Credit ValleyBrampton

Hazard risk in Credit Valley is lower than in 89% of Canadian towns

NRCan expects $0.030 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Credit Valley, near the typical $0.030. Flood mapping exists: 7 studies, most recently by Credit Valley Conservation Authority. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Credit Valley alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Brampton.

Most households in Credit Valley own their home: 91%, more than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns

Rent took 17% of household income, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 33% of households, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Credit Valley shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Toronto metro area.

Credit Valley’s region outlives the typical Canadian town by 3.8 years: life expectancy 85.3

Health survey and life expectancy for the Peel Regional Health Unit

Smoking is rarer than in the province: 8.2% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. Chronic conditions run at nearly a fifth of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). What sets Credit Valley apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 4.9 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Trips to work from Credit Valley take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 34 min on average

89% of commuters drove, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

A normal June brings 81 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. The thermometer drops below freezing on 131 days a year, below both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). On a January night, the temperature in Credit Valley falls to about −8.9°C. Frost usually lifts by 27 April and returns around 20 October: 174 days without it.

Credit Valley’s 52 schools with results spread wide in Ontario, 11 in the top two fifths and 25 in the bottom two

Schooling here is split between 2 boards, below Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,870 students. None of them teaches in French, though one in ten schools in Ontario do. 33,135 students attend the 44 elementary schools and 8 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Credit Valley.

Credit Valley’s grade for safety: a B

Across its police area, there are 22.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violent incidents in its police area came to 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12).

More of Credit Valley belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 93%

0.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

In Credit Valley, November normally means 8°C afternoons and freezing nights

Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −9°C by night. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 2°C and lows near −5°C. In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Brampton forecast, on the Weather page.

Each seat on Brampton’s council stands for 70,710 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

City council runs Credit Valley; in October 2022, Brampton chose Patrick Brown as mayor.

No public library stands in Credit Valley: the closest, Brampton Library - Mount Pleasant Village Branch, is 2.5 km away

Credit Valley is served by Brampton public library, the library of all of Brampton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 708,210 people.

A national park 51 km from Credit Valley: Rouge National Urban Park

The closest provincial park is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, 21 km from the edge of town. Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 1, below both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (4). Inside the neighbourhood itself, 5.5% of the land is protected.