Bayfieldin Bluewater, Ontario

The force covering Bayfield records less serious violence than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, at 39

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Bayfield itself

Its police area recorded 6.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. The force’s area logs 11.2 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Working-age people in Bayfield have jobs more often than in 83% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 25 min, lower than Ontario’s towns (29 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min). At the census, 90% of commuters went by car.

Hazards in Bayfield: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 11% of tested homes

Shared with the rest of the Huron County Health Unit: radon tests

Seismic risk runs low: $0.012 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Little of the land around Bayfield has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Bayfield on the national inventory.

Bayfield has cooler summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.4°C

In January the thermometer sinks to −7.8°C overnight, higher than both Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). For the wettest month, look to November: 90 mm on average. A normal January brings 43 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Fewer of Bayfield’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 1%

1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, near Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and lower than Canadian towns (2.8%). Immigrants make up 7% of residents, between Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Expect November days around 7°C in Bayfield, nights around 1°C

By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −4°C. About 13 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 90 mm of precipitation. Across the year, normals run from −8°C nights in February to 24°C afternoons in July.

Fewer than three in four Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities spend as much per resident as Bayfield

Bayfield sends one MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Huron—Bruce, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.

3 public library branches serve Bayfield

Among them: Huron County Library - Bayfield Branch, Huron County Library - Hensall Branch and Huron County Library - Zurich Branch.

1 above the middle in Ontario, 4 below: Bayfield’s 10 tested schools

In or within 3 km of Bayfield: 8 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, with 3,620 students. Secondary school means a trip of 16 km at the nearest, above Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

Rent takes less of local pay in Bayfield than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). 84% of households are owner-occupiers.

Fewer adults feel healthy around Bayfield: 45% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

Residents have 13 km to cover to reach a hospital, above Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Women in the region live to 83.7 and men to 79.7, 81.7 years taken together (2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 5.7 km on average, with 0.5 within 3 km of the typical home.

11 beaches lie within 5 km of Bayfield

Of the country within 10 km, 0.5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. OpenStreetMap shows 2 walking routes nearby, including the Mavis Trail and Taylor Trail. The nearest provincial park, Pinery Provincial Park, is 6.5 km away. Count 6 protected areas within 10 km of town.

Before 1961: 38% of the homes in Bayfield