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For hazard risk, Richfield gets an A+

Radon topped the guideline in 1.4% of tested homes, below both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). 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 Richfield. Richfield doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Capital Health.

Renting in Richfield eats 24% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

25% 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 $324,000, below both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

The force covering Richfield records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 128

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Edmonton service area as a whole, not for Richfield alone.

Working-age people in Richfield are less likely to have a job than in 96% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 24 min on average. The car took 84% of commuters, below Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

Schools in Richfield: 3 boards, side by side

In or within 3 km of Richfield: 29 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, with 16,929 students. W P Wagner School is the biggest, at 1,458 students. Of its 34 tested schools, 12 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 13 in the bottom two.

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

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Edmonton Zone

Women in the region live to 83.6 and men to 78.8, 81.2 years taken together (2022/2024). Measured from where Richfield’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.9 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.6 km on average, with 7.5 within 3 km of the typical home.

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

The most precipitation falls in July: 83 mm in a normal year. Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159). Midsummer afternoons in Richfield peak at about 23.5°C. A normal January brings 26 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Children make up 26% of Richfield, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 55% of the population, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over one in ten residents.

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

December follows at −5°C by day and −13°C by night. Snowfall in a normal November: 20 cm. November normally sees 18 mm of precipitation. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 24°C and January nights −15°C.

Edmonton Gateway, which takes in Richfield, is held by Tim Uppal (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

Richfield has no public library of its own; the nearest is Mill Woods Public Libary, 2.7 km away

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

Elk Island National Park is 33 km from Richfield

One protected area is close by. Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.