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For hazard risk, Lymburn gets an A+

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Lymburn on the national inventory.

Of Lymburn’s 33 tested schools, 14 sit above the middle in Alberta and 11 below

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. The largest is Jasper Place School, with 3,123 students. Within 3 km of Lymburn are 25 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, teaching 20,014 students.

Violent crime weighs more where Lymburn 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, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Lymburn doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton service area.

Home values sit low against pay in Lymburn: 3.7 times household income, where the typical Canadian town is at 4.7

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 21% of households, near Alberta’s towns (21%) and higher than Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 70%.

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

Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.6 for women, 78.8 for men, 2022/2024). Measured from where Lymburn’s residents live, a hospital is 2.9 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 0.9 km away on average (11 within 3 km). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton Zone, Lymburn included.

Less rain and snow fall on Lymburn than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm. The most precipitation falls in July: 83 mm in a normal year. The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it.

Household incomes in Lymburn top those of 82% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 27 min, in line with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). The car took 88% of commuters, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

More of Lymburn’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.7%

33% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for 14% of residents. Children are 17% of the town.

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

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January. Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −13°C. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm.

Lymburn’s MP is Kelly McCauley (Conservative Party of Canada), for Edmonton West

From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Lymburn: the closest, Lois Hole Library, is 1.2 km away

Edmonton Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Lymburn among them.

A national park 44 km from Lymburn: Elk Island National Park

3.8 km from town is Big Island Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The 10 km around town hold 8 protected areas. The Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw is the one mapped walking route close by.