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Greenview earns an A+ for hazard risk

Source area for radon tests: the Capital Health

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). 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 Greenview is on the national inventory. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Greenview alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Edmonton.

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

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Edmonton service area

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

The schools around Greenview answer to 3 boards

Of its 35 tested schools, 13 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 12 in the bottom two. The largest is W P Wagner School, with 1,458 students. The 3 km around Greenview counts 30 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, 18,331 students between them.

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Greenview is well placed: 1.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Across the region, life runs to 81.2 years on average: women 83.6, men 78.8, in 2022/2024. Also worth knowing: for everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 1.6 km away on average (5.8 within 3 km).

Greenview is drier than nine in ten Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

The thermometer drops below freezing on 179 days a year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and 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. Midsummer afternoons in Greenview peak at about 23.5°C.

Who lives in Greenview: a median age of 40.2, 1,055 households

Visible minorities make up 27% of the population, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Under-15s account for 16% of the population.

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

ECCC’s forecast for Edmonton is on the Weather page, hour by hour. December follows at −5°C by day and −13°C by night. November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow.

Edmonton Southeast, which takes in Greenview, is held by Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

Greenview has no public library of its own; the nearest is Mill Woods Public Libary, 2 km away

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

Greenview’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 27 min, higher than Alberta’s towns (26 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min). 88% of commuters drove, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Housing and transport take 36% of household income in Greenview, against 29% in the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Edmonton metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

81% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Elk Island National Park lies 31 km beyond Greenview’s edge

3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 13 km off. The protected share within 10 km is 0.2%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km.