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Casselman’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

Radon tests for the Capital Health · Measured across the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk

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. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Casselman.

Violent crime weighs more where Casselman is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 45 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

In Casselman, a home and getting around cost 35% of the median household’s income; the typical Canadian town spends 29%

Just over a fifth of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 73% of households.

In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 28 of the 45 schools around Casselman with results

4 boards run its schools. The largest is M. E. LaZerte School, with 2,499 students. Catholic schools make up 19 of 48, above the 18% in Alberta. Counting a 3 km margin, Casselman has 32 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade, for 25,331 students.

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

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Edmonton Zone

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.1 km from the average resident of Casselman, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.4 km away on average and 9.5 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Casselman trails that of 79% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 27 min. At the census, 87% of commuters went by car.

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

Snow peaks in January: 26 cm in a normal year. A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. 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). The frost-free season runs from 7 May to 25 September, 141 days.

More of Casselman’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.4%

Children under 15 make up 18%, close to Alberta’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (16%). 17% of residents are 65 or over.

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

November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of −5°C and lows of −13°C. A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

At 55%, 2021 turnout in Edmonton Manning trailed 87% of the country’s ridings

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

No public library stands in Casselman: the closest, Clareview Library, is 1.9 km away

Casselman 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 30 km beyond Casselman’s edge

0.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 14 km away. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km.