La Crètein Mackenzie County, Alberta

La Crète faces fewer hazards than almost every Canadian town

In Health Canada’s survey, just 0.7% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Fire reaches the land around La Crète now and then: 8.4% within 25 km since 1986 (0.21% a year), below the high band. Government of Alberta has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 6 of the 8 schools around La Crète with results

The closest elementary school is 54 km away, above Alberta’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike. In or within 3 km of La Crète: 4 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade, with 3,508 students.

Fewer of La Crète’s people belong to a visible minority than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 0.9%

3.7% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 7.5% of residents, higher than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Health in La Crète trails 90% of Canadian towns

Smoking takes in 17% of adults, age-standardised, above both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 48% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 78.3, women 80.9 and men 76.1 (2022/2024). Measured from where La Crète’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 12 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the North Zone as a whole, not for La Crète alone.

The force covering La Crète records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 219

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 114, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 33.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 45.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

La Crète is a town of owners: 85% of households own their home, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Winter nights bite in La Crète: January lows of −25.0°C, colder than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

July afternoons in La Crète average 23.3°C. There are 222 days of frost in a typical year, above both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 30 May, and the first in autumn, 6 September, lie 98 days. The most precipitation falls in July: 73 mm in a normal year.

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

95% of commuters drove, higher than both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Wood Buffalo National Park begins at the edge of La Crète

The protected share within 10 km is 11%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Count 9 protected areas within 10 km of town. OpenStreetMap shows 112 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

Expect November days around −7°C in La Crète, nights around −16°C

About 28 cm of snow falls in a normal November. By December, a normal day reaches −13°C and a night falls to −23°C. Precipitation in November averages 21 mm. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s High Level forecast.

Peace River—Westlock, which takes in La Crète, is held by Arnold Viersen (Conservative Party of Canada)

No provincial riding is named for La Crète: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse.

Fewer visits per person served than 96% of Alberta’s town libraries: Rainbow Lake Municipal Library counts 0.3

Rainbow Lake Municipal Library serves 12,512 people from 3 branches.

La Crète keeps a building from 1798: Fort Vermilion

Inside the town there is 1 historic place, a top designation. At the 2021 census, 2.7% of homes dated from before 1961, below Alberta’s towns (4.5%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.