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Chappelle earns 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. Government of Alberta has mapped the flood hazard here, one of 2 studies on the national inventory. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Edmonton as a whole, not for Chappelle alone.

Results around Chappelle lean high: 14 of 19 schools in the top two fifths in Alberta

Taken together, Chappelle and its 3 km edge hold 7 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 12 schools for every grade for 17,085 students. Dr. Anne Anderson School is the biggest, at 1,989 students. No single board runs them all: there are 4. Elementary schools here average 630 students, against 274 in Alberta.

The force covering Chappelle 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, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Chappelle has cooler summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.0°C

Snow peaks in January: 24 cm in a normal year. Frosty days number 211 in a normal year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Winter lows in Chappelle average −18.1°C in January. Frost usually lifts by 27 May and returns around 10 September: 105 days without it.

Commuters in Chappelle travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

The car took 91% of commuters, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

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

Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.6 for women, 78.8 for men, 2022/2024). For Chappelle itself the measure is access, and it lags: 7.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 2.5 km away on average and 1.1 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Visible minorities make up more of Chappelle than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.9% of residents, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and near Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in Chappelle: −11°C at night, freezing by day

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton (Int'l Aprt) forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −5°C and lows near −17°C. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. A normal November brings 20 mm of rain and snow.

Federally, Chappelle is divided between 2 ridings, among them Edmonton Riverbend and Edmonton Gateway

In Ottawa, Matt Jeneroux speaks for 86% of Chappelle, and Tim Uppal for most of the remainder.

The nearest public library to Chappelle is Edmonton Public Library, 2.4 km away

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

Renting in Chappelle costs 16% of household income, less than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Nearly a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers four in five households.

Elk Island National Park is 39 km from Chappelle

One named trail is close: the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw. For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 3.4 km off. Within 10 km of the town, 0.8% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The 10 km around town hold 12 protected areas.