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Oxford earns an A+ for hazard risk

Shared with the rest of the Capital Health: radon tests · Earthquake risk for the city of Edmonton

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Also worth knowing: the national flood inventory has no study for Oxford.

Violent crime weighs more where Oxford 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. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Edmonton service area, with Oxford one part of it.

Household incomes in Oxford are higher than in 94% of Canadian towns

91% of commuters drove, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). Workers spend 25 min getting to work, on average.

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

A hospital lies 6.3 km from the typical home, above Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.4 km on average, with 9.7 within 3 km of the typical home.

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

Frost comes on 179 days a year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159). July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. Gardeners get 141 frost-free days, from 7 May to 25 September. A July afternoon in Oxford typically reaches 23.5°C.

4 boards run the schools in and around Oxford

The 3 km around Oxford counts 15 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, 11,216 students between them. Edmonton Islamic Academy is the biggest, at 1,921 students. Catholic schools make up 9 of 26, above the 18% in Alberta. Of its 22 tested schools, 7 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 9 in the bottom two.

More of Oxford belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 56%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.1% of residents, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 1°C in Oxford, nights around −8°C

The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. The year peaks in July (24°C) and bottoms out in January (−15°C).

Oxford’s MP is William (Billy) Morin (Conservative Party of Canada), for Edmonton Northwest

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

No public library stands in Oxford: the closest, EPL Castle Downs Branch, is 2.1 km away

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

Oxford is a town of owners: 85% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Edmonton metro area

Rent took 17% of household income, below both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Oxford is 38 km from Elk Island National Park

One protected area is close by. The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 6.4 km from the edge of town. Of the country within 10 km, 1.7% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.