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Measured against local pay, Fletchers West costs more to live in than 90% of Canadian towns

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

Households that own their home make up 81%. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 28% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Few places are as safe from hazards as Fletchers West: it beats 89% of Canadian towns

Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Brampton

Earthquake risk in Fletchers West 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. Flood mapping exists: 8 studies, most recently by Credit Valley Conservation Authority.

Expect 85.3 years of life in the region around Fletchers West, 3.8 above the typical Canadian town

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Peel Regional Health Unit

8.2% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. What sets Fletchers West apart within its region is distance, and at 3.7 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

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

The car took 83% of commuters, below both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Fletchers West’s schools come under 3 different boards

Within 3 km of Fletchers West are 52 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools, teaching 30,460 students. David Suzuki Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,700 students. 2 of the 63 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Results are mixed: 12 of 59 schools above the middle in Ontario, 28 below it.

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

Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm. The thermometer drops below freezing on 131 days a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 27 April and returns around 20 October: 174 days without it. On a January night, the temperature in Fletchers West falls to about −8.9°C.

Fletchers West earns a B for safety

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). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 22.6 property crimes are reported each year.

More of Fletchers West belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 86%

In Fletchers West, November normally means 8°C afternoons and freezing nights

Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −5°C. 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.

70,710 residents per council seat in Brampton, a higher ratio than 99% of Ontario municipalities

As a neighbourhood of Brampton, Fletchers West shares the council elected in October 2022, with Patrick Brown as mayor.

No public library stands in Fletchers West: the closest, Brampton Public Library, is 2.1 km away

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

Rouge National Urban Park lies 49 km beyond Fletchers West’s edge

One named trail is close: the Etobicoke Creek Trail. The nearest provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, is 23 km away. The 10 km around town hold 7 protected areas.