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For hazard risk, Carlisle gets an A+

Source area for radon tests: the Capital Health · The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Edmonton

Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Carlisle.

Measured against local pay, Carlisle costs more to live in than 85% of Canadian towns

23% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $344,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, Carlisle included.

Violent crime weighs more where Carlisle 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). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Fewer of Carlisle’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 91% of Canadian towns

By car: that was how 86% of commuters travelled at the census. The average trip to work took 25 min, close to both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

5 boards run the schools in and around Carlisle

The 3 km around Carlisle counts 30 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade, 22,796 students between them. On results, 23 of its 41 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Alberta. 18 of the 50 are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta. The largest is Archbishop O’Leary Catholic High School, with 2,143 students.

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

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Measured from where Carlisle’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 5.3 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.5 km on average, with 13 within 3 km of the typical home.

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

Summer highs in Carlisle reach 23.5°C in July. January is the snowiest month, with 26 cm on average. July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159).

A town of families: 24% of people in Carlisle are under 15, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents.

Carlisle in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C

ECCC’s forecast for Edmonton is on the Weather page, hour by hour. The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm. Expect around 20 cm of snow in November.

Carlisle sends William (Billy) Morin (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Northwest

Carlisle is part of Edmonton, whose council is led by Andrew Knack, the mayor.

No public library stands in Carlisle: the closest, Calder Library, is 1.6 km away

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

Elk Island National Park lies 37 km beyond Carlisle’s edge

1.5% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 7.1 km. Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 1, below Alberta’s towns (2) and Canadian towns (4) alike.