Bridgenorthin Selwyn, Ontario

TownGrade

B⁻

#1,311 of 2,556

With 20,628 residents, it is a town in Ontario. It belongs to the Peterborough metropolitan area.

3 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population

20,628

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

58%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Bridgenorth a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. Taken together, its subjects give Bridgenorth a B− overall, better than 51% of Canadian towns. Its place in the ranking is #501 of 858 in Ontario. Crime is low (A+). Homes are dear (C−). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools, B− for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestA⁺SafetyWeakestC⁻Cost of living

How Bridgenorth grades

Each subject compares Bridgenorth with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

SafetyIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA⁺Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnC⁻Open →HealthResidents’ health trails most townsCOpen →WalkabilityWeaker than most of the towns comparedC⁺Open →SchoolsClose to the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →Hazard riskGraded on earthquake risk and radon, with high wildfire risk able to lower itBOpen →Jobs & incomeAbout average among the towns comparedB⁻Open →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Bridgenorth stand out

The 3 things Bridgenorth does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Safety

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on safety

Its safety grade: A+.

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

4% walk, cycle or take transit

Next to 8%, the median among Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

29% are 65 or over

For the middle of Canadian towns, 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bridgenorth.

SafetySafety A⁺

Violent crime weighs less on Bridgenorth than on Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 23

21Crime Severity Index

The violent crime rate is 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime ran at 8.8 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202321

202422

202520

2023–2025	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	8.8	30.5	31.2
Violent Crime Severity Index	23	76	86
Violent crime	3.4	10.5	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

53%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageBridgenorth’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety21 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Bridgenorth’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Bridgenorth safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

HousingCost of living C⁻

Measured against local pay, Bridgenorth costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

$624,000median home value, 2021C⁻Cost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). 90% of households are owner-occupiers.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Bridgenorth$624,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Households owning their home	90%	76%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	14%	22%	18%
Median home value, 2021	$624,000	$695,000	$406,000
Rent as a share of income	19%	22%	20%

$1,513

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$950

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageBridgenorth’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Cost of living6.5 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $624,000, against the median household income Renting$1,513 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Owners and renters90% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: one figure for all of the Peterborough metro area

HealthHealth C

Very good or excellent health for 47% of adults in Bridgenorth’s health region

47%very good or excellent healthCHealth Grade

Health survey and life expectancy for the Peterborough County—City Health Unit

A hospital lies 14 km from the typical home, above both Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 14%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Ontario. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 80.5, women 82.8 and men 78.1 (2022/2024).

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Bridgenorth47%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Smokers	14%	10%	12%
Very good or excellent health	47%	51%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	19%	17%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	80.5	82.8	81.5

80.5

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

14 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

14%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

3.7 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageBridgenorth’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey47% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care14 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 3.7 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 82.8, men 78.1 Conditions and habits19% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Who lives here

Visible minorities make up less of Bridgenorth than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 3.3%

52median age

Immigrants make up 7.5% of residents, near Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and higher than Canadian towns (6.4%).

BridgenorthOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

29%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree13%

Postsecondary qualification58%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 50.6% of Bridgenorth

The 2021 census counted 9,440 women and 9,210 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Bridgenorth
	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	14%	15%	16%
15 to 64	57%	65%	64%
65+	29%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	13%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	58%	56%	56%

Full pageBridgenorth’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Immigrants8% are immigrants · 3% belong to a visible minority Ages52 median age · 29% are 65 or over Households7,480 households · 2.5 people per household English and French7% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

SchoolsSchools B

The schools around Bridgenorth answer to 3 boards

26schools within 3 kmBSchools Grade

One of the 26 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Results have climbed at 14 of 23 schools over three years. The 23 with results split, 4 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 9 in the lower. Teenagers have 9.7 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

School	Level	Students	System
James Strath Public School Middle fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	720	English public
Thomas A Stewart Secondary School Fourth fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	1,260	English public
ÉSC Monseigneur-Jamot FrenchTeaches in FrenchSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	–	French Catholic
Queen Elizabeth Public School Top fifth in OntarioResults in the top fifth in OntarioElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	225	English public

See all 26 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public18

English Catholic7

French Catholic1

Schools within 3 km	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Nearest secondary school	9.7 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
School boards	3	4	3
Nearest elementary school	3.4 km	0.5 km	0.5 km

12,245

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

9.7 km

to the nearest secondary school

3.4 km

to the nearest elementary school

Full pageBridgenorth’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards3 school boards · Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB Every school26 schools within 3 km · 20 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools Results4 of 23 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario Language1 of 26 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Questions“What schools are there in Bridgenorth?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Climate

January nights in Bridgenorth drop to −12.8°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

26.6°CJuly afternoons

Frost comes on 169 days a year, above Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Between the last spring frost, 16 May, and the first in autumn, 24 September, lie 130 days. Snow peaks in January: 45 cm in a normal year. A normal June brings 88 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−1.3°C

Spring11.7°C

Summer25.4°C

Autumn14.0°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Days with frost a year	169	139	159
January night low	−12.8°C	−9.1°C	−13.5°C
July afternoon high	26.6°C	26.7°C	25.5°C
Snowfall a year	158 cm	146 cm	141 cm

158 cm

of snow a year

169

days with frost a year

130

frost-free days, 16 May to 24 Sep

114

days with precipitation a year

Full pageBridgenorth’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 26.6°C, January lows −12.8°C Rain and snow840 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow158 cm of snow a year Weather station20 km to the station · Peterborough

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Peterborough)

Natural hazardsHazard risk B

A flood study covers Bridgenorth: 2 on the national inventory, the newest from Ontonabee Region Conservation Authority

Lowwildfire bandBHazard risk Grade

Earthquake risk in Bridgenorth is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.026 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Radon around Bridgenorth is ordinary for Canada: 8.9% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical).

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Bridgenorth8.9%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	8.9%	4%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.026	$0.043	$0.030

Low

wildfire band

flood studies on the national inventory

Full pageBridgenorth’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Flood2 flood studies on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.026 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon8.9% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Not measured by town: radon tests (the Peterborough County-City Health Unit)

Weather

Bridgenorth in November: highs near 7°C, lows near −3°C

7°Ca normal November afternoon

Then December: freezing by day, −8°C at night. A typical November adds 17 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 76 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −13°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November7°C

December0°C

January−3°C

February−2°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−1°C	−11°C	173 mm
Spring	12°C	−1°C	206 mm
Summer	25°C	12°C	235 mm
Autumn	14°C	2°C	227 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

76 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageBridgenorth’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Peterborough); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

95% of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities spend more per resident than Bridgenorth

Bridgenorth has no council of its own: it belongs to Selwyn, a township.

Turnout	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Municipal election, 2022	25%	31%	31%

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Member of ParliamentEmma Harrison council seats5

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

Selwyn Public Library logs 2.5 visits per person served, fewer than three in four Ontario’s town libraries

Selwyn Public Library has 3 branches for the 18,653 people it serves.

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Places to belong1.6 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁻

Households in Bridgenorth earn more than those in 81% of Canadian towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

The average trip to work took 28 min, near Ontario’s towns (29 min) and higher than Canadian towns (26 min).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Walk3%

Public transit1%

Bicycle0%

Census 2021	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	28 min	29 min	26 min

$95,000

median household income, 2020

23%

worked from home, May 2021

29%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageBridgenorth’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment11% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to2,340 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Peterborough

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

Outdoors

Wolf Island Provincial Park is 0.1 km from Bridgenorth

4.7%of the land within 10 km protected

For a swim, Sandy Lake Beach is the nearest of 6 beaches within 5 km. A drive of 69 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park. Protected areas cover 4.7% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Bridgenorth4.7%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Bridgenorth	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	4.7%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	4	4

69 km

to Rouge National Urban Park

0.1 km

to Wolf Island Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

Full pageBridgenorth’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas21 protected areas within 10 km · Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park National & provincial parks69 km to a national park · Rouge National Urban Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bridgenorth

15pages on Bridgenorth

The big questions

SafetyA⁺Crime Severity Index 21 Housing & costC⁻Homes 6.5 × income Property pricesSchoolsB26 schools within 3 km HealthCLife expectancy 80.5 in its region Work & commuteB⁻51% of adults in work Natural hazardsBWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors4.7% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 52 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Buckhorn Berry Farm and 14 more in and around Bridgenorth

From museums to parks and historic sites: Bridgenorth’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.

All attractions →

AttractionAttractionBuckhorn Berry Farmin town

MuseumPeterborough Museum & Archives4.2 km outside town, to the southeast · 32K visitors a year

CathedralCathedral of Saint Peter-in-Chains2.7 km outside town, to the southeast

MuseumCanadian Canoe Museum4.9 km outside town, to the southeast MuseumMuseumChrist Church Community Museumin town Art galleryArt galleryDivine Craftin town

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Peterborough Museum & Archives: The original uploader was Tayotte at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of Saint Peter-in-Chains: Ron Crough, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Canoe Museum: P199, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Bridgenorth

One notable person was born in Bridgenorth; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

Bryan YoungSouth Korean ice hockey player of Canadian descent · born 1986

Manly P. HallCanadian writer and mystic · born in Peterborough · 1901–1990

Estella WarrenCanadian actress, model, and synchroniz… · born in Peterborough · born 1978

Bobby RoodeCanadian professional wrestler · born in Peterborough · born 1977

Adam GontierCanadian rock musician · born in Peterborough · born 1978

Justine MuskCanadian author · born in Peterborough · born 1972

Photo credits

Bryan Young: mark6mauno, CC BY 2.0 · Manly P. Hall: Unknown author, Public domain · Estella Warren: Tom Hiltz from Geary, N.B., Canada, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Bobby Roode: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Adam Gontier: Craig Noce, CC BY 3.0

About Bridgenorth

Town in Ontario

For Bridgenorth, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Ontario, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 20,628 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
Census division: Peterborough
Metro area: Peterborough
Census subdivision: 3515015

Bridgenorth’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Curve Lake First Nation 35PeterboroughDouro-DummerBridgenorth

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Bridgenorth	20,628	—	B⁻	C⁻	A⁺	C
Curve Lake First Nation 35	1,428	7.5	—	—	—	C⁻
Peterborough	97,834	12	C⁻	D⁻	C⁺	C⁺
Douro-Dummer	8,379	16	C	C⁻	A⁺	C⁻

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Bridgenorth

Has Bridgenorth grown?

It added people: 17,060 in 2016, 18,653 in 2021, 9.3% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 20,628.

Who are the people of Bridgenorth?

At the 2021 census, 8% were immigrants and 3% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 3% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

What kind of homes are in Bridgenorth?

Mostly 93% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.5 people on average, and 22% have just one.

How old are the people of Bridgenorth?

The typical resident is 52 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 29% of the population and under-15s at 14%.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).