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For hazard risk, Secord gets an A+

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). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Secord. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Edmonton as a whole, not for Secord alone.

Results around Secord lean high: 4 of 7 schools in the top two fifths in Alberta

Its elementary schools are big ones, 389 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). 5,605 students attend the 3 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 4 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Secord.

For jobs & income, Secord gets an A−

At the census, 91% of commuters went by car. The average trip to work took 26 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

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

Rent takes less of local pay in Secord than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

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

87% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 19% of households, lower than Alberta’s towns (21%) and near Canadian towns (18%).

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

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

Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.6 for women, 78.8 for men, 2022/2024). For Secord itself the measure is access, and it lags: 5.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. A pharmacy is nearer: 2.1 km on average, with 2.0 within 3 km of the typical home.

Secord is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days.

Visible minorities make up more of Secord than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 61%

3.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

Precipitation in November averages 18 mm. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.

Secord’s MP is William (Billy) Morin (Conservative Party of Canada), for Edmonton Northwest

33 of the 37 MPs from Alberta belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Secord is Lois Hole Library, 5.8 km away

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

Within 48 km of Secord: Elk Island National Park

9 protected areas lie within 10 km. Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 5.0 km. Within 10 km, 6.4% of the land is protected, higher than both Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).