Slave LakeAlberta

On hazards, Slave Lake comes out behind almost every Canadian town

With 0.89% of the land around it burning each year, Slave Lake sits in the high wildfire band (31% within 25 km since 1986). Radon around Slave Lake is ordinary for Canada: 9.6% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Also worth knowing: the national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Government of Alberta. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.004 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Slave Lake doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Aspen Regional Health Authority.

Commuters in Slave Lake have a short way to work, 17 min on average, less than in Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Slave Lake’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 154, runs above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 92.3 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (45) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence accounts for 38.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

Lives run shorter around Slave Lake: 78.3 years, 3.2 below the typical Canadian town’s region

Measured across the North Zone: health survey and life expectancy

Chronic conditions run at 21% of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%), and the region has more smokers than Alberta, 17% of adults to 11%. In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Alberta’s 53%. What sets Slave Lake apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.0 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

More of Slave Lake’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 27%

19% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%).

In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 4 of the 5 schools around Slave Lake with results

In or within 3 km of Slave Lake: 2 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, with 2,155 students. Catholic schools make up 3 of 8, above the 18% in Alberta.

Summers stay cool in Slave Lake: July afternoons reach 21.8°C, below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Frosty days number 202 in a normal year, near Alberta’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Slave Lake sees January nights of −18.2°C on average. Frost usually lifts by 26 May and returns around 16 September: 112 days without it. A normal January brings 20 cm of snow, the most of any month.

In Slave Lake, November normally means −1°C afternoons and −10°C nights

Into December, the normals move to −7°C and −17°C. Precipitation in November averages 19 mm. Over the year, July is warmest at 22°C by day and January coldest at −18°C by night. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Slave Lake forecast, on the Weather page.

Peace River—Westlock, which takes in Slave Lake, is held by Arnold Viersen (Conservative Party of Canada)

From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Slave Lake is Kinuso Library, 42 km away

After it comes Smith Library (Lesser Slave River No.

Home ownership in Slave Lake, 66%, runs below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent took 18% of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

The nearest provincial park, Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, is 1.5 km from Slave Lake

The 10 km around town hold 2 protected areas. National parks are all over 100 km off. Within 10 km, 2.1% of the land is protected, between Alberta’s towns (0.4%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).

Heritage in Slave Lake

At the 2021 census, 1.2% of homes dated from before 1961, below Alberta’s towns (4.5%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.