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New Springbrook faces fewer hazards than 89% of Canadian towns

Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Brampton

Earthquake risk in New Springbrook 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. The national inventory holds 12 flood maps for it, the newest from Credit Valley Conservation Authority.

Rent takes less of local pay in New Springbrook than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 18% of household income

84% of households own their home, higher than both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for a third of households, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

6 school boards overlap in New Springbrook, covering Ontario’s four systems

Of its 57 tested schools, 17 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 20 in the bottom two. The largest is Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School, with 1,870 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 5 of 61; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. In or within 3 km of New Springbrook: 52 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, with 35,925 students.

Lives run long around New Springbrook: 85.3 years, 3.8 more than the typical Canadian town’s region

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 19% of the region’s adults on average, above Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 49%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: nearly one in ten adults, against 11% for Ontario. Closer to home, a hospital is 6.9 km from the average resident of New Springbrook, further than the usual 3.7 km.

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

June is the wettest month, with 81 mm of rain and snow on average. Frost comes on 131 days a year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. The frost-free season runs from 27 April to 20 October, 174 days. New Springbrook sees January nights of −8.9°C on average.

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

91% of commuters drove, above Ontario’s towns (88%) and close to Canadian towns (89%).

New Springbrook is graded a B for safety

Measured across the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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

More of New Springbrook belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 87%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.2% of residents, below both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 8°C in New Springbrook, nights around freezing

Precipitation in November averages 72 mm. November usually brings some 9 cm of snow. A normal December brings highs of 2°C, lows of −5°C. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −9°C.

Brampton has one council seat for every 70,710 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Ontario

New Springbrook is part of Brampton, which elected Patrick Brown as mayor in October 2022.

New Springbrook’s public library is Brampton Library - South West Branch

Brampton Library serves the whole of Brampton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 708,210 people, New Springbrook among them.

Rouge National Urban Park is 51 km from New Springbrook

16 km from town is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. For walks, the Bruce Trail - Toronto section side trails runs within 2 km. 3.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).