Mount Pleasant NorthBrampton

Mount Pleasant North faces fewer hazards than 89% of Canadian towns

Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by Credit Valley Conservation Authority. Earthquake risk in Mount Pleasant North 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. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Brampton, with Mount Pleasant North one part of it.

Mount Pleasant North is a town of owners: 88% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The median home value was $900,000, above both Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Nearly a third of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Lives run long around Mount Pleasant North: 85.3 years, 3.8 more than the typical Canadian town’s region

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Peel Regional Health Unit

In the health survey, nearly half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. Smokers make up nearly a tenth of the region’s adults, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). What sets Mount Pleasant North apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.8 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Trips to work from Mount Pleasant North take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 38 min on average

By car: that was how 85% of commuters travelled at the census.

Mount Pleasant North’s 31 schools with results spread wide in Ontario, 7 in the top two fifths and 14 in the bottom two

The schools around it answer to 2 boards, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). Its elementary schools are big ones, 572 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do. Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,870 students.

Summer runs warm in Mount Pleasant North: July highs of 27.4°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Snow totals 115 cm over the year, below both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). A normal June brings 81 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Also worth knowing: the frost-free season runs from 27 April to 20 October, 174 days. Midwinter nights in Mount Pleasant North bottom out at −8.9°C on average.

Mount Pleasant North gets a B for safety

Its police area recorded 8.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 22.6 per 1,000 people a year.

Visible minorities make up more of Mount Pleasant North than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 88%

A normal November in Mount Pleasant North runs from freezing to 8°C

In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of 2°C and lows of −5°C. Expect around 9 cm of snow in November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Brampton.

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

Amarjeet Gill (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Brampton West, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Mount Pleasant North.

Mount Pleasant North has no public library of its own; the nearest is Brampton Library - Mount Pleasant Village Branch, 2.4 km away

Mount Pleasant North 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 53 km beyond Mount Pleasant North’s edge

The nearest provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, is 17 km away. Within 10 km are 12 protected areas. The largest is Brampton Natural Heritage System: 1,126 ha, 0.4 km from the edge of town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 3.8% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.