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Rosslyn gets an A+ for hazard risk

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Edmonton

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Rosslyn. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Capital Health, Rosslyn included.

Renting in Rosslyn eats 24% of household income, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the Edmonton metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a quarter of households, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 62% of households.

Results around Rosslyn lean low: 36 of 51 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 5, higher than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). Archbishop O’Leary Catholic High School is the biggest, at 2,143 students. Taken together, Rosslyn and its 3 km edge hold 35 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade for 25,488 students. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 56; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.

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

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

A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Rosslyn than in 80% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, in line with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

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

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Edmonton Zone

Measured from where Rosslyn’s residents live, a hospital is 4.1 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.6 km away on average and 14 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Rosslyn is drier than nine in ten Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). The most precipitation falls in July: 83 mm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm.

Rosslyn skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 34% of the population, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.

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

About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Precipitation in November averages 18 mm. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −5°C and lows near −13°C. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night.

Edmonton Griesbach, which takes in Rosslyn, is held by Kerry Diotte (Conservative Party of Canada)

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s riding map carries non-commercial terms, so Rosslyn isn’t placed in a riding here.

Rosslyn has no public library of its own; the nearest is EPL Castle Downs Branch, 2.6 km away

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

Within 35 km of Rosslyn: Elk Island National Park

There is one protected area within 10 km. A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 8.8 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 0.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.