Provost No. 52Alberta

Natural hazards around Provost No. 52

The radon tests numbers here cover the East Central Health

Radon topped the guideline in 5.2% of tested homes, below both Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is a real hazard for Provost No. 52: 4.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.29% a year, in the high band. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town.

Measured against local pay, Provost No. 52 is cheaper to live in than 91% of Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and close to Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 85% of households.

3 schools in and around Provost No. 52: 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade

Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 17 km off, above both Alberta’s towns (0.7 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

More of Provost No. 52’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 97% of Canadian towns

The car took 93% of commuters, above Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike. Commutes averaged 26 min, near both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Provost No. 52 earns a C− for safety

No police detachment reports under Provost No. 52’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Provost detachment area

Its police area recorded 18.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above both Alberta’s towns (14.2) and Canadian towns (12). The force’s area logs 46.3 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

A hospital trip from Provost No. 52 means 46 km on average, in a straight line

People in the region live to 79.1 on average: 81.7 for women and 76.6 for men in 2022/2024. The survey counts 15% of adults as smokers, above Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Self-rated health is ordinary for Alberta: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 53%. Provost No. 52 doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Central Zone.

Provost No. 52 has colder winters than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −18.8°C

A normal year brings 339 mm of precipitation, below Alberta’s towns (431 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm) alike. The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 23.8°C in Provost No. 52. Most of the snow comes in January, about 19 cm. Rain and snow peak in June, at 69 mm.

Provost No. 52 in November: highs near freezing, lows near −11°C

By December, a normal day reaches −7°C and a night falls to −17°C. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. A normal November brings 15 mm of rain and snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Wainwright forecast.

Pierre Poilievre (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Provost No. 52 in Ottawa as MP for Battle River—Crowfoot

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

Each person Hughenden Public Library serves borrows 0.3 items, fewer than at all but a few of Alberta’s town libraries

Hughenden Public Library has one location for the 2,205 people it serves.

Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve begins at the edge of Provost No. 52

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. 9.6 km out lies the largest, Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural Area, at 8,326 ha.

Provost No. 52: median age 44.8, 850 households

Under-15s account for 17% of the population. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. 3.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).