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Hazeldean’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests · The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Edmonton

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Hazeldean on the national inventory.

4 boards run the schools in and around Hazeldean

Harry Ainlay School is the biggest, at 2,745 students. On results, 25 of its 45 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. The 3 km around Hazeldean counts 37 elementary schools, 18 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, 26,179 students between them. In French: 5 of the 61 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

Measured against local pay, Hazeldean costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $400,000, near both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Violent crime weighs more where Hazeldean 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). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Edmonton service area as a whole, not for Hazeldean alone.

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

Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.5 km from the average resident of Hazeldean, about the norm of 3.7 km. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 0.4 km on average, with 16 within 3 km of the typical home.

The car carries only 80% of commuters in Hazeldean, fewer than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 23 min on average.

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

In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). The most precipitation falls in July: 83 mm in a normal year. Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm. Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it.

Fewer children live in Hazeldean than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% are under 15

One in ten residents belong to a visible minority, below both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.

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

A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. Precipitation in November averages 18 mm. Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −13°C. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.

More of Edmonton Strathcona voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 69%, ahead of 91%

No provincial riding is named for Hazeldean: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse.

No public library stands in Hazeldean: the closest, Edmonton Public Library Strathcona Branch, is 2.4 km away

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

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

Close by: one protected area. Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. Of the country within 10 km, 0.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Accidental Beach.

61% of Hazeldean’s homes were built before 1961