Callingwood SouthEdmonton

Callingwood South gets an A+ for hazard risk

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study for Callingwood South. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Callingwood South alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Edmonton.

Working-age people in Callingwood South have jobs less often than in 91% of Canadian towns

At the census, just over four in five commuters went by car. Commutes averaged 28 min, above both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

3 boards run the schools in and around Callingwood South

Counting a 3 km margin, Callingwood South has 28 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade, for 19,485 students. The largest is Jasper Place School, with 3,123 students. The 34 with results split, 15 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 11 in the lower. In French: one of the 41 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

Violent crime weighs more where Callingwood South 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, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 45 property incidents 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, Callingwood South included.

Rent takes more of local pay in Callingwood South than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Edmonton metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 34% of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

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

For Callingwood South itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.0 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 0.6 km on average, with 12 within 3 km of the typical home.

Callingwood South is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

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). The most precipitation falls in July: 83 mm in a normal year. 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 Callingwood South’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 12%

38% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents. The under-15s are 18% of the population here.

A normal November in Callingwood South runs from −8°C to 1°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −13°C. A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow.

Kelly McCauley (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Callingwood South in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton West

Callingwood South’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

Callingwood South’s public library is Lois Hole Library

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

A national park 43 km from Callingwood South: Elk Island National Park

3 protected areas lie within 10 km. A provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, lies 5.6 km away. 0.4% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). For walks, 2 named routes run within 2 km, such as the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and River Loop Trail.