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Okotoks gets an A+ for health

Life expectancy at birth in the region is 83.0 years, above both Alberta’s towns (81.2) and Canadian towns (81.5). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. At 7.9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Alberta. What sets Okotoks apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.7 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Okotoks doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Zone.

In the top two fifths in Alberta: 9 of the 13 schools around Okotoks with results

The Centre for Learning@HOME is the biggest, at 1,200 students. No single board runs them all: there are 3. 7 of the 21 are Catholic, more than the 18% in Alberta. Taken together, Okotoks and its 3 km edge hold 7 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade for 9,730 students.

Violent crime weighs less on Okotoks than on Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 49

Property crime accounts for 22.1 incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violent incidents came to 9.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Alberta’s towns (14.2) and Canadian towns (12).

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

NRCan expects $0.024 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Okotoks, near the typical $0.030. About as many homes carry radon around Okotoks as elsewhere, 8.1% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Household incomes in Okotoks are higher than in 96% of Canadian towns

The car took 92% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above Alberta’s towns (88%). The average trip to work takes 27 min.

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

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

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

Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Okotoks, less than on 82% of Canadian towns

Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 18 September: 119 days without it. June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. In July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C by day, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.

A town of families: 22% of people in Okotoks are under 15, more than in both Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 7.6% of the population, below both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). 15% of residents are 65 or over.

What November brings in Okotoks: −8°C at night, 4°C by day

Into December, the normals move to freezing and −12°C. November normally sees 16 mm of precipitation. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Okotoks 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

Okotoks is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities.

Okotoks’s public library is Okotoks Public Library

Okotoks Public Library has one location for the 29,002 people it serves.

The nearest provincial park, Fish Creek Provincial Park, is 13 km from Okotoks

Count 3 protected areas within 10 km of town. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 92 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 0.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.