Queen AlexandraEdmonton

Queen Alexandra faces fewer hazards than 98% of Canadian towns

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests · Shared with the rest of the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 1.4% of homes, lower than both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Flood mapping exists: a study by Government of Alberta. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Rent takes more of local pay in Queen Alexandra than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 34% of household income

37% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $380,000, near Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and lower than Canadian towns ($406,000). Queen Alexandra shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Edmonton metro area.

Households in Queen Alexandra have lower incomes than those in 93% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 24 min.

The schools around Queen Alexandra answer to 7 boards

In French: 4 of the 55 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%. On results, 23 of its 34 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. The largest is Harry Ainlay School, with 2,745 students.

Violent crime weighs more where Queen Alexandra is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Edmonton service area

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

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

A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.6 for a girl and 78.8 for a boy (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Queen Alexandra is well placed: 1.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.4 km on average, with 20 within 3 km of the typical home. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Edmonton Zone as a whole, not for Queen Alexandra alone.

Less rain and snow fall on Queen Alexandra than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. July afternoons reach 23.5°C on average, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm. Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it.

Children make up only 8.1% of Queen Alexandra, fewer than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 7.8% of residents, higher than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −13°C. A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January.

Edmonton Strathcona turned out at 69% in 2021, higher than nine in ten Canada’s ridings

For federal votes, Queen Alexandra belongs to Edmonton Strathcona, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Heather McPherson (New Democratic Party) holds it.

No public library stands in Queen Alexandra: the closest, Edmonton Public Library Strathcona Branch, is 1.1 km away

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

Elk Island National Park is 35 km from Queen Alexandra

Named trails close by number 2, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and Edmonton Pedway Network among them. The closest provincial park is Big Island Provincial Park, 11 km from the edge of town. Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. One beach is mapped within 5 km: Accidental Beach.

The registers record 3 historic places in Queen Alexandra

The oldest dated place, Strathcona Public Building, goes back to 1913. At the 2021 census, 21% of homes dated from before 1961, higher than both Alberta’s towns (4.5%) and Canadian towns (18%).