Virginia ParkEdmonton

For hazard risk, Virginia Park gets an A+

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests · Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Edmonton

Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Government of Alberta.

Rent takes more of local pay in Virginia Park than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 30% of household income

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

Owners put the median home at $348,000, below Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.

Driving to work is less common in Virginia Park than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 78% of commuters

Commutes averaged 25 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

The force covering Virginia Park records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 128

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

Around Virginia Park, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Edmonton Zone

Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.0 km from the average resident of Virginia Park, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.7 km on average, with 17 within 3 km of the typical home.

The schools around Virginia Park answer to 7 boards

Of the 66, 4 teach in French (2% of schools in Alberta). On results, 28 of its 46 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Alberta. Centre High is the biggest, at 2,501 students. Counting a 3 km margin, Virginia Park has 29 elementary schools, 23 secondary schools and 14 schools for every grade, for 33,742 students.

Precipitation in Virginia Park trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159). Rain and snow peak in July, at 83 mm. Also worth knowing: between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. A July afternoon in Virginia Park typically reaches 23.5°C.

Fewer children live in Virginia Park than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 11% are under 15

Nearly a quarter of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.

What November brings in Virginia Park: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January. Precipitation in November averages 18 mm. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. A typical November adds 20 cm of snow.

Kerry Diotte (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Edmonton Griesbach, the riding that includes Virginia Park

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

Virginia Park’s public library is Arnold Guebert Library

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

Virginia Park is 32 km from Elk Island National Park

For a swim, Accidental Beach is the beach within 5 km. The nearest provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, is 13 km away. Named trails close by number 2, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and Edmonton Pedway Network among them.

An older town: 37% of Virginia Park’s homes predate 1961