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Klarvatten is graded an A+ for hazard risk

The radon tests numbers here cover the Capital Health · Source area for earthquake risk: 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. The national flood inventory has no study for Klarvatten.

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

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Edmonton service area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Property crime in the area its police cover: 45 per 1,000 people a year.

More households own their home in Klarvatten than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 90%

Rent took 16% of household income, below Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, Klarvatten included.

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Klarvatten’s is long: 5.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Women in the region live to 83.6 and men to 78.8, 81.2 years taken together (2022/2024). Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.6 km away on average and 6.8 of them within 3 km of a typical home. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Edmonton Zone as a whole, not for Klarvatten alone.

Precipitation in Klarvatten trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159). A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm. Klarvatten sees July afternoons of 23.5°C on average.

Klarvatten’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 16 of the 28 with results

They come under 4 school boards. The largest is M. E. LaZerte School, with 2,499 students. Catholic schools make up 11 of 30, above the 18% in Alberta. Its elementary schools are big ones, 403 students on average, against 274 in Alberta.

Visible minorities make up more of Klarvatten than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 44%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5% of residents, above Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

A normal November in Klarvatten runs from −8°C to 1°C

Expect around 20 cm of snow in November. The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. Precipitation in November averages 18 mm. Also worth knowing: july brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

Turnout in Edmonton Manning was just 55% in 2021, below 87% of ridings

Andrew Knack, the mayor, heads the council of Edmonton, which governs Klarvatten as one of its neighbourhoods.

Klarvatten has no public library of its own; the nearest is EPL Castle Downs Branch, 3.6 km away

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

Klarvatten’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 28 min getting to work, on average. 92% of commuters drove, higher than Alberta’s towns (88%) and near Canadian towns (89%).

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

The nearest provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, is 11 km away.