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Highlands’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

Radon tests for the Capital Health · Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Edmonton

Flood mapping exists: a study by Government of Alberta. 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.

Household incomes in Highlands top those of 90% of Canadian towns

86% of commuters drove, about level with both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). Workers spend 25 min getting to work, on average.

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

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 45 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Highlands’s grade for cost of living: a C

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

79% of households own their home, above both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

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

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Edmonton Zone

Across the region, life runs to 81.2 years on average: women 83.6, men 78.8, in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.9 km from the average resident of Highlands, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.6 km away on average and 14 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

The schools around Highlands answer to 5 boards

Argyll Home School Centre is the biggest, at 2,176 students. On results, 25 of its 39 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Alberta. 19,157 students attend the 28 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 11 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Highlands. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 49; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.

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

For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Gardeners get 141 frost-free days, from 7 May to 25 September. Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm.

Children make up only 15% of Highlands, fewer than in Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

6.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents.

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

The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. Expect about 18 mm of rain and snow over November. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

Highlands sends Kerry Diotte (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Griesbach

Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Highlands: the closest, Edmonton Public Library - Highlands, is 0.7 km away

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

Within 30 km of Highlands: Elk Island National Park

Within 5 km is one beach, Accidental Beach. A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 14 km away. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw.

Highlands keeps its older homes: 72% from before 1961

The registers put 1 historic place inside its boundary.