High RiverAlberta

For health, High River gets an A+

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, below both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Lives in the region last 83.0 years on average (2022/2024): 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men. Add to that, across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.7 km from the average resident of High River, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Zone, High River included.

In High River, a home and getting around cost 38% of the median household’s income; the typical Canadian town spends 29%

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the High River metro area

Rent took nearly a fifth of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). The median home value was $348,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

High River’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 57, runs below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 26.4 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Alberta’s towns (45) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence reaches 11.5 per 1,000 residents a year.

Household incomes in High River are higher than in 61% of Canadian towns

At the census, 92% of commuters went by car. The average trip to work took 23 min, below both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Precipitation in High River trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year. June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. July afternoons reach 23.5°C on average, near Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and lower than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it.

High River in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −8°C

Precipitation in November averages 16 mm. Into December, the normals move to freezing and −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s High River forecast, on the Weather page.

John Barlow won Foothills by 37,339 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 98% of Canada’s ridings

Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding High River is in.

High River has one public library, High River Library

High River Library serves 14,052 people from a single building.

High River is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta

NRCan expects $0.043 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in High River, near the typical $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, nearly one in ten homes tested in the town’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Figures for radon tests are published for the Calgary Health Region as a whole, not for High River alone.

3 of High River’s 7 schools are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta

The 4 with results split, 1 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 2 in the lower. In or within 3 km of High River: 4 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools, with 2,453 students.

High River has 0.6% protected land within 10 km

5 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. National parks are all over 100 km off. Fish Creek Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 31 km.

Who lives in High River: a median age of 44.8, 5,790 households

Visible minorities make up 18% of the population, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%). 3.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).