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Renting in Cobourg eats 25% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Cobourg metro area

69% of households own their home, below Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike.

Cobourg is on Canada’s flood inventory: 3 listed, led by Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority

Radon is about average around Cobourg: 6.1% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. For earthquakes Cobourg is middling, $0.034 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Cobourg shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Heal health region.

Of Cobourg’s 9 tested schools, 2 sit above the middle in Ontario and 3 below

None of them teaches in French, though one in ten schools in Ontario do. Taken together, Cobourg and its 3 km edge hold 7 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school for 4,165 students.

Immigrants are a bigger part of Cobourg than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 13%

Visible minorities make up 5% of the population, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.7% of residents, about level with Canadian towns (2.8%) and above Ontario’s towns (1.6%).

Summers stay cool in Cobourg: July afternoons reach 23.6°C, below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Midwinter nights in Cobourg bottom out at −8.7°C on average. There are 126 days of frost in a typical year, below both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). A normal June brings 88 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in January, about 45 cm.

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

89% of commuters drove, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Cobourg’s grade for safety: a C+

Violent incidents came to 16.1 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone the index was 95, higher than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

More smokers around Cobourg: 18% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%

About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 49% against 51%. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.0, with women at 83.0 and men at 79.0. Measured from where Cobourg’s residents live, a hospital is 2.6 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

What November brings in Cobourg: freezing at night, 7°C by day

In November, the normal is 76 mm of rain and snow. A normal December brings highs of 2°C, lows of −5°C. November usually brings some 17 cm of snow. The year peaks in July (24°C) and bottoms out in January (−9°C).

3,220 residents per council seat in Cobourg, a higher ratio than three in four Ontario municipalities

In October 2022, Cobourg elected Lucas Cleveland as mayor, with a council of 7.

Cobourg’s grade for civic life grade: an A−

The 20,519 people Cobourg Public Library serves have 2 branches to choose from.

Cobourg is 14 km from Peter's Woods Provincial Park

Swimmers have 2 beaches within 5 km, Cobourg Beach the nearest. A drive of 77 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park. 0.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).

Cobourg has 2 historic places on the registers, one in the top tier

At the 2021 census, 28% of homes dated from before 1961, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Of the dated places, Victoria Hall / Cobourg Town Hall is the oldest, from 1856. Counted by designation, there are a heritage railway station.