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Rhatigan Ridge gets an A+ for hazard risk

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Capital Health

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). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Government of Alberta.

19 of Rhatigan Ridge’s 32 tested schools score in the top fifth in Alberta

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, below both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). Lillian Osborne High School is the biggest, at 1,961 students. Within 3 km of Rhatigan Ridge are 24 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade, teaching 20,366 students. Elementary schools here average 434 students, against 274 in Alberta.

Commuters in Rhatigan Ridge have a short way to work, 24 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 91% of commuters, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

The force covering Rhatigan Ridge 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, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Property crime in the area its police cover: 45 per 1,000 people a year.

More households own their home in Rhatigan Ridge than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 95%

Rent took just over a tenth of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Edmonton Zone

Measured from where Rhatigan Ridge’s residents live, a hospital is 4.4 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.6 and men at 78.8. For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 2.7 km away on average (0.9 within 3 km).

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

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Rain and snow peak in July, at 83 mm. Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. A normal January brings 26 cm of snow, the most of any month.

An older town: 28% of people in Rhatigan Ridge are 65 or over, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 37% of the population, higher than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). 14% of residents are children under 15.

In Rhatigan Ridge, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −8°C nights

Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −5°C and lows near −13°C. A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month.

Rhatigan Ridge sends Matt Jeneroux (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Riverbend

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

Rhatigan Ridge’s public library is Riverbend Branch - Edmonton Public Library

The library figures on this page are Edmonton’s: Riverbend Branch - Edmonton Public Library serves all 972,223 people of the city, Rhatigan Ridge among them.

Elk Island National Park is 41 km from Rhatigan Ridge

Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 2.6 km. Within 10 km of the town, 0.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 4 protected areas lie within 10 km.