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Newton gets an A+ for hazard risk

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). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Newton.

The force covering Newton 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

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.

Results around Newton lean low: 24 of 35 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta

16,834 students attend the 27 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Newton. The largest is M. E. LaZerte School, with 2,499 students. Its schools answer to 4 boards.

Housing and transport take 37% of household income in Newton, against 29% in the typical Canadian town

Rent took 23% of household income, above Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Owners make up 78% of households. Newton doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton metro area.

Newton has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than nine in ten Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 24 min. The car took 89% of commuters, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. Measured from where Newton’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 0.7 km away on average (15 within 3 km). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton Zone, Newton included.

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

Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 179 days a year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159). Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm.

More of Newton’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 11%

Visible minorities make up 18% of the population, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%). Over-65s are 18% of the population. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.

A normal November in Newton runs from −8°C to 1°C

November normally sees 18 mm of precipitation. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night.

Kerry Diotte (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Newton in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton Griesbach

From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Newton has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library - Highlands, 1.7 km away

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

A national park 30 km from Newton: Elk Island National Park

For walks, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw runs within 2 km. Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 15 km.

Newton keeps its older homes: 49% from before 1961