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Lethbridge’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 142, runs above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 52.9 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (45) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence accounts for 23.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

Measured against local pay, Lethbridge costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

Owners make up 68% of households, below both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). A year’s rent came to 23% of the median household income, higher than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Commuters in Lethbridge have a short way to work, 18 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

The car took 92% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above Alberta’s towns (88%).

Lethbridge has warmer summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 26.3°C

On a January night, the temperature in Lethbridge falls to about −12.1°C. Rain and melted snow add up to 373 mm a year, below both Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 17 September: 118 days without it. Also worth knowing: most of the snow comes in March, about 18 cm.

The schools around Lethbridge answer to 4 boards

Lethbridge Collegiate Institute is the biggest, at 1,526 students. Results are mixed: 6 of 19 schools above the middle in Alberta, 5 below it. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 52; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it. 17,504 students attend the 32 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 11 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of the town.

More of Lethbridge’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.6%

Visible minorities make up 16% of the population, about level with Canadian towns (15%) and below Alberta’s towns (29%). Under 15: 17% of residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town.

A flood study covers Lethbridge: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Government of Alberta

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Chinook Regional Health Authority

Wildfire is a moderate presence around Lethbridge: 2.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.06% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. Its survey area, 8.9% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. Seismic risk in Lethbridge sits near the middle: $0.025 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

What November brings in Lethbridge: −7°C at night, 6°C by day

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 1°C and lows near −11°C. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −12°C in January. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Lethbridge forecast, on the Weather page.

Lethbridge sends Rachael Thomas (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from the riding of the same name

For local government, Lethbridge is a city.

Lethbridge’s public library works from 3 branches

Lethbridge Library serves 101,482 people.

Woolford Provincial Park, 53 km away, is the closest provincial park to Lethbridge

The closest of Canada’s national parks is Waterton Lakes National Park, at 81 km. The 10 km around town hold one protected area. Within 10 km of the town, 0.4% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.

Lives run shorter around Lethbridge: 78.7 years, 2.8 below the typical Canadian town’s region

Shared with the rest of the South Zone: health survey and life expectancy

Age-standardised, 52% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, above Alberta’s towns (51%) and close to Canadian towns (52%). Measured from where Lethbridge’s residents live, a hospital is 3.8 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.1 km away on average and 4.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home.