Jasper ParkEdmonton

Jasper Park earns an A+ for hazard 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. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Jasper Park.

Renting in Jasper Park eats 27% of household income, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 29% of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $324,000, below both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Edmonton metro area as a whole, not for Jasper Park alone.

Jasper Park’s schools come under 6 different boards

In or within 3 km of Jasper Park: 28 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade, with 21,139 students. Jasper Place School is the biggest, at 3,123 students. Results are mixed: 22 of 44 schools above the middle in Alberta, 13 below it. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 55; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 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, Jasper Park included.

Working-age people in Jasper Park are less likely to have a job than in 72% of Canadian towns

The car took 83% of commuters, below both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). The commute to work averages 25 min.

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Jasper Park’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 Jasper Park apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.9 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). On average 18% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, close to both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Jasper Park alone, so this card uses the figure for the Edmonton Zone.

Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Jasper Park, less than on 90% of Canadian towns

The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 23.5°C in Jasper Park. The thermometer drops below freezing on 179 days a year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159). July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. Also worth knowing: most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm.

More of Jasper Park’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 10%

16% of residents are children under 15. Visible minorities make up 32% of the population, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents.

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

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton forecast, on the Weather page. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month. November normally sees 18 mm of precipitation. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.

Edmonton West, which takes in Jasper Park, is held by Kelly McCauley (Conservative Party of Canada)

As a neighbourhood of Edmonton, Jasper Park answers to the city council and its mayor, Andrew Knack.

No public library stands in Jasper Park: the closest, Jasper Place Branch Library, is 0.8 km away

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

Jasper Park is 41 km from Elk Island National Park

3 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and River Loop Trail. A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 8.6 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.

Jasper Park keeps its older homes: 35% from before 1961