Stony PlainAlberta

Stony Plain earns an A+ for hazard risk

Measured across the Capital Health: radon tests

Little of the land around Stony Plain has burned: 0.3% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.008% a year. In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

3 boards run the schools in and around Stony Plain

Of the 14, one teaches in French (2% of schools in Alberta). Memorial Composite High School is the biggest, at 1,352 students. On the tests, 5 of 11 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 3 under it. Taken together, Stony Plain and its 3 km edge hold 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade for 8,372 students.

Measured against local pay, Stony Plain costs more to live in than 77% of Canadian towns

22% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers 73% of households. Stony Plain doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton metro area.

Stony Plain earns a C for safety

Its violent severity index came to 75, below both Alberta’s towns (109) and Canadian towns (86). Property crime accounts for 48.5 incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violence accounts for 15.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

51% of adults around Stony Plain rate their health very good or excellent

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

What sets Stony Plain apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.9 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.6 and men at 78.8. A pharmacy is nearer: 1.1 km on average, with 5.1 within 3 km of the typical home.

Stony Plain’s household incomes are higher than in 77% of Canadian towns

Driving is how 93% of commuters got to work at the census. The average trip to work took 28 min, above both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Stony Plain is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year

The thermometer drops below freezing on 179 days a year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. January is the snowiest month, with 26 cm on average. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days.

Visible minorities make up less of Stony Plain than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 5.2%

The 65-and-over age group makes up a fifth of residents. Nearly one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.

What November brings in Stony Plain: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow.

Stony Plain’s MP is Dane Lloyd (Conservative Party of Canada), for Parkland

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

Stony Plain has one public library, Stony Plain Public Library

Stony Plain Public Library serves 17,842 people from a single building.

Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is 8.2 km from Stony Plain

Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map. The nearest national park is Elk Island National Park, 65 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 0.7% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Count 6 protected areas within 10 km of town.