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For hazard risk, Wild Rose gets an A+

In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Wild Rose is on the national inventory. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Edmonton, with Wild Rose one part of it.

Violent crime weighs more where Wild Rose is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 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. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton service area, Wild Rose included.

The schools around Wild Rose answer to 3 boards

Of its 23 tested schools, 9 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 5 in the bottom two. Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack School is the biggest, at 1,394 students. The 3 km around Wild Rose counts 18 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, 12,879 students between them.

51% of adults around Wild Rose rate their health very good or excellent

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

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Wild Rose live 3.5 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 5.8 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Rent takes less of local pay in Wild Rose than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

Owners make up 84% of households, above Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Wild Rose doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton metro area.

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

A normal January brings 26 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in July, at 83 mm. Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). The frost-free season runs from 7 May to 25 September, 141 days.

Visible minorities make up more of Wild Rose than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 67%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.1% of residents, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).

Wild Rose in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 20 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −5°C and lows of −13°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

Wild Rose sends Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Southeast

Wild Rose’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

The nearest public library to Wild Rose is Meadows Library, 1.3 km away

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

Households in Wild Rose earn more than those in 96% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 27 min. The car took 90% of commuters, near both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Within 28 km of Wild Rose: Elk Island National Park

For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 16 km off. Of the country within 10 km, 0.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The largest is Sherwood Park Natural Area: 69 ha, 5.5 km from the edge of town. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.