Red DeerAlberta

Red Deer’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 134, runs above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Per 1,000 residents, 22.5 violent crimes are recorded each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 63.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above Alberta’s towns (45) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike.

Flood mapping exists for Red Deer: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

The radon tests numbers here cover the David Thompson Regional Health Authority

Radon is about average around Red Deer: 7.5% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Seismic risk in Red Deer sits near the middle: $0.017 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

Home ownership in Red Deer, 65%, runs below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Red Deer metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $340,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

5 school boards share Red Deer

Counting a 3 km margin, Red Deer has 29 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 12 schools for every grade, for 19,670 students. The largest is Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, with 1,794 students. In French: one of the 49 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.

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

The year’s precipitation totals 483 mm, above Alberta’s towns (431 mm) but below Canadian towns (883 mm). Gardeners get 112 frost-free days, from 22 May to 12 September. Red Deer sees January nights of −17.6°C on average.

Lives run shorter around Red Deer: 79.1 years, 2.4 below the typical Canadian town’s region

Measured across the Central Zone: health survey and life expectancy

At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Alberta. Chronic conditions run at nearly a fifth of adults, age-standardised, above Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Alberta, 52% against 53%. For Red Deer itself the measure is access: 3.5 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km.

Commuters in Red Deer have a short way to work, 20 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns

92% of commuters drove, above both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

More of Red Deer’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.6%

Under 15: 18% of residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents. Visible minorities make up 19% of the population, below Alberta’s towns (29%) but above Canadian towns (15%).

What November brings in Red Deer: −11°C at night, 1°C by day

ECCC’s forecast for Red Deer is on the Weather page, hour by hour. December follows at −4°C by day and −16°C by night. November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 17 mm of rain and snow.

Red Deer’s MP is Burton Bailey (Conservative Party of Canada), for the riding of the same name

Red Deer’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

Red Deer has 6 public library branches

The population Red Deer Library serves is 101,002.

Red Deer Migratory Bird Sanctuary begins at the edge of Red Deer

58 km from town is Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 0.7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Footway: 20th Ave MUP.

Red Deer has 1 historic place on the registers

Homes from before 1961 make up 7.4% of the stock, above Alberta’s towns (4.5%) but below Canadian towns (18%).