Fort Qu'AppelleSaskatchewan

The police who cover Fort Qu'Appelle record more serious crime than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 167

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 212, above Saskatchewan’s towns (154) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Its police area records 42.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 80.2 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Fort Qu'Appelle and its edges hold 2 schools: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

Teenagers have 64 km to go to the closest secondary school, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). An elementary school stands 35 km from the centre, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (0.4 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Smoking runs high around Fort Qu'Appelle: 20% of adults, the typical Canadian town 12%

Measured from where Fort Qu'Appelle’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.0 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Lives here run to 78.6 years on average, below Saskatchewan’s towns (80.2) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 49% for Saskatchewan. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the South East health region, Fort Qu'Appelle included.

Buying in Fort Qu'Appelle takes 3.4 years of household income for the median home, fewer than the 4.7 typical across Canada

A year’s rent came to just over a fifth of the median household income, higher than Saskatchewan’s towns (19%) and near Canadian towns (20%). Nearly three quarters of households own their home.

Fort Qu'Appelle has cooler summers than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.2°C

Frost comes on 201 days a year, near Saskatchewan’s towns (203) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Fort Qu'Appelle sees January nights of −20.0°C on average. A normal December brings 23 cm of snow, the most of any month. Between the last spring frost, 19 May, and the first in autumn, 19 September, lie 122 days.

Around Fort Qu'Appelle, 25% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Regina Qu'Appelle RHA

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Water Security Agency.

Fort Qu'Appelle in November: highs near −2°C, lows near −10°C

November normally sees 24 mm of precipitation. Then December: −9°C by day, −17°C at night. A typical November adds 22 cm of snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Fort Qu'Appelle forecast.

Andrew Scheer took Regina—Qu'Appelle in 2021 by 13,521 votes, more than the margin in 91% of ridings

Fort Qu'Appelle sends one MP to Ottawa from Regina—Qu'Appelle, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Andrew Scheer (Conservative Party of Canada).

Fort Qu'Appelle has one public library, Fort Qu'Appelle Public Library Branch

It sits 0.1 km from the centre of Fort Qu'Appelle.

More of Fort Qu'Appelle’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 35%

Immigrants make up 11% of residents, above Saskatchewan’s towns (7.4%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike.

A place people come to for work: Fort Qu'Appelle has 1.9 jobs per resident in work

Getting to work takes 19 min on average. The car took 88% of commuters, in line with Saskatchewan’s towns (91%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Protected land at Fort Qu'Appelle’s edge: Valley Centre Recreation Site

OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name. For a provincial park, Echo Valley Provincial Park lies 4.1 km off. Within 100 km there is no national park.

Heritage in Fort Qu'Appelle: 2 historic places, one of the highest rank

Fort Qu'Appelle, begun in 1864, is the oldest by its record. The list takes in a provincial or municipal listing.