Lacombe CountyAlberta

A flood study covers Lacombe County: 3 on the national inventory, the newest from Government of Alberta

Radon tests for the David Thompson Regional Health Authority

About as many homes carry radon around Lacombe County as elsewhere, 7.5% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.014 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town.

The force covering Lacombe County records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 67

No police detachment reports under Lacombe County’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Blackfalds detachment area

The index for the force that serves it came to 95, between Alberta’s towns (110) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 47.6 property crimes are reported each year.

Lives run shorter around Lacombe County: 79.1 years, 2.4 below the typical Canadian town’s region

The survey counts 15% of adults as smokers, above both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Alberta (53%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Lacombe County’s is long: 15 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Lacombe County has cooler summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.9°C

Between the last spring frost, 22 May, and the first in autumn, 12 September, lie 112 days. Frosty days number 212 in a normal year, above Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159) alike. The coldest nights come in January, when Lacombe County averages a low of −17.6°C.

More households own their home in Lacombe County than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 86%

Rent took 17% of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 21% of households, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%).

Household incomes in Lacombe County top those of 73% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 28 min on average. 91% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Most schools around Lacombe County score below the middle in Alberta: 8 of 13

Its schools answer to 3 boards. Within 3 km of Lacombe County are 9 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade, teaching 5,960 students. An elementary school stands 3.1 km from the centre, above both Alberta’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

What November brings in Lacombe County: −11°C at night, 1°C by day

November normally sees 17 mm of precipitation. By December, a normal day reaches −4°C and a night falls to −16°C. A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Lacombe forecast.

Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Lacombe County in Ottawa as MP for Ponoka—Didsbury

Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Alix Public Library and Bashaw Municipal Library are Lacombe County’s two public libraries

Lacombe County has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

J.J. Collett Natural Area reaches Lacombe County

For a swim, Ol Macdonald Resort Beach is the nearest of 11 beaches within 5 km. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Of the country within 10 km, 0.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.

Fewer of Lacombe County’s people belong to a visible minority than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.7%

People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, about level with Canadian towns (19%) and above Alberta’s towns (15%). Immigrants make up 6.1% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and close to Canadian towns (6.4%).