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Ekota’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

Shared with the rest of the Capital Health: radon tests

Radon topped the guideline in 1.4% of tested homes, below Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Ekota.

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

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

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

3 school boards share Ekota

On the tests, 13 of 37 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 12 under it. J Percy Page School is the biggest, at 1,264 students. 18,190 students attend the 27 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Ekota.

Fewer households own their home in Ekota than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 68%

18% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than Alberta’s towns (21%) and near Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $348,000, 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, Ekota included.

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Ekota is well placed: 1.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.2 km away on average and 6.5 of them within 3 km of a typical home. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Edmonton Zone, with Ekota one part of it.

Working-age people in Ekota are less likely to have a job than in 87% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 27 min, close to both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

The climate in Ekota

There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159). July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. Gardeners get 141 frost-free days, from 7 May to 25 September. In July, daytime highs in Ekota average 23.5°C.

A town of families: 21% of people in Ekota are under 15, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

37% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.

Expect November days around 1°C in Ekota, nights around −8°C

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

Ekota’s MP is Tim Uppal (Conservative Party of Canada), for Edmonton Gateway

The nearest public library to Ekota is Mill Woods Public Libary, 1.2 km away

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

Within 33 km of Ekota: Elk Island National Park

4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. 12 km from town is Big Island Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. There is one protected area within 10 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.