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For hazard risk, Meyokumin gets an A+

Radon tests for the Capital Health · Shared with the rest of the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk

Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for Meyokumin.

Rent takes more of local pay in Meyokumin than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 26% of household income

The median home value was $296,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 29% of households, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Working-age people in Meyokumin have jobs less often than in 81% of Canadian towns

83% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Commutes averaged 27 min, higher than Alberta’s towns (26 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).

Violent crime weighs more where Meyokumin 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, close to 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. Meyokumin 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.

3 boards run the schools in and around Meyokumin

19,370 students attend the 31 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Meyokumin. J Percy Page School is the biggest, at 1,264 students. Of its 39 tested schools, 13 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 14 in the bottom two.

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

Measured across the Edmonton Zone: health survey and life expectancy

For Meyokumin itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.2 km away on average and 5.3 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Meyokumin, less than on 90% of Canadian towns

The frost-free season runs from 7 May to 25 September, 141 days. A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm.

An older town: 24% of people in Meyokumin are 65 or over, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

41% of residents belong to a visible minority, higher than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here.

What November brings in Meyokumin: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

November normally sees 18 mm of precipitation. Snowfall in a normal November: 20 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −5°C and lows of −13°C. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 24°C and January nights −15°C.

Meyokumin’s MP is Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Conservative Party of Canada), for Edmonton Southeast

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

Mill Woods Public Libary is Meyokumin’s public library

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

Meyokumin is 32 km from Elk Island National Park

The largest is Sherwood Park Natural Area: 69 ha, 9.0 km from the edge of town. The closest provincial park is Big Island Provincial Park, 13 km from the edge of town. Of the country within 10 km, 0.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The 10 km around town hold 2 protected areas.