Sweet GrassEdmonton

For hazard risk, Sweet Grass gets an A+

Measured across the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk

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. Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Sweet Grass.

The top fifth in Alberta holds 14 of the 26 schools around Sweet Grass with results

The largest is Harry Ainlay School, with 2,745 students. Boards running schools in the area: 2, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Also worth knowing: 17,852 students attend the 19 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Sweet Grass.

Measured against local pay, Sweet Grass costs more to live in than 85% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Edmonton metro area

Owners make up 62% of households, below Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. The median home value was $492,000, higher than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

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

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Edmonton service area

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

Around Sweet Grass, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.4 km from the average resident of Sweet Grass, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.2 km away on average and 10 of them within 3 km of a typical home. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton Zone, Sweet Grass included.

Sweet Grass has higher household incomes than 78% of Canadian towns

The car took 82% of commuters, below Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike. The commute to work averages 27 min.

The climate in Sweet Grass

For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. Counting rain and snow alike, 423 mm falls in a year, close to Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). A July afternoon in Sweet Grass typically reaches 23.5°C. A normal January brings 26 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Children make up 20% of Sweet Grass, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up two fifths of the population, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents.

A normal November in Sweet Grass runs from −8°C to 1°C

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month. Then December: −5°C by day, −13°C at night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm.

Edmonton Riverbend, which takes in Sweet Grass, is held by Matt Jeneroux (Liberal Party of Canada)

The nearest public library to Sweet Grass is Whitemud Crossing Library EPL, 2.4 km away

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

A national park 37 km from Sweet Grass: Elk Island National Park

0.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). A provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, lies 6.8 km away. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km.