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Trips to work from Callander are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 22 min on average

18% of adults smoke in the health region around Callander, against 12% for the typical Canadian town

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

For Callander itself the measure is access, and it lags: 15 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, below Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. A baby born in the region can expect 80.0 years, 82.6 for a girl and 77.6 for a boy (2022/2024).

Callander faces few natural hazards: little fire nearby, low seismic risk, radon over the guideline in 1.9% of tested homes

Earthquake risk in Callander is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.045 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. No flood study for Callander is on the national inventory.

Callander’s teenagers travel 10 km to the nearest high school

3 of 3 schools with results score below the middle in Ontario. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, below Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3) alike.

Winter nights bite in Callander: January lows of −17.3°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

In July, daytime highs in Callander average 24.3°C. Frosty days number 176 in a normal year, above Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Frost usually lifts by 15 May and returns around 29 September: 135 days without it. September is the wettest month, with 114 mm of rain and snow on average.

More households own their home in Callander than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 88%

Rent took 17% of household income, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Callander doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the North Bay metro area.

Callander is more bilingual than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 22% speak both languages

6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Visible minorities make up 2.3% of the population, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Expect November days around 3°C in Callander, nights around −4°C

Expect about 97 mm of rain and snow over November. A typical November adds 38 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −17°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s North Bay forecast, on the Weather page.

Callander spends less per resident than 95% of Ontario’s single-tier municipalities

The October 2022 vote made Robb Noon mayor of Callander, heading 5 seats.

Callander Public Library logs 5.1 visits per person served, more than four in five Ontario’s town libraries

Callander Public Library serves 3,964 people from a single building.

Callander Bay Wetland Conservation Reserve begins at the edge of Callander

3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Lighthouse Beach. The nearest provincial park, Manitou Islands Provincial Park, is 4.2 km away. Within 100 km there is no national park.

Violent crime weighs more where Callander is policed than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 107

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Callander · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the North Bay detachment area

Property crime in its police area ran at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 10.2 violent incidents are reported each year.