Sylvan LakeAlberta

Sylvan Lake’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 7.5% of area homes over the radon guideline

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the David Thompson Regional Health Authority

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Sylvan Lake.

Sylvan Lake is graded a C for safety

Violent incidents came to 17.8 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Alberta’s towns (14.2) and Canadian towns (12). Property crime accounts for 41.3 incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Home ownership in Sylvan Lake, 68%, runs below Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took nearly a fifth of household income, near Alberta’s towns (20%) and lower than Canadian towns (20%). Sylvan Lake shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Sylvan Lake metro area.

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

The most precipitation falls in June: 98 mm in a normal year. Frosty days number 212 in a normal year, higher than both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). The coldest nights come in January, when Sylvan Lake averages a low of −17.6°C. Between the last spring frost, 22 May, and the first in autumn, 12 September, lie 112 days.

Visible minorities make up less of Sylvan Lake than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 5.4%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up nearly one in ten residents, above Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Immigrants make up 6.6% of residents, below Alberta’s towns (8.9%) and close to Canadian towns (6.4%).

Households in Sylvan Lake earn more than those in 78% of Canadian towns

94% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Commutes averaged 27 min, higher than Alberta’s towns (26 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).

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

The survey counts 15% of adults as smokers, higher than both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Alberta (53%). For Sylvan Lake itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.2 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Sylvan Lake doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Central Zone.

Sylvan Lake in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −11°C

Then December: −4°C by day, −16°C at night. In November, the normal is 17 mm of rain and snow. About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Also worth knowing: for today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Red Deer forecast.

Sylvan Lake sends Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Ponoka—Didsbury

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

Sylvan Lake Municipal Library is Sylvan Lake’s public library

Sylvan Lake Municipal Library has one location for the 14,816 people it serves.

Sylvan Lake has 3 independent schools among its 10

3,395 students attend the 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Sylvan Lake. Of its 6 tested schools, 1 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 3 in the bottom two.

Protected land is scarce around Sylvan Lake: 0.5% within 10 km

OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. The closest provincial park is Crimson Lake Provincial Park, 58 km from the edge of town.