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Canora is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. 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. No flood study for Canora is on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Canora included.

Rent takes more of local pay in Canora than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

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

33% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $324,000, below both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Canora’s schools come under 6 different boards

Results are mixed: 18 of 37 schools above the middle in Alberta, 9 below it. Jasper Place School is the biggest, at 3,123 students. Taken together, Canora and its 3 km edge hold 22 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade for 20,063 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 50; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.

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

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Edmonton service area

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

Trips to work from Canora are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average

By car: that was how 80% of commuters travelled at the census.

Around Canora, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Across the region, life runs to 81.2 years on average: women 83.6, men 78.8, in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Canora live 3.1 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.7 km away on average and 15 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Less rain and snow fall on Canora than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm. The most precipitation falls in July: 83 mm in a normal year. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days.

More of Canora’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 17%

15% of residents are children under 15. Visible minorities make up 28% of the population, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%). Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older.

Expect November days around 1°C in Canora, nights around −8°C

A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. Then December: −5°C by day, −13°C at night. November normally sees 18 mm of precipitation. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January.

Eleanor Olszewski (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Edmonton Centre, the riding that includes Canora

Canora’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.

Canora has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library Woodcroft (Westmount) Branch, 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, Canora among them.

Canora is 41 km from Elk Island National Park

A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 6.3 km away. CPCAD lists 6 protected areas within 10 km. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw.