FairhavenSaskatoon

Fairhaven is graded an A for hazard risk

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Saskatoon RHA

Radon around Fairhaven is ordinary for Canada: 6.6% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fire seldom reaches Fairhaven: since 1986, 0.6% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.02% a year).

Rent takes more of local pay in Fairhaven than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% of household income

20% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $300,000, below Saskatchewan’s towns ($324,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.

Fairhaven is graded a C− for safety

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Saskatoon service area

The violent index for its police area came to 154, close to Saskatchewan’s towns (154) and above Canadian towns (86). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 48.4 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.2 violent incidents are reported each year.

49% of adults around Fairhaven rate their health very good or excellent

Smoking is rarer than in the province: 8.3% of adults, against 13% for Saskatchewan. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.4, women 83.4 and men 79.2 (2022/2024). Measured from where Fairhaven’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.3 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Fairhaven alone, so this card uses the figure for the Saskatoon health region.

Work, pay and getting to work in Fairhaven

Commutes averaged 19 min, higher than Saskatchewan’s towns (18 min) yet lower than Canadian towns (26 min). By car: that was how 89% of commuters travelled at the census.

Fairhaven is among the driest of Canadian towns: 357 mm of rain and snow a year

On a January night, the temperature in Fairhaven falls to about −20.7°C. Frosty days number 203 in a normal year, near Saskatchewan’s towns (203) and higher than Canadian towns (159). The most precipitation falls in June: 75 mm in a normal year. Also worth knowing: most of the snow comes in January, about 20 cm.

More of Fairhaven’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 16%

28% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Saskatchewan’s towns (16%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

Expect November days around −1°C in Fairhaven, nights around −10°C

Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −18°C. About 13 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Expect about 14 mm of rain and snow over November. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January.

Fewer of Saskatoon West voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 56%, behind 85%

No provincial riding is named for Fairhaven, because the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s boundary file gives no terms of reuse.

No public library stands in Fairhaven: the closest, Mayfair Public Library, is 3 km away

The next is Library 20th st (Westmount), 3 km away.

The nearest provincial park, Fred Heal Canoe Launch, is 13 km from Fairhaven

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 1.4% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The largest named area nearby is Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 130 ha, 9.3 km away. 17 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.

Fairhaven and its edges hold 34 schools: 28 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, about level with Saskatchewan’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).