Fairview No. 136Alberta

Fairview No. 136 is a driving town: 98% of commuters go by car, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Workers spend 23 min getting to work, on average.

Fairview No. 136 scores below 90% of Canadian towns for health

What sets Fairview No. 136 apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 12 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). At 17%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Alberta. Chronic conditions run at 21% of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 78.3 years at birth, 80.9 for women and 76.1 for men.

Rent takes less of local pay in Fairview No. 136 than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% of household income

80% of households own their home, higher than both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, lower than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

The force covering Fairview No. 136 records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 62

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Fairview No. 136 itself · Measured across the Fairview detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 96 over 2023–25, between Alberta’s towns (110) and Canadian towns (67). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 44.3 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Summers stay cool in Fairview No. 136: July afternoons reach 22.7°C, below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal year brings 384 mm of precipitation, lower than both Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). The coldest nights come in January, when Fairview No. 136 averages a low of −20.1°C. Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 13 September: 114 days without it. Most of the snow comes in January, about 25 cm.

Fairview No. 136’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.9% of area homes over the radon guideline

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.015 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fire seldom reaches Fairview No. 136: since 1986, 0.7% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.02% a year). Fairview No. 136 doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Peace Country Health.

In Fairview No. 136, November normally means −3°C afternoons and −12°C nights

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −8°C and lows near −18°C. Precipitation in November averages 20 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Peace River forecast, on the Weather page.

In 2021, Arnold Viersen carried Peace River—Westlock by 23,467 votes, a margin wider than 95% of Canada’s ridings

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Fairview No.

The nearest public library to Fairview No. 136 is Fairview Public Library, 4.2 km away

The next is Hines Creek Municipal Library (Clear Hills), 24 km away.

More of Fairview No. 136’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 15%

Children under 15 make up 18%, close to Alberta’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (16%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.

Fairview No. 136 borders Dunvegan West Wildland Provincial Park

Within 100 km there is no national park. Of the country within 10 km, 7.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. 34 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

Fairview No. 136’s 1 historic place is a top designation

23% of its homes were built before 1961, higher than both Alberta’s towns (4.5%) and Canadian towns (18%).