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Few places are as safe from hazards as Blue Quill: it beats 98% of Canadian towns

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Blue Quill is on the national inventory.

Renting in Blue Quill eats 26% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Edmonton metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 24% of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $460,000, higher than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

11 of Blue Quill’s 22 tested schools score in the top fifth in Alberta

Elementary schools here average 404 students, against 274 in Alberta. The schools around it answer to 2 boards, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. The largest is Harry Ainlay School, with 2,745 students. 16,425 students attend the 15 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Blue Quill.

Commuters in Blue Quill travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

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

Shared with the rest of the Edmonton service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Blue Quill is well placed: 1.2 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.6 km away on average and 7.4 of them within 3 km of a typical home. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Edmonton Zone, with Blue Quill one part of it.

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

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. Snow peaks in January: 26 cm in a normal year.

More of Blue Quill belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 53%

The 65-and-over age group makes up 11% of residents. 18% are under 15, near Alberta’s towns (18%) and higher than Canadian towns (16%).

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

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −5°C and lows near −13°C. A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm.

Blue Quill sends Matt Jeneroux (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Riverbend

Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding Blue Quill is in.

No public library stands in Blue Quill: the closest, Whitemud Crossing Library EPL, is 2.7 km away

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

Blue Quill is 38 km from Elk Island National Park

CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km. A provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, lies 6.8 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 0.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.