Quality of Life

Climate

Average Maximum Temperature	12.1 degrees celcius
Average Minimum Temperature	-1.0 degrees celcius
Average Yearly Snowfall	160 cm
Average Yearly Rainfall	262 mm
Total Annual Hours of Sunshine	2,300.60
Days with Measurable Sunlight	321.9
Number of Frost Free Days	117
Last Killing Spring Frost	May 7th
First Killing Fall Frost	September 25th
Number of Crop Days	140
Elevation	921.10 m
Source: Canadian Climate Normals - Environment Canada

Temperature - Celcius

Month	Daily Average	Daily Maximum	Daily Minimum
January	-7.8	-1.8	-13.7
February	-4.1	1.8	-10
March	-0.3	5.6	-6.3
April	6.1	12.8	-0.7
May	11.4	18.2	4.6
June	15.6	22.4	8.8
July	18.2	25.6	10.7
August	17.7	25.2	10
September	12.3	19.3	5.2
October	7.2	14.1	0.3
November	-1.2	4.2	-6.7
December	-5.9	-0.4	-11.4
Source: Canadian Climate Normals - Environment Canada

Health Care

Health Region:	Chinook Health
Total Land Area (Square Kilometres)	25,947
Residents in Region (2006):	More than 157,000
Continuing Care Beds:	344
Acute Care Beds:	353
Community Health Sites:	15
Board Members:	12
Community Health Councils:	2 (Community Health Council on Mental Health and Community Health Council on Seniors Health)
Communities Served:	Residents are in Lethbridge and in more than 40 other towns, villages and surrounding rural areas.
Number of Staff:	3,500
Number of Physicians:	200
The Calgary Health Region provides quality care for the member communities of Vulcan, Claresholm, Champion and Carmangay.
Source: Chinook Health 2005-2006 Annual Report and www.chr.ab.ca (January 8, 2007)

Schools

	School Division(s)	Public	Separate	Private
Cardston County
Blood Tribe	Kainai Board of Education			K-4 (2 schools) 5-8 (1 school) 9-12 (1 school) 7-12 (1 Alternate School)
Town of Cardston	Westwind School Division #74	K-5 (1 school) 6-8 (1 school) 9-12 (1 school)
Town of Claresholm	Livingstone Range School Division	K-3 (1 school) 4-8 (1 school) 9-12 (1 school)
Town of Coaldale	Palliser Regional School Division	K-4 (1 school) 5-8 (1 school) 9-12 (1 school) 10-12 (1 school)
	Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4		ECS-9 (1 school)
Town of Coalhurst	Palliser Regional School Division	K-6 (1 school) 7-12 (1 school)
Village of Coutts	Horizon School Division No. 67	ECS-8 (1 school)
City of Lethbridge	Lethbridge School District No. 51	K-5 (12 schools) 6-8 (4 schools) 9-12 (4 schools)
	Palliser Regional School Division	K-6 (1 school)
	Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4		ECS-6 (5 schools) ECS-9 (1 school) 7-9 (1 school) 10-12 (1 school)
	Greater Southern Francophone Education Region No. 4’s Ecole La Verendyre			ECS-12 (1 school)
Town of Magrath	Westwind School Division #74	K-5 (1 school) 6-12 (1 school)
Town of Milk River	Horizon School Division No. 67	K-5 (1 school) 6-12 (1 school)
Village of Milo	Palliser Regional School Division	1-9 (1 school)
Village of Nobleford	Palliser Regional School Division	K-12 (1 school)
Town of Picture Butte	Palliser Regional School Division	K-6 (1 school) 7-12 (1 school)
	Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4		ECS-9 (1 schools)
Town of Raymond	Westwind School Division #74	K-5 (1 school) 6-8 (1 school) 9-12 (1 school)
Village of Stirling	Westwind School Division #74	K-12 (1 school)
Town of Taber	Horizon School Division No. 67	K-5 (3 schools) 6-8 (1 school) 9-12 (1 school)
	Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4		ECS-5 (1 school) 6-12 (1 school)
Town of Vulcan	Palliser Regional School Division	K-6 (1 school) 7-12 (1 school) 10-12 (1 school)
Town of Vauxhall	Horizon School Division No. 67	K-6 (1 school) 7-12 (1 school)
Village of Warner	Horizon School Division No. 67	K-12 (1 school)

Other Learning Opportunities

There are a variety of Hutterite Colony Schools in the area as well.