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For hazard risk, Meyonohk gets an A+

Measured across the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Meyonohk.

Violent crime weighs more where Meyonohk is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128

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

Between the home and the car, Meyonohk’s households spend 37% of income, above the 29% of the typical Canadian town

23% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 69%.

3 boards run the schools in and around Meyonohk

Taken together, Meyonohk and its 3 km edge hold 26 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade for 15,789 students. J Percy Page School is the biggest, at 1,264 students. Of its 34 tested schools, 13 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 12 in the bottom two.

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

What sets Meyonohk apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.8 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.6 for women, 78.8 for men, 2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 0.6 km on average, with 6.4 within 3 km of the typical home. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Edmonton Zone as a whole, not for Meyonohk alone.

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

Frost comes on 179 days a year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. Midsummer afternoons in Meyonohk peak at about 23.5°C.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Meyonohk trails that of 74% of Canadian towns

The car took 87% of commuters, about level with both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). The commute to work averages 26 min.

More of Meyonohk’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 9.3%

33% of residents belong to a visible minority, higher than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 17%.

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

Then December: −5°C by day, −13°C at night. About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night.

Tim Uppal (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Meyonohk in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton Gateway

No provincial riding is named for Meyonohk: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse.

Meyonohk has no public library of its own; the nearest is Mill Woods Public Libary, 1.9 km away

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

Meyonohk is 33 km from Elk Island National Park

Of the country within 10 km, 0.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The nearest provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, is 11 km away. Close by: one protected area. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.