Addington HighlandsOntario

In Ontario, this town has 2,827 residents. It grew by 9% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses.

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Population

2,827

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

55.6

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

39%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

TownGrade

D⁻

#2,541 of 2,556

Is Addington Highlands a good place to live?

Several subjects drag its grade down. The weak point is jobs & income (D−). Owners valued their homes at a median $300,000 in 2021, which is 5.3 years of the typical household’s pay. Overall, that makes a D−, good for #853 of 858 in Ontario. On that grade it does behind almost every Canadian town. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and C+ for walkability.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

WeakestD⁻Jobs & income DCost of living

What makes Addington Highlands stand out

The 3 things Addington Highlands does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Jobs & income

Behind 99%

of Canadian towns on jobs & income

Its jobs & income grade: D−.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

31% are 65 or over

Midway across Canadian towns: 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree

Education

39% have a postsecondary qualification

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

How Addington Highlands grades

Each subject compares Addington Highlands with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Jobs & incomeAmong the weakest of the towns comparedD⁻Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnDOpen →SafetyMore crime than in most townsCOpen →SchoolsBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →Hazard riskGraded on earthquake risk and radon, with high wildfire risk able to lower itC⁺Open →WalkabilityClose to the middle of the towns comparedC⁺Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesB⁻Open →

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Addington Highlands.

Work & commuteJobs & income D⁻

Commuters in Addington Highlands travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average

86% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van86%

Walk8%

Census 2021	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	31 min	29 min	26 min
Car or van	86%	88%	89%

$57,600

median household income, 2020

14%

worked from home, May 2021

50%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment15% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work8% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to35 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Greater Napanee

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

HousingCost of living D

Measured against local pay, Addington Highlands costs more to live in than 88% of Canadian towns

Rent took 23% of household income, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 80%.

$300,000median home value, 2021DCost of living Grade

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Addington Highlands$300,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Median home value, 2021	$300,000	$695,000	$406,000
Rent as a share of income	23%	22%	20%
Households owning their home	80%	76%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	19%	22%	18%

$800

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$695

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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Cost of living5.3 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $300,000, against the median household income Renting$800 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Owners and renters80% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.

SafetySafety C

Addington Highlands gets a C for safety

Violence reaches 19.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Its violent severity index came to 106, higher than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

85Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202380

202490

202583

2023–2025	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Violent crime	19.8	10.5	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	106	76	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

46%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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Safety85 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Addington Highlands’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Addington Highlands safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

SchoolsSchools C

The 2 schools of Addington Highlands: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 7.8 km off, higher than both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

2schools within 3 kmCSchools Grade

School	Level	Students	System
North Addington Education Centre Public School Fourth fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	270	English public
North Addington Education Centre Fourth fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	115	English public

Schools within 3 km	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Nearest elementary school	7.8 km	0.5 km	0.5 km
Nearest secondary school	7.8 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

385

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

7.8 km

to the nearest secondary school

7.8 km

to the nearest elementary school

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Every school2 schools within 3 km · 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school Results0 of 2 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario Language0 of 2 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Questions“What schools are there in Addington Highlands?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁺

Wildfire low, radon 11%: how Addington Highlands stands on hazards

Seismic risk in Addington Highlands sits near the middle: $0.037 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

Lowwildfire bandC⁺Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Addington Highlands11%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	11%	4%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.037	$0.043	$0.030

Low

wildfire band

5.8 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

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Radon11% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.037 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Who lives here

More of Addington Highlands’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 9.7%

Immigrants make up 4.3% of residents, below both Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

55.6median age

Addington HighlandsOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

31%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree27%

Postsecondary qualification39%

Women and men · all residents

49.5% of Addington Highlands’ residents are women

By the 2021 count the town had 1,255 women and 1,280 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.

Who lives in Addington Highlands
	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	12%	15%	16%
15 to 64	57%	65%	64%
65+	31%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	27%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	39%	56%	56%

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Immigrants4% are immigrants · 0% belong to a visible minority Ages55.6 median age · 31% are 65 or over Households1,120 households · 2.2 people per household English and French4% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Outdoors

A national route near Addington Highlands: the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario)

For a swim, Little Cuba is the nearest of 6 beaches within 5 km. The nearest national park is Thousand Islands National Park, 64 km away. Within 10 km of the town, nearly a tenth of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. CPCAD lists 37 protected areas within 10 km.

8.9%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Addington Highlands8.9%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	8.9%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	12	4	4

64 km

to Thousand Islands National Park

At the edge

to Lower Madawaska River Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

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Footpaths & routes1 named route · The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario)Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas37 protected areas within 10 km · Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve National & provincial parks64 km to a national park · Thousand Islands National Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Climate

Summer arrives in force in Addington Highlands, hotter than in 89% of Canadian towns

A normal January brings 45 cm of snow, the most of any month. January nights fall to −12.4°C on average, below Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) but above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Rain and snow peak in September, at 100 mm.

27.2°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−1.3°C

Spring11.9°C

Summer25.9°C

Autumn14.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
July afternoon high	27.2°C	26.7°C	25.5°C
January night low	−12.4°C	−9.1°C	−13.5°C
Precipitation a year	984 mm	902 mm	883 mm
Snowfall a year	158 cm	146 cm	141 cm

158 cm

of snow a year

154

days with frost a year

128

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 27.2°C, January lows −12.4°C Rain and snow984 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow158 cm of snow a year Weather station44 km to the station · Centreville

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Centreville)

Weather

In Addington Highlands, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −2°C nights

Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −12°C by night. By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −8°C. Expect about 88 mm of rain and snow over November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Kaladar forecast.

7°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November7°C

December0°C

January−3°C

February−1°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−1°C	−11°C	229 mm
Spring	12°C	1°C	238 mm
Summer	26°C	14°C	233 mm
Autumn	14°C	4°C	285 mm

−2°C

a normal November night

88 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Centreville); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Addington Highlands spends more per resident than 98% of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities do

Hastings—Lennox and Addington is the riding Addington Highlands votes in for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

Turnout	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Municipal election, 2022	34%	31%	31%

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Member of ParliamentShelby Kramp-Neuman council seats5

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

Addington Highlands has two public libraries, Addington Highlands Public Library - Denbigh Branch and Addington Highlands Public Library - Flinton Branch

The figures are those of Addington Highlands Public Library, which serves 1,758 people, part of Addington Highlands.

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A year at the library2.3 visits per person served The libraries2 Libraries Places to belong0 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

HealthHealth B⁻

Residents of Addington Highlands live 36 km from the nearest hospital on average

Shared with the rest of the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

A baby born in the region can expect 81.8 years, 83.9 for a girl and 79.5 for a boy (2022/2024). The survey counts just over one in ten adults as smokers, above Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 53% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario.

53%very good or excellent healthB⁻Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Addington Highlands53%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Addington Highlands	Ontario	Canada
Smokers	12%	10%	12%
Very good or excellent health	53%	51%	52%
Life expectancy at birth	81.8	82.8	81.5

81.8

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

36 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

12%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

17 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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Getting care36 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 17 km away on average Health survey53% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.9, men 79.5 Conditions and habits17% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Nearby attractions

Moose Meet Studio and 3 more in and around Addington Highlands

Sights in Addington Highlands and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

Art galleryArt galleryMoose Meet Studioin town MuseumMuseumCloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives100 m outside town, to the northwest MuseumMuseumBon Echo Visitor Centre1.7 km outside town, to the northwest AttractionAttractionLennox & Addington Dark Sky Viewing Area3.3 km outside town, to the south

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Addington Highlands

15pages on Addington Highlands

The big questions

SafetyCCrime Severity Index 85 Housing & costDHomes 5.3 × income Property pricesSchoolsC2 schools within 3 km HealthB⁻Life expectancy 81.8 in its region Work & commuteD⁻36% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors8.9% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 55.6 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Addington Highlands’ neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

North FrontenacAddington Highlands

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Addington Highlands	2,827	—	D⁻	D	C	B⁻
North Frontenac	2,515	14	D⁻	C⁻	C⁺	B⁻

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Addington Highlands

Who are the people of Addington Highlands?

0% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 10% have an Indigenous identity and 4% are immigrants.

Has Addington Highlands grown?

It added people: 2,318 in 2016, 2,534 in 2021, 9.3% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 2,827.

What kind of homes are in Addington Highlands?

Single-detached houses make up 93% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 30% of households are one person, and the average is 2.2.

Is Addington Highlands a young town or an old one?

The typical resident is 55.6 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 31% of the population and under-15s at 12%.

About Addington Highlands

Town in Ontario

TownRatings counts Addington Highlands as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in Ontario; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 2,827 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
Census division: Lennox and Addington
Census subdivision: 3511035

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).