WoodhillBrampton

Hazard risk in Woodhill is lower than in 89% of Canadian towns

Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. For earthquakes Woodhill is middling, $0.030 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Brampton, Woodhill included.

Measured against local pay, Woodhill costs more to live in than 88% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Toronto metro area

30% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 85% of households.

People in Woodhill’s health region live to 85.3 on average, 3.8 years beyond the typical Canadian town

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

The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 49%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 19% of the region’s adults on average, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). What sets Woodhill apart within its region is distance, and at 3.5 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Trips to work from Woodhill take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 34 min on average

Driving is how 86% of commuters got to work at the census.

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

Rain and melted snow add up to 807 mm a year, below Ontario’s towns (902 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm) alike. On a January night, the temperature in Woodhill falls to about −8.9°C. The frost-free season runs from 27 April to 20 October, 174 days. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

Woodhill is graded a B for safety

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 22.6 per 1,000 a year, below both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 8.5 per 1,000 people a year.

More of Woodhill belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 94%

What November brings in Woodhill: freezing at night, 8°C by day

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

One councillor per 70,710 residents: Brampton is more thinly represented than 99% of Ontario municipalities

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

Woodhill has no public library of its own; the nearest is Brampton Library - Gore Meadows Branch, 3.6 km away

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

English or French, public or Catholic: Woodhill’s schools come under 6 boards

The largest is Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School, with 1,870 students. Results are mixed: 24 of 109 schools above the middle in Ontario, 51 below it. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 110; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Counting a 3 km margin, Woodhill has 95 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, for 56,200 students.

Woodhill is 37 km from Rouge National Urban Park

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 4.1%, above Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. For a provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park lies 17 km off. 14 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Within its own boundary, 16% of the neighbourhood is protected.