DowntownEdmonton

Hazard risk in Downtown is lower than in 98% of Canadian towns

Source area for radon tests: the Capital Health

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Government of Alberta. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

Rent takes more of local pay in Downtown than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 28% of household income

31% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $332,000, below both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

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

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

Schools in Downtown: 7 boards, side by side

Counting a 3 km margin, Downtown has 30 elementary schools, 22 secondary schools and 10 schools for every grade, for 26,290 students. The largest is Centre High, with 2,501 students. Of its 42 tested schools, 21 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 14 in the bottom two. In French: 6 of the 62 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

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

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Edmonton Zone

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Downtown is well placed: 0.9 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.4 km away on average and 27 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Household incomes in Downtown are lower than in 71% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 24 min.

Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Downtown, less than on 90% of Canadian towns

There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. A July afternoon in Downtown typically reaches 23.5°C.

Children make up only 4.3% of Downtown, fewer than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

37% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Retirement age and beyond: 12% of residents are 65 or older.

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

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January. Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −13°C. About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm.

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

No provincial riding is named for Downtown: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse.

Downtown has two public libraries, Stanley A. Milner Library and Edmonton Public Library

Edmonton Public Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Downtown among them.

A national park 35 km from Downtown: Elk Island National Park

One beach is mapped within 5 km: Accidental Beach. Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. 0.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). 2 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and Edmonton Pedway Network.

Downtown’s past, on the record: 7 historic places

Go back to 1912 and you reach First Presbyterian Church, the oldest of them. Homes from before 1961 make up 11% of the stock, above Alberta’s towns (4.5%) but below Canadian towns (18%).