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Rent takes more of local pay in Sheridan than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Toronto metro area

Owners make up nearly two thirds of households, below both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a third of households, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

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

Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. Seismic risk in Sheridan sits near the middle: $0.030 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

Trips to work from Sheridan take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

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

On average 19% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, 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. For Sheridan itself the measure is access: 4.4 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Peel Regional Health Unit, with Sheridan one part of it.

3 school boards share Sheridan

Results are mixed: 8 of 38 schools above the middle in Ontario, 12 below it. St Marcellinus Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,715 students. Of the 41, one teaches in French (10% of schools in Ontario). 20,000 students attend the 32 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools in or within 3 km of Sheridan.

Summer runs warm in Sheridan: 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). The frost-free season runs from 27 April to 20 October, 174 days. The most precipitation falls in June: 81 mm in a normal year. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

For safety, Sheridan gets a B

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). Its police area records 22.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Sheridan doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area.

Visible minorities make up more of Sheridan than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 91%

Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents.

A normal November in Sheridan runs from freezing to 8°C

Expect around 9 cm of snow in November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. 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 Library - South Fletcher's Branch is Sheridan’s public library

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

Within 47 km of Sheridan: Rouge National Urban Park

Inside the neighbourhood itself, nearly a tenth of the land is protected. Count 5 protected areas within 10 km of town. A provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, lies 25 km away. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Etobicoke Creek Trail.