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Elsinore’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

Shared with the rest of the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk

Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Elsinore is on the national inventory.

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

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. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton service area, Elsinore included.

Households in Elsinore earn more than those in 96% of Canadian towns

94% of commuters drove, higher than both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). Workers spend 24 min getting to work, on average.

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

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Edmonton Zone

Residents have 6.9 km to cover to reach a hospital, above Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. A pharmacy is nearer: 1.8 km on average, with 4.3 within 3 km of the typical home.

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

Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159). A normal January brings 26 cm of snow, the most of any month.

The schools around Elsinore answer to 4 boards

The Catholic boards run 7 of its 19 schools, against 18% in Alberta. Its elementary schools are big ones, 414 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Of its 17 tested schools, 5 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 7 in the bottom two.

More of Elsinore belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 49%

3.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

Elsinore in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C

A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton forecast, on the Weather page.

William (Billy) Morin (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Elsinore in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton Northwest

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

Elsinore has no public library of its own; the nearest is EPL Castle Downs Branch, 2.9 km away

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

Elsinore is 35 km from Elk Island National Park

Within 10 km is a single protected area. The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 9.1 km from the edge of town. Of the country within 10 km, 0.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.

Rent takes less of local pay in Elsinore than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

78% of households own their home, about level with both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 18% of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and close to Canadian towns (18%).