Grande PrairieAlberta

Grande Prairie’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 157, runs above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Police recorded 30.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (14.2) and Canadian towns (12). Each year brings 78 property incidents per 1,000 residents.

Trips to work from Grande Prairie are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 19 min on average

By car: that was how 94% of commuters travelled at the census.

Grande Prairie is graded a C− for health

In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, lower than both Alberta’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 17% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 78.3, with women at 80.9 and men at 76.1. What sets Grande Prairie apart within its region is distance, and at 2.7 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Grande Prairie has cooler summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.7°C

Counting rain and snow alike, 435 mm falls in a year, near Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and lower than Canadian towns (883 mm). On a January night, the temperature in Grande Prairie falls to about −19.4°C. Gardeners get 111 frost-free days, from 21 May to 10 September. Most of the snow comes in January, about 34 cm.

More of Grande Prairie’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 12%

Visible minorities make up 16% of the population, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) and near Canadian towns (15%).

Flood mapping exists for Grande Prairie: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in nearly one in ten homes, above both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is rare near Grande Prairie: 0.5% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.01% a year. Grande Prairie doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Peace Country Health.

Results around Grande Prairie lean low: 19 of 29 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta

Elementary schools here average 410 students, against 274 in Alberta. They come under 4 school boards. The largest is Grande Prairie Composite High School, with 1,502 students. One of the 34 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta.

Renting in Grande Prairie costs 17% of household income, less than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Just over a fifth of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers nearly two thirds of households.

Expect November days around −1°C in Grande Prairie, nights around −11°C

The year peaks in July (23°C) and bottoms out in January (−19°C). Rain and snow over a typical November come to 29 mm. The month after, December, normally sees −6°C afternoons and −17°C nights. Expect around 28 cm of snow in November.

Chris Warkentin (Conservative Party of Canada) holds the riding of the same name, the riding that includes Grande Prairie

The Conservative Party of Canada has 33 of the 37 MPs elected in Alberta.

Grande Prairie Public Library and Shannon Municipal Library are Grande Prairie’s two public libraries

The 69,088 people Grande Prairie Library serves have 2 branches to choose from.

6.7 km from Grande Prairie to Saskatoon Island Provincial Park

One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Wedgewood Trail. 5.9 km out lies the largest, Saskatoon Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary, at 1,150 ha. The 10 km around town hold 6 protected areas. Within 100 km there is no national park.