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Bramalea Woods’s grade for hazard risk: an A

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. Earthquake risk in Bramalea Woods is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.030 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Brampton as a whole, not for Bramalea Woods alone.

Bramalea Woods is a town of owners: 90% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Toronto metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 21% of households, lower than Ontario’s towns (22%) yet higher than Canadian towns (18%).

Life expectancy around Bramalea Woods is 85.3 years, 3.8 more than for the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Peel Regional Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Measured from where Bramalea Woods’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. 8.2% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Add to that, on self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario.

English or French, public or Catholic: Bramalea Woods’s schools come under 4 boards

In or within 3 km of Bramalea Woods: 50 elementary schools and 11 secondary schools, with 30,915 students. 34 of 61 schools with results score below the middle in Ontario. Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,745 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 61; in Ontario, one in ten schools teach in it.

Bramalea Woods has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.4°C

A normal winter brings 115 cm of snow, below Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. The coldest nights come in January, when Bramalea Woods averages a low of −8.9°C. Frost usually lifts by 27 April and returns around 20 October: 174 days without it. Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year.

Bramalea Woods’s grade for safety: a B

Where it is policed, 8.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Property crime in its police area ran at 22.6 per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area, with Bramalea Woods one part of it.

Household incomes in Bramalea Woods top those of 96% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 30 min. The car took 89% of commuters, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

More of Bramalea Woods belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%

0.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.

Bramalea Woods in November: highs near 8°C, lows near freezing

Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Brampton forecast, on the Weather page.

Brampton has one council seat for every 70,710 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Ontario

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Bramalea Woods is Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, and Shafqat Ali (Liberal Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.

Bramalea Woods has no public library of its own; the nearest is Brampton Library - Chinguacousy Branch, 1.7 km away

The library figures on this page are Brampton’s: Brampton public library serves all 708,210 people of the city, Bramalea Woods among them.

Within 45 km of Bramalea Woods: Rouge National Urban Park

Of the land within 10 km, 5.5% has protected status, above Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. Brampton Natural Heritage System (1,126 ha) is the biggest, 2.0 km from town. The 10 km around town hold 7 protected areas. The closest provincial park is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, 22 km from the edge of town.