High PrairieAlberta

High Prairie’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 4 of the 4 with results

No single board runs them all: there are 3. Its elementary schools are small, 161 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. Within 3 km of High Prairie are 2 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, teaching 1,195 students.

Crime runs heavier where High Prairie is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 335

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the High Prairie detachment area

Violent crime in the area its police cover: 63.8 per 1,000 people a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 522, above both Alberta’s towns (109) and Canadian towns (86). Property crime in the area its police cover: 125.8 per 1,000 people a year.

For health, High Prairie gets a D−

The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of High Prairie live 41 km from a hospital on average, and 100% of them more than 30 km. At 17%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Alberta. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect just over a fifth of the region’s adults on average, above both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Alberta’s 53%.

Commuters in High Prairie have a short way to work, 15 min on average, less than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Renting in High Prairie costs 16% of household income, less than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners make up 60% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). 13% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

High Prairie has colder winters than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −20.1°C

For the wettest month, look to June: 68 mm on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 206 days a year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 13 September: 114 days without it. July afternoons in High Prairie average 22.7°C.

High Prairie’s hazards at a glance: a moderate wildfire record and 8.9% of area homes over the radon guideline

NRCan expects $0.016 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in High Prairie, near the typical $0.030. Some 8.9% of the land within 25 km of High Prairie has burned since 1986; at 0.23% a year that is moderate, not high. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

More of High Prairie’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 34%

Children under 15 make up a fifth of residents. Nearly a fifth of residents belong to a visible minority, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents.

High Prairie in November: highs near −3°C, lows near −12°C

Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −18°C. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Slave Lake forecast, on the Weather page.

Arnold Viersen took Peace River—Westlock in 2021 by 23,467 votes, more than the margin in 95% of ridings

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering High Prairie is Peace River—Westlock, and Arnold Viersen (Conservative Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.

HP Municipal Library logs 9.3 visits per person served, more than 94% of Alberta’s town libraries

A single building, HP Municipal Library, serves 2,564 people.

The nearest provincial park, Winagami Wildland Provincial Park, is 7.8 km from High Prairie

The 10 km around town hold one protected area. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 1.7% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.