Burk's FallsOntario

The police who cover Burk's Falls record less serious crime than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 33

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Burk's Falls itself

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 13.4 per 1,000 a year, below Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Its police area records 5.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Huntsville detachment area as a whole, not for Burk's Falls alone.

Burk's Falls gets a D for health

The region has more smokers than Ontario, 18% of adults to 11%. The average trip from home to a hospital is 35 km, above Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 47% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. Add to that, people in the region live to 80.0 on average: 82.6 for women and 77.6 for men in 2022/2024. Burk's Falls doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.

Home ownership in Burk's Falls, 61%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 24% of the median household income, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Owners put the median home at $324,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.

Burk's Falls faces fewer hazards than 88% of Canadian towns

Seismic risk in Burk's Falls sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is lower than usual: 1.9% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Burk's Falls on the national inventory.

Burk's Falls’s teenagers travel 25 km to the nearest high school

Households in Burk's Falls have lower incomes than those in 97% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 25 min getting to work, on average. 86% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

Winter nights bite in Burk's Falls: January lows of −15.3°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Snow peaks in December: 71 cm in a normal year. Frost comes on 175 days a year, above both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Expect July highs of around 25.3°C in Burk's Falls.

In Burk's Falls, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −3°C nights

July brings the warmest days, 25°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C. Expect about 103 mm of rain and snow over November. The month after, December, normally sees −1°C afternoons and −10°C nights. November usually brings some 38 cm of snow.

Each seat on Burk's Falls’ council speaks for just 210 residents, fewer than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s northern ridings aren’t the federal ones and aren’t published as open data, so Burk's Falls isn’t placed.

The nearest public library to Burk's Falls is Kearney and Area Public Library, 16 km away

After it comes Huntsville Public Library (Huntsville), 36 km away.

From Burk's Falls, Mikisew Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (22 km)

One protected area lies within 10 km. A drive of 73 km reaches Georgian Bay Islands National Park, the nearest national park. The largest named area nearby is Chain Lakes Conservation Reserve, 926 ha, 9.8 km away.

Visible minorities make up less of Burk's Falls than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 2.9%

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. Immigrants make up 6.9% of residents, between Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

An older town: 53% of Burk's Falls’s homes predate 1961