GibbonsAlberta

Few places are as safe from hazards as Gibbons: it beats almost every Canadian town

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Fire reaches the land around Gibbons now and then: 3.1% within 25 km since 1986 (0.08% a year), below the high band. Seismic risk runs low: $0.008 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

The police who cover Gibbons record more serious crime than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 167

No police detachment reports under Gibbons’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

The force’s area logs 65 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 160, higher than both Alberta’s towns (109) and Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, 21.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each 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 Fort Saskatchewan detachment area, Gibbons included.

Commuters in Gibbons travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average

The car took 91% of commuters, about level with both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Fewer of Gibbons’s people belong to a visible minority than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.9%

Children under 15 count for just over a fifth of the people here. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up nearly one in ten residents, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

More households own their home in Gibbons than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 88%

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

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Gibbons has colder winters than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −17.8°C

A July afternoon in Gibbons typically reaches 23.6°C. Frost comes on 199 days a year, close to Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A normal January brings 30 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in July, at 82 mm.

The 3 schools of Gibbons: 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade

In Gibbons, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −10°C nights

Then December: −5°C by day, −15°C at night. A normal November brings 29 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 27 cm over the month. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −18°C by night.

Gibbons’ MP is Michael Cooper (Conservative Party of Canada), for St. Albert—Sturgeon River

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

Gibbons Public Library logs 0.6 visits per person served, fewer than nine in ten Alberta’s town libraries

Gibbons Public Library serves 3,159 people from a single building.

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Gibbons’ health region

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Edmonton Zone

What sets Gibbons apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 15 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.1 km away on average and 2.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Within 30 km of Gibbons: Elk Island National Park

A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 29 km away.