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Granville earns an A+ for hazard risk

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

8 above the middle in Alberta, 4 below: Granville’s 15 tested schools

Its elementary schools are big ones, 391 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). In or within 3 km of Granville: 8 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, with 9,935 students.

Households in Granville earn more than in almost any other Canadian town

Commutes averaged 28 min, above both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). At the census, 87% of commuters went by car.

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

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Edmonton service area

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 45 property crimes are reported each year.

Renting in Granville costs 14% of household income, less than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Nearly nine in ten households own their home, higher than both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). Granville 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.

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

People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. What sets Granville apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 4.9 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 0.8 km away on average (6.0 within 3 km). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton Zone, Granville included.

Granville is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow peaks in January: 26 cm in a normal year. Midsummer afternoons in Granville peak at about 23.5°C.

More of Granville belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 56%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.5% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

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

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

Granville sends Kelly McCauley (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton West

Andrew Knack, the mayor, heads the council of Edmonton, which governs Granville as one of its neighbourhoods.

The nearest public library to Granville is Lois Hole Library, 3.5 km away

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

Within 47 km of Granville: Elk Island National Park

Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 5.8 km. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 2.5%, above Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. Count 9 protected areas within 10 km of town.