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Rutherford is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Shared with the rest of the Capital Health: radon tests

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 Rutherford. Rutherford doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.

Rutherford’s schools mostly beat the middle in Alberta, 10 of the 12 with results

Its elementary schools are big ones, 687 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Boards running schools in the area: 2, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). The largest is Dr. Anne Anderson School, with 1,989 students. Within 3 km of Rutherford are 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, teaching 11,313 students.

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

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Edmonton service area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

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

The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −18.1°C, below Alberta’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C) alike. Most of the snow comes in January, about 24 cm. Rain and snow peak in July, at 87 mm. The frost-free season runs from 27 May to 10 September, 105 days.

Buying in Rutherford takes 3.5 years of household income for the median home, fewer than the 4.7 typical across Canada

Measured across the Edmonton metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners make up just over two thirds of households. Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Rutherford’s is long: 5.0 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. 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, 0.8 km away on average and 2.5 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Visible minorities make up more of Rutherford than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 54%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.1% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

In Rutherford, November normally means freezing afternoons and −11°C nights

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

Rutherford sends Tim Uppal (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Gateway

Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Rutherford has one public library, Edmonton Public Library

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

Household incomes in Rutherford top those of 86% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 28 min, above Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike. Nearly nine in ten commuters drove, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Elk Island National Park is 39 km from Rutherford

For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 6.7 km off. Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.