PenholdAlberta

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

Radon is about average around Penhold: 7.5% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings here, near the typical $0.030.

Penhold’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.4 years: life expectancy 79.1

Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 14 km away, higher than both Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 15% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Alberta’s 53%.

Most of Penhold works elsewhere: the town has 0.3 jobs for each resident in work

The average trip to work took 25 min, close to both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Summers stay cool in Penhold: July afternoons reach 22.9°C, below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

The year’s precipitation totals 483 mm, higher than Alberta’s towns (431 mm) yet lower than Canadian towns (883 mm). In January, overnight lows in Penhold settle at −17.6°C. Gardeners get 112 frost-free days, from 22 May to 12 September. June is the wettest month, with 98 mm of rain and snow on average.

Visible minorities make up less of Penhold than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 3.6%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 6.5% of residents, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). 6.3% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and close to Canadian towns (6.4%).

The force covering Penhold records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 65

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Penhold · Measured across the Innisfail detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The index for the force that serves it came to 74, between Alberta’s towns (110) and Canadian towns (67). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.3 per 1,000 people a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 28.3 property crimes are reported each year.

Penhold’s grade for schools: a B

Penhold in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −11°C

November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees −4°C afternoons and −16°C nights. In November, the normal is 17 mm of rain and snow. ECCC’s forecast for Red Deer is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Penhold sends Burton Bailey (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Red Deer

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

At 13.6 visits per person served, Penhold And District Library is busier than all but a few of Alberta’s town libraries

Penhold And District Library serves 3,563 people from a single building.

Protected land is scarce around Penhold: 0.2% within 10 km

The nearest provincial park, Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, is 61 km away. No national park lies within 100 km. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

More households own their home in Penhold than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 80%

Rent took nearly a fifth of household income, below both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 18% of households, lower than Alberta’s towns (21%) and near Canadian towns (18%).