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Ellerslie earns an A+ for hazard risk

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests · Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Edmonton

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 1.4% of homes, below both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Also worth knowing: the national flood inventory has no study for Ellerslie.

Most of the schools around Ellerslie score above the middle in Alberta: 15 of 26

Boards running schools in the area: 2, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). The largest is J Percy Page School, with 1,264 students. Within 3 km of Ellerslie are 15 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade, teaching 16,224 students.

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Ellerslie doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton service area.

Ellerslie has colder winters than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −18.1°C

Frost comes on 211 days a year, above both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 27 May, and the first in autumn, 10 September, lie 105 days. Summer highs in Ellerslie reach 23.0°C in July. January is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.

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

For Ellerslie itself the measure is access: 4.2 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. 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, 1.3 km away on average and 6.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

The median home in Ellerslie costs just 3.4 years of household income, against 4.7 in the typical Canadian town

24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 72% of households. Ellerslie shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Edmonton metro area.

More of Ellerslie belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 59%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.2% of residents, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Ellerslie runs from −11°C to freezing

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Edmonton forecast. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −17°C. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. A normal November brings 20 mm of rain and snow.

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

Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding Ellerslie is in.

The nearest public library to Ellerslie is Mill Woods Public Libary, 3.9 km away

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

Household incomes in Ellerslie are higher than in 88% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 27 min. The car carried 89% of commuters at the census.

Elk Island National Park lies 34 km beyond Ellerslie’s edge

The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The nearest provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, is 11 km away. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km.