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The nearest high school to Millet is 11 km away

Trips to work from Millet take longer than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average

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

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.014 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). About as many homes carry radon around Millet as elsewhere, 7.5% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

The force covering Millet records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 71

No police detachment reports under Millet’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Wetaskiwin detachment area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 97 over 2023–25, below Alberta’s towns (110) but above Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 9.9 violent incidents are reported each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 35.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Expect 79.1 years of life in the region around Millet, 2.4 under the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Central Zone

On average nearly a fifth of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, higher than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 15% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Alberta (53%). Closer to home, a hospital is 14 km from the average resident of Millet, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Most households in Millet own their home: 83%, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 18% of households, lower than Alberta’s towns (21%) and near Canadian towns (18%).

Winter nights bite in Millet: January lows of −18.1°C, colder than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

Millet sees July afternoons of 23.0°C on average. There are 211 days of frost in a typical year, above both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 27 May, and the first in autumn, 10 September, lie 105 days. The most precipitation falls in July: 87 mm in a normal year.

What November brings in Millet: −11°C at night, freezing by day

A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −17°C. Precipitation in November averages 20 mm. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Wetaskiwin forecast.

Millet’s MP is Mike Lake (Conservative Party of Canada), for Leduc—Wetaskiwin

The Conservative Party of Canada has 33 of the 37 MPs elected in Alberta.

Millet earns a B+ for civic life grade

A single building, Millet Library, serves 1,945 people.

Elk Island National Park is 57 km from Millet

One protected area is close by. Of the country within 10 km, 0.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. A provincial park, Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, lies 38 km away.

Visible minorities make up less of Millet than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.1%

People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, above Alberta’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. 8.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.