Ormsby PlaceEdmonton

Ormsby Place earns an A+ for hazard risk

Of the homes tested for radon, 1.4% were over 200 Bq/m³, lower than both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Ormsby Place on the national inventory. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Capital Health, Ormsby Place included.

The force covering Ormsby Place 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). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 45 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Catholic schools are a larger share around Ormsby Place: 10 of 28, against 18% in Alberta

The largest is Jasper Place School, with 3,123 students. The 24 with results split, 10 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 9 in the lower. The schools around it answer to 2 boards, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. 14,815 students attend the 20 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Ormsby Place.

A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Ormsby Place than in 90% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 27 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). At the census, 87% of commuters went by car.

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

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Edmonton Zone

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Ormsby Place live 3.1 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.8 km away on average and 9.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Precipitation in Ormsby Place trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

Snow peaks in January: 26 cm in a normal year. July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. Expect July highs of around 23.5°C in Ormsby Place.

A town of families: 21% of people in Ormsby Place are under 15, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 7.7% of residents, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Over-65s are 12% of the population.

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

About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: −5°C by day, −13°C at night. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.

Kelly McCauley (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Ormsby Place in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton West

Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Ormsby Place is Lois Hole Library, 1.2 km away

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

Ormsby Place earns a B− for cost of living

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 24% of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 70%.

Elk Island National Park is 44 km from Ormsby Place

Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 5.4 km off. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km.