Silver BerryEdmonton

Silver Berry’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Edmonton

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Silver Berry on the national inventory.

Violent crime weighs more where Silver Berry 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, about level with Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

The schools around Silver Berry answer to 3 boards

The 3 km around Silver Berry counts 21 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, 14,846 students between them. The largest is Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack School, with 1,394 students. On the tests, 9 of 26 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 8 under it.

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

The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.6 and men at 78.8. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Silver Berry live 3.1 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.7 km away on average and 6.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

In Silver Berry, a home and getting around cost 35% of the median household’s income; the typical Canadian town spends 29%

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

Just over a fifth of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 77% of households.

Households in Silver Berry earn more than those in 92% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 28 min on average. The car took 88% of commuters, about level with both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

Summer highs in Silver Berry reach 23.5°C in July. Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159).

Visible minorities make up more of Silver Berry than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 71%

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

Silver Berry in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm. About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmonton forecast, on the Weather page.

Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Silver Berry in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton Southeast

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

Silver Berry has one public library, Meadows Library

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

Elk Island National Park lies 28 km beyond Silver Berry’s edge

Protected areas cover 0.2% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 16 km. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km. The largest is Sherwood Park Natural Area: 69 ha, 5.6 km from the edge of town.