% of schools in Alberta). Taken together, Belmead and its 3 km edge hold 25 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade for 16,528 students.

Working-age people in Belmead have jobs less often than in 83% of Canadian towns

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

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

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Edmonton Zone

For Belmead itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.6 and men at 78.8. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.3 km on average, with 13 within 3 km of the typical home.

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

Gardeners get 141 frost-free days, from 7 May to 25 September. A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). January is the snowiest month, with 26 cm on average.

More of Belmead belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 46%

The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 6.4% of residents, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.

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

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm. The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. The year peaks in July (24°C) and bottoms out in January (−15°C).

William (Billy) Morin (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Belmead in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton Northwest

As a neighbourhood of Edmonton, Belmead answers to the city council and its mayor, Andrew Knack.

The nearest public library to Belmead is Lois Hole Library, 2.4 km away

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

Elk Island National Park lies 44 km beyond Belmead’s edge

The nearest provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, is 7.4 km away. Of the land within 10 km, 3.7% has protected status, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. Within 10 km are 8 protected areas.