Ebenezer EastBrampton

Few places are as safe from hazards as Ebenezer East: it beats 89% of Canadian towns

Measured across the city of Brampton: earthquake risk

For earthquakes Ebenezer East is middling, $0.030 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority.

Ebenezer East is a town of owners: 86% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Rent took nearly a fifth of household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a third of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

3 school boards share Ebenezer East

The largest is Castlebrooke Secondary School, with 1,765 students. Of its 14 tested schools, 4 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 1 in the bottom two. Its elementary schools are big ones, 577 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, 10% of schools are.

Expect 85.3 years of life in the region around Ebenezer East, 3.8 above the typical Canadian town

Closer to home, a hospital is 7.0 km from the average resident of Ebenezer East, further than the usual 3.7 km. In the health survey, 49% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. Add to that, the survey counts nearly one in ten adults as smokers, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%).

Commuters in Ebenezer East travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 32 min on average

92% of commuters drove, above Ontario’s towns (88%) and close to Canadian towns (89%).

Summer runs warm in Ebenezer East: July highs of 27.4°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Winter lows average −8.9°C in January, close to Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). For the wettest month, look to June: 81 mm on average. A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month. Gardeners get 174 frost-free days, from 27 April to 20 October.

Ebenezer East’s grade for safety: a B

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area

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

More of Ebenezer East belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 95%

What November brings in Ebenezer East: freezing at night, 8°C by day

The month after, December, normally sees 2°C afternoons and −5°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. The year peaks in July (27°C) and bottoms out in January (−9°C).

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

Brampton, which governs Ebenezer East, elected Patrick Brown mayor in October 2022.

The nearest public library to Ebenezer East is Brampton Library - Gore Meadows Branch, 2.2 km away

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

More of the land around Ebenezer East is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns

18 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. For a national park, Rouge National Urban Park is 37 km away. 25 km from town is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.