Magrath HeightsEdmonton

Magrath Heights is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. No one has filed a flood map for Magrath Heights on the national inventory. Magrath Heights doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.

Magrath Heights has 12 of its 17 tested schools in the top fifth in Alberta

Its elementary schools are big ones, 450 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. The schools around it answer to 2 boards, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Lillian Osborne High School is the biggest, at 1,961 students. Counting a 3 km margin, Magrath Heights has 12 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade, for 11,669 students.

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

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 45 property crimes are reported each year.

Household incomes put Magrath Heights near the very top of Canadian towns

Just over nine in ten commuters drove, in line with Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). On average, the journey to work lasts 26 min.

Renting in Magrath Heights costs 12% of household income, less than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

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

Just over four in five households own their home, above both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for a fifth of households, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%).

Around Magrath Heights, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent

People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.5 km on average, with 3.0 within 3 km of the typical home. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, in line with Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%).

Magrath Heights is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

A normal January brings 26 cm of snow, the most of any month. July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Also worth knowing: between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days.

Visible minorities make up more of Magrath Heights than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 55%

13% of residents have reached 65. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.8% of residents, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). One measure of family life: 21% of residents are under 15.

In Magrath Heights, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −8°C nights

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

Magrath Heights sends Matt Jeneroux (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Riverbend

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s riding map carries non-commercial terms, so Magrath Heights isn’t placed in a riding here.

The nearest public library to Magrath Heights is Riverbend Branch - Edmonton Public Library, 2.5 km away

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

Elk Island National Park lies 40 km beyond Magrath Heights’ edge

The closest provincial park is Big Island Provincial Park, 4.7 km from the edge of town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km. Inside the neighbourhood itself, 13% of the land is protected.