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For hazard risk, McConachie gets an A+

1.4% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, below Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. 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 McConachie on the national inventory. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Edmonton, with McConachie one part of it.

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

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

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

Health survey and life expectancy for the Edmonton Zone

Measured from where McConachie’s residents live, a hospital is 3.4 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. 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, 0.5 km away on average and 4.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

McConachie’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 28 min, above both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). The car carried 91% of commuters at the census.

5 above the middle in Alberta, 8 below: McConachie’s 17 tested schools

Its elementary schools are big ones, 441 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Schooling here is split between 2 boards, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). M. E. LaZerte School is the biggest, at 2,499 students. Also worth knowing: the 3 km around McConachie counts 12 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade, 12,165 students between them.

McConachie is drier than nine in ten Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159). Rain and snow peak in July, at 83 mm. Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm. McConachie sees July afternoons of 23.5°C on average.

Visible minorities make up more of McConachie than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 65%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.8% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

McConachie in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C

Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. Expect about 18 mm of rain and snow over November. A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton forecast, on the Weather page.

Fewer of Edmonton Manning voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 55%, behind 87%

McConachie is part of Edmonton, whose council is led by Andrew Knack, the mayor.

The nearest public library to McConachie is Edmonton Public Library - McConachie, 1.5 km away

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

McConachie is 30 km from Elk Island National Park

Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 14 km from the edge of town. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km.

Renting in McConachie costs 17% of household income, less than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

25% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 78% of households.