The Orchards At EllerslieEdmonton

The Orchards At Ellerslie earns an A+ for hazard risk

Earthquake risk for the city of Edmonton

Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for The Orchards At Ellerslie on the national inventory. The Orchards At Ellerslie doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Capital Health.

Results around The Orchards At Ellerslie lean high: 10 of 11 schools in the top two fifths in Alberta

Boards running schools in the area: 2, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Its elementary schools are big ones, 650 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. The Catholic boards run 4 of its 11 schools, against 18% in Alberta. Taken together, The Orchards At Ellerslie and its 3 km edge hold 3 elementary schools and 8 schools for every grade for 9,351 students.

The Orchards At Ellerslie has higher household incomes than 96% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 29 min, higher than both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). The car carried 91% of commuters at the census.

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 45 property crimes are reported each year.

Winter nights bite in The Orchards At Ellerslie: January lows of −18.1°C, colder than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

January is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average. There are 211 days of frost in a typical year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 27 May, and the first in autumn, 10 September, lie 105 days. Summer highs in The Orchards At Ellerslie reach 23.0°C in July.

Rent takes less of local pay in The Orchards At Ellerslie than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

87% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 21% of households, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, The Orchards At Ellerslie included.

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in The Orchards At Ellerslie’s health region

Measured across the Edmonton Zone: health survey and life expectancy

A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.6 for a girl and 78.8 for a boy (2022/2024). What sets The Orchards At Ellerslie apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.5 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.5 km away on average and 4.5 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

More of The Orchards At Ellerslie belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 64%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.1% of residents, between Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

In The Orchards At Ellerslie, November normally means freezing afternoons and −11°C nights

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Edmonton forecast. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −17°C. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Expect about 20 mm of rain and snow over November.

Tim Uppal (Conservative Party of Canada) represents The Orchards At Ellerslie in Ottawa as MP for Edmonton Gateway

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

The Orchards At Ellerslie has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library, 5.4 km away

The library figures on this page are Edmonton’s: Edmonton Library serves all 972,223 people of the city, The Orchards At Ellerslie among them.

A national park 35 km from The Orchards At Ellerslie: Elk Island National Park

The 10 km around town hold one protected area. The closest provincial park is Big Island Provincial Park, 11 km from the edge of town. The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.