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Paisley earns an A+ for hazard risk

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for Paisley. Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the Capital Health, with Paisley one part of it.

In the top two fifths in Alberta: 11 of the 14 schools around Paisley with results

5 of the 15 are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta. Dr. Anne Anderson School is the biggest, at 1,989 students. Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Its elementary schools are big ones, 630 students on average, against 274 in Alberta.

Violent crime weighs more where Paisley 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, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 45 property crimes are reported each year. Paisley shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Edmonton service area.

Household incomes in Paisley are higher than in 96% of Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 29 min on average. Driving is how nearly nine in ten commuters got to work at the census.

Summers stay cool in Paisley: July afternoons reach 23.0°C, below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal January night drops to −18.1°C, below Alberta’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C) alike. July is the wettest month, with 87 mm of rain and snow on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 24 cm. The frost-free season runs from 27 May to 10 September, 105 days.

Rent takes less of local pay in Paisley than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

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

88% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

51% of adults around Paisley rate their health very good or excellent

A hospital lies 5.9 km from the typical home, above both Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). 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: 1.6 km on average, with 3.0 within 3 km of the typical home. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton Zone, Paisley included.

More of Paisley belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 47%

3.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

Paisley in November: highs near freezing, lows near −11°C

Expect around 19 cm of snow in November. Next comes December, with normal highs of −5°C and lows of −17°C. November normally sees 20 mm of precipitation. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Edmonton.

Edmonton Riverbend, which takes in Paisley, is held by Matt Jeneroux (Liberal Party of Canada)

As a neighbourhood of Edmonton, Paisley answers to the city council and its mayor, Andrew Knack.

No public library stands in Paisley: the closest, Edmonton Public Library, is 1.3 km away

Edmonton Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Paisley among them.

Elk Island National Park is 40 km from Paisley

Within 10 km are 4 protected areas. For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 5.2 km off. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.4% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.