King Edward ParkEdmonton

For hazard risk, King Edward Park gets an A+

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for King Edward Park. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Capital Health, King Edward Park included. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Edmonton, with King Edward Park one part of it.

Renting in King Edward Park eats 23% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

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

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up two thirds of households.

The force covering King Edward 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, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 45 property crimes are reported each year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for King Edward Park alone, so this card uses the figure for the Edmonton service area.

King Edward Park’s schools come under 9 different boards

Results are mixed: 34 of 73 schools above the middle in Alberta, 23 below it. Argyll Home School Centre is the biggest, at 2,176 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 7 of 93; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it. Counting a 3 km margin, King Edward Park has 51 elementary schools, 29 secondary schools and 13 schools for every grade, for 38,569 students.

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in King Edward Park’s health region

For King Edward Park itself the measure is access, and it lags: 5.0 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.9 km away on average and 7.7 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Precipitation in King Edward Park trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

Frost comes on 179 days a year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159). Rain and snow peak in July, at 83 mm. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 23.5°C in King Edward Park.

Working-age people in King Edward Park are less likely to have a job than in 67% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 25 min, lower than both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). The car carried 86% of commuters at the census.

Fewer children live in King Edward Park than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% are under 15

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 7.6% of residents, higher than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.

What November brings in King Edward Park: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night.

At 69%, 2021 turnout in Edmonton Strathcona beat 91% of the country’s ridings

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering King Edward Park is Edmonton Strathcona, and Heather McPherson (New Democratic Party) represents it in the House of Commons.

No public library stands in King Edward Park: the closest, Edmonton Public Library - Idylwylde Branch, is 1.7 km away

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

Elk Island National Park is 26 km from King Edward Park

For a swim, Accidental Beach is the nearest of 4 beaches within 5 km. A provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, lies 12 km away. Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 2 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.