Ridgehill / Armbro HeightsBrampton

Fewer households own their home in Ridgehill / Armbro Heights than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 51%

Rent took 28% of household income, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 29% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Ridgehill / Armbro Heights faces fewer hazards than 89% of Canadian towns

The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. For earthquakes Ridgehill / Armbro Heights is middling, $0.030 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Brampton as a whole, not for Ridgehill / Armbro Heights alone.

The car carries only 78% of commuters in Ridgehill / Armbro Heights, fewer than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 31 min, higher than both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

People in Ridgehill / Armbro Heights’ health region live to 85.3 on average, 3.8 years beyond the typical Canadian town

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

Smokers make up 8.2% of the region’s adults, below Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 49% against 51%. Measured from where Ridgehill / Armbro Heights’ residents live, a hospital is 2.7 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

Results around Ridgehill / Armbro Heights split both ways in Ontario: 4 of 48 schools high, 26 low

None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do. David Suzuki Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,700 students. In or within 3 km of Ridgehill / Armbro Heights: 41 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools, with 24,390 students.

Summer runs warm in Ridgehill / Armbro Heights: July highs of 27.4°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

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). June is the wettest month, with 81 mm of rain and snow on average. Gardeners get 174 frost-free days, from 27 April to 20 October. A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month.

For safety, Ridgehill / Armbro Heights gets a B

Its police area recorded 8.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 22.6 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. 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, Ridgehill / Armbro Heights included.

Visible minorities make up more of Ridgehill / Armbro Heights than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 61%

Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). 18% of residents have reached 65.

Expect November days around 8°C in Ridgehill / Armbro Heights, nights around freezing

December follows at 2°C by day and −5°C by night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. November usually brings some 9 cm of snow. Also worth knowing: at the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −9°C.

Ridgehill / Armbro Heights has one public library, Brampton Public Library

Ridgehill / Armbro Heights is served by Brampton Public Library, the library of all of Brampton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 708,210 people.

A national park 47 km from Ridgehill / Armbro Heights: Rouge National Urban Park

One named trail is close: the Etobicoke Creek Trail. 24 km from town is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. CPCAD lists 6 protected areas within 10 km. Protected areas take in a tenth of the neighbourhood itself.