ChisholmOntario
The town, home to 1,593 people, lies in Ontario. Statistics Canada counts it in the North Bay metro area.
Is Chisholm a good place to live?
Natural hazards are few (A−). Residents’ health trails most towns (D). It lags on jobs & income as well (D). Owners valued their homes at a median $348,000 in 2021, which is 4.4 years of the typical household’s pay.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Chisholm has its subject grades alone.
Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Chisholm grades
Each subject compares Chisholm with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Chisholm has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Chisholm stand out
The 3 things Chisholm does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chisholm.
Chisholm’s grade for health: a D
The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average nearly a fifth of adults, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 18% of adults, against 11% for Ontario, but the survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 51% for Ontario. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 80.0, women 82.6 and men 77.6 (2022/2024).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 18% | 10% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.0 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 47% | 51% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Not measured by town: health survey and life expectancy (the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit)
Commuters in Chisholm travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 32 min on average
94% of commuters drove, higher than both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 32 min | 29 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 94% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Most households in Chisholm own their home: 96%, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns
Measured across the North Bay metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom
17% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 21% of the median household income, about level with Ontario’s towns (22%) and above Canadian towns (20%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 96% | 76% | 74% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $348,000 | $695,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 17% | 22% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
Hazards in Chisholm are mild: low wildfire and earthquake risk, and 1.9% of area homes above the radon guideline
Seismic risk in Chisholm sits near the middle: $0.044 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 1.9% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.044 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
The nearest high school to Chisholm is 27 km away
The closest elementary school is 11 km away, higher than both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École séparée Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin FrenchLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | Elementary · Grades JK–8 | 255 | French Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 27 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| Nearest elementary school | 11 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
Winter nights bite in Chisholm: January lows of −17.3°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns
A normal December brings 71 cm of snow, the most of any month. Frosty days number 176 in a normal year, above both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). The frost-free season runs from 15 May to 29 September, 135 days. Also worth knowing: a July afternoon in Chisholm typically reaches 24.3°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 312 cm | 146 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −17.3°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 24.3°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 176 | 139 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (North Bay)
In Chisholm, November normally means 3°C afternoons and −4°C nights
The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for North Bay. November usually brings some 38 cm of snow. Expect about 97 mm of rain and snow over November. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 24°C and January nights −17°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −6°C | −15°C | 197 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −2°C | 221 mm |
| Summer | 23°C | 13°C | 282 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | 2°C | 320 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (North Bay); the forecast is on the Weather page
The nearest public library to Chisholm is East Ferris Public Library, 11 km away
After it comes Powassan & District Union Public Library (Powassan), 12 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Violent crime weighs more where Chisholm 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 Chisholm
Property crime in its police area ran at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Violence across its police area runs at 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Chisholm 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 North Bay detachment area.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 13.2 | 30.5 | 31.2 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 107 | 76 | 86 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Chisholm is 0.1 km from Algonquin Provincial Park
Swimmers have 2 beaches within 5 km, Big Moose Beach the nearest. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Within 10 km, 5.6% of the land is protected, above Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Chisholm | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 5.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Fewer of Chisholm’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.1%
19% are under 15, above both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). Over-65s are a fifth of the population.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
47.9% of Chisholm’s residents are women
Here the census found 685 men and 630 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.
| Chisholm | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 61% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 24% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 48% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Everything we know about Chisholm
Famous people from around Chisholm
No notable person born in Chisholm is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Taylor Milne: Citizen59, CC BY 3.0 · Gerry Odrowski: Unknown author, Public domain
About Chisholm
Town in Ontario
For Chisholm, 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
- 1,593 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- Census division
- Nipissing
- Metro area
- North Bay
- Census subdivision
- 3548031
Chisholm’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm | 1,593 | — | — | C− | B− | D |
| Powassan | 3,657 | 13 | C− | C− | A+ | D |
| Callander | 4,021 | 16 | C | C+ | B− | C− |
| Bonfield | 2,597 | 17 | — | C− | A+ | D |
| East Ferris | 5,835 | 18 | B− | B | A+ | C− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Chisholm
Who are the people of Chisholm?
Visible minorities are 1% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 8%, and Indigenous people 7%.
What kind of homes are in Chisholm?
Mostly 98% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.6 people on average, and 22% have just one.
Do people in Chisholm speak French?
Many do: 21% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 0% speak French only.
Has Chisholm grown?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 1,291 to 1,312 residents (up 1.6%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 1,593.
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).