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Delwood 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%. 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 Delwood. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Delwood included.

Delwood’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 33 of the 46 with results

Taken together, Delwood and its 3 km edge hold 37 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 10 schools for every grade for 27,570 students. M. E. LaZerte School is the biggest, at 2,499 students. 5 boards run its schools. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 57; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.

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

Measured across the Edmonton service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Measured against local pay, Delwood costs more to live in than 79% of Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to just over a fifth of the median household income, higher than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Nearly a fifth of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and close to Canadian towns (18%). Delwood doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton metro area.

Working-age people in Delwood are less likely to have a job than in 81% of Canadian towns

86% of commuters drove, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work took 26 min, about level with both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

51% of adults around Delwood rate their health very good or excellent

Closer to home, a hospital sits 2.6 km from the average resident of Delwood, about the norm of 3.7 km. A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.6 for a girl and 78.8 for a boy (2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 1.5 km on average, with 10 within 3 km of the typical home.

Precipitation in Delwood trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

January is the snowiest month, with 26 cm on average. Rain and snow peak in July, at 83 mm. July afternoons reach 23.5°C on average, close to 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 Delwood’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 12%

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, above both Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%). Visible minorities make up just over a fifth of the population, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%).

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

Snowfall in a normal November: 20 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −5°C and lows of −13°C. Precipitation in November averages 18 mm. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

Kerry Diotte (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Edmonton Griesbach, the riding that includes Delwood

Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33.

The nearest public library to Delwood is Edmonton Public Library - Highlands, 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, Delwood among them.

Elk Island National Park lies 32 km beyond Delwood’s edge

Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 12 km.