Starland CountyAlberta

Commuters in Starland County travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

At the census, 91% of commuters went by car.

Flood mapping exists for Starland County: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta

Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon around Starland County is ordinary for Canada: 7.5% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical).

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

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Central Zone

The region has more smokers than Alberta, 15% of adults to 11%. Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Alberta (53%). Homes here are 25 km from a hospital on average, above Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike.

Rent takes less of local pay in Starland County than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

88% of households own their home, higher than both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Starland County has warmer summers than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 26.3°C

A normal January brings 16 cm of snow, the most of any month. The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −17.6°C, below Alberta’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C) alike. Frost usually lifts by 14 May and returns around 21 September: 128 days without it. Rain and snow peak in June, at 69 mm.

The force covering Starland County records less serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 48

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

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 22 per 1,000 a year, below both Alberta’s towns (45) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 9.7 per 1,000 people a year.

A normal November in Starland County runs from −10°C to 3°C

Across the year, normals run from −18°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July. Expect about 15 mm of rain and snow over November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Drumheller forecast, on the Weather page.

Starland County’s MP is Pierre Poilievre (Conservative Party of Canada), for Battle River—Crowfoot

Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33.

Starland County has no public library of its own; the nearest is Three Hills Municipal Library, 39 km away

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In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 3 of the 4 schools around Starland County with results

Elementary schools here average 98 students; in Alberta, 274. The 3 km around Starland County counts 4 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, 1,454 students between them. Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 5 km off, above Alberta’s towns (0.7 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

A town of families: 20% of people in Starland County are under 15, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns

Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, about level with Canadian towns (19%) and above Alberta’s towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.3% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

A provincial park at Starland County’s edge: Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park

National parks are all over 100 km off. The protected share within 10 km is 5.5%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Count 14 protected areas within 10 km of town.