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Renting in Madoc eats 25% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 26% of households, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). 76% of households own their home, near both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%).

Madoc faces fewer hazards than 89% of Canadian towns

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Brampton

Flood mapping exists: a study by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. Seismic risk in Madoc sits near the middle: $0.030 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

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

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

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, above both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Madoc is well placed: 1.9 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

4 school boards overlap in Madoc, covering Ontario’s four systems

Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,410 students. Of the 56 with results, 36 sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario. 2 of the 58 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Madoc has 48 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, for 26,450 students.

Household incomes in Madoc top those of 85% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 30 min getting to work, on average. 88% of commuters drove, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −8.9°C, close to Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 27 April, and the first in autumn, 20 October, lie 174 days. Rain and snow peak in June, at 81 mm. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

Madoc’s grade for safety: a B

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 8.5 violent incidents are reported each year. Its police area records 22.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 56, near Ontario’s towns (56) and lower than Canadian towns (67). For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area, Madoc included.

More of Madoc belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 63%

0.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

Expect November days around 8°C in Madoc, nights around freezing

In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. Then December: 2°C by day, −5°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

The nearest public library to Madoc is Brampton Library - Four Corners Branch, 2.3 km away

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

Within 47 km of Madoc: Rouge National Urban Park

The nearest provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, is 21 km away. The largest is Brampton Natural Heritage System: 1,126 ha, 0.6 km from the edge of town. CPCAD lists 7 protected areas within 10 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.