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Keswick is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Government of Alberta. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Edmonton, with Keswick one part of it.

4 of Keswick’s 6 tested schools score in the top two fifths in Alberta

Schooling here is split between 2 boards, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). Its elementary schools are big ones, 464 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Also worth knowing: the Catholic boards run 2 of its 6 schools, against 18% in Alberta. Counting a 3 km margin, Keswick has 2 elementary schools and 4 schools for every grade, for 5,091 students.

Violent crime weighs more where Keswick 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.

Commuters in Keswick travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

Summers stay cool in Keswick: July afternoons reach 23.0°C, below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Keswick sees January nights of −18.1°C on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 211 days a year, above Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159) alike. A normal January brings 24 cm of snow, the most of any month. Between the last spring frost, 27 May, and the first in autumn, 10 September, lie 105 days.

51% of adults around Keswick rate their health very good or excellent

Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. Measured from where Keswick’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 9.2 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 18% of the region’s adults on average, about level with both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%).

More of Keswick belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.2% of residents, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Keswick in November: highs near freezing, lows near −11°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Edmonton forecast. Then December: −5°C by day, −17°C at night. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. In November, the normal is 20 mm of rain and snow.

Keswick’s MP is Matt Jeneroux (Liberal Party of Canada), for Edmonton Riverbend

33 of the 37 MPs from Alberta belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.

Keswick has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library, 5.8 km away

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

Renting in Keswick costs 16% of household income, less than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

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

27% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 73% of households, about level with both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%).

Within 45 km of Keswick: Elk Island National Park

CPCAD lists 12 protected areas within 10 km. For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 1.1 km off. 1.5% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).