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For hazard risk, Minchau gets an A+

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests · Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Edmonton

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Minchau.

The force covering Minchau 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

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Fewer households own their home in Minchau than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 66%

Owners put the median home at $348,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 18% of households, about level with Canadian towns (18%) and below Alberta’s towns (21%).

3 boards run the schools in and around Minchau

Of its 37 tested schools, 13 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 13 in the bottom two. The largest is Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack School, with 1,394 students. Counting a 3 km margin, Minchau has 28 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade, for 20,392 students.

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

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Measured from where Minchau’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.3 km away on average and 6.5 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Households in Minchau have higher incomes than those in 82% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 29 min on average. The car took nearly nine in ten commuters, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. 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). Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm.

Younger than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Minchau is under 35.2

7.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. November normally sees 18 mm of precipitation. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −5°C and lows near −13°C. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January.

Edmonton Southeast, which takes in Minchau, is held by Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Conservative Party of Canada)

City council runs Minchau, and Edmonton’s mayor is Andrew Knack.

No public library stands in Minchau: the closest, Mill Woods Public Libary, is 1.4 km away

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

Within 30 km of Minchau: Elk Island National Park

2 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 14 km. The protected share within 10 km is 0.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The largest named area nearby is Sherwood Park Natural Area, 69 ha, 7.3 km away.