La RongeSaskatchewan

La Ronge faces more hazards than almost every Canadian town

At 1.69% of the land burned each year (44% within 25 km since 1986), La Ronge is in the very high wildfire band. More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Seismic risk runs low: $0.004 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Water Security Agency. Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca health region, with La Ronge one part of it.

For the force that serves La Ronge, the Crime Severity Index is 716, above Saskatchewan’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the La Ronge detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The force’s area logs 289.6 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. The violent index for its police area came to 1,169, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (154) and Canadian towns (86). Its police area records 146.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

The 5 schools of La Ronge: 3 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools

Teenagers have 167 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 211 km off, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (0.4 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Trips to work from La Ronge are shorter than from Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 10 min on average

At the census, 83% of commuters went by car.

Fewer households own their home in La Ronge than in Saskatchewan’s towns or across Canadian towns: 54%

The median home value was $250,000, below both Saskatchewan’s towns ($324,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Rent took 15% of household income, below both Saskatchewan’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (20%).

More of La Ronge’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 52%

13% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (7.4%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 16% of the population, close to both Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%).

La Ronge has colder winters than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −23.3°C

Between the last spring frost, 28 May, and the first in autumn, 14 September, lie 109 days. The thermometer drops below freezing on 212 days a year, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (203) and above Canadian towns (159). Also worth knowing: rain and snow peak in July, at 89 mm. A normal November brings 25 cm of snow, the most of any month.

In La Ronge, November normally means −4°C afternoons and −11°C nights

November normally sees 27 mm of precipitation. Then December: −11°C by day, −21°C at night. Across the year, normals run from −23°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s La Ronge forecast.

La Ronge’s MP is Buckley Belanger (Liberal Party of Canada), for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Across Saskatchewan, 13 of the 14 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

La Ronge’s public library is Alex Robertson Public Library

The library is 0.9 km from the centre of La Ronge.

Lives run shorter around La Ronge: 70.0 years, 11.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and La Ronge is well placed: 1.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.6 km away on average and 2.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home. La Ronge doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Far North health region.

49% of the land within 10 km of La Ronge is protected

Close by: one protected area. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Prince Albert National Park, at 95 km. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.