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For hazard risk, MacEwan gets an A+

Earthquake risk for the city of Edmonton

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for MacEwan.

Around MacEwan, 6 of 14 schools with results rank among the top fifth in Alberta

10,786 students attend the 6 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of MacEwan. Dr. Anne Anderson School is the biggest, at 1,989 students. Schooling here is split between 2 boards, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Also worth knowing: its elementary schools are big ones, 494 students on average, against 274 in Alberta.

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

Shared with the rest of the Edmonton service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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.

Measured against local pay, MacEwan costs more to live in than 79% of Canadian towns

Just over a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to a fifth of the median household income, close to both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). MacEwan doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton metro area.

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

For the wettest month, look to July: 87 mm on average. Frost comes on 211 days a year, above Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Winter lows in MacEwan average −18.1°C in January. Snow peaks in January: 24 cm in a normal year.

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

Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.7 km from the average resident of MacEwan, about the norm of 3.7 km. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men. 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%). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for MacEwan alone, so this card uses the figure for the Edmonton Zone.

More of MacEwan belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 52%

Children are 18% of the town. Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, lower than both Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%).

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

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

Matt Jeneroux (Liberal Party of Canada) represents MacEwan in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton Riverbend

Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33.

MacEwan has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library, 2.7 km away

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

MacEwan has higher household incomes than 79% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 28 min getting to work, on average. 88% of commuters drove, about level with both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Elk Island National Park is 38 km from MacEwan

6.4 km from town is Big Island Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Of the country within 10 km, 0.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Count 3 protected areas within 10 km of town. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.