Pincher CreekAlberta

At 3.7 times local income, homes in Pincher Creek cost less than in the typical Canadian town (4.7)

The median home value was $276,000, below Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. 77% of households own their home.

Pincher Creek earns a C for safety

Its police area records 17.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 85, between Alberta’s towns (110) and Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 37.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Pincher Creek doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Pincher Creek detachment area.

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

Source area for radon tests: the Chinook Regional Health Authority

Earthquake risk in Pincher Creek is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.042 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. About as many homes carry radon around Pincher Creek as elsewhere, 8.9% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Burn scars are few around Pincher Creek, with 0.8% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.02% a year).

Winters are mild in Pincher Creek: January nights hold at −10.4°C, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Some 111 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below Alberta’s towns (127 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. The frost-free season runs from 24 May to 12 September, 110 days. For the wettest month, look to June: 116 mm on average. Snow peaks in March: 22 cm in a normal year.

Commuters in Pincher Creek have a short way to work, 19 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

88% of commuters drove, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Pincher Creek earns a C+ for schools

Within 3 km of Pincher Creek are 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, teaching 575 students. Its elementary schools are small, 142 students on average, against 274 in Alberta.

Pincher Creek’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.8 years: life expectancy 78.7

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

Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 1.0 km away, below Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Alberta’s 53%. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.6 km away on average and 1.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

In Pincher Creek, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −5°C nights

Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −10°C. November usually brings some 16 cm of snow. Expect about 25 mm of rain and snow over November. At the extremes, August afternoons reach 24°C and January nights −10°C.

John Barlow took Foothills in 2021 by 37,339 votes, more than the margin in 98% of ridings

Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding Pincher Creek is in.

Pincher Creek Library is Pincher Creek’s public library

The library is 0.5 km from the centre of Pincher Creek.

Waterton Lakes National Park is 30 km from Pincher Creek

The closest provincial park is Beauvais Lake Provincial Park, 11 km from the edge of town.

More of Pincher Creek’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 11%

7.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up nearly one in ten residents, close to Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and above Canadian towns (6.4%).