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For the force that serves Dawn-Euphemia, the Crime Severity Index is 334, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Lambton (Walpole Island First Nation) detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 378, above both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Its police area records 53.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 95 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Flood mapping exists for Dawn-Euphemia: 1 on record, latest by St. Clair Region Conservation Authority

Radon is about average around Dawn-Euphemia: 8.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. For earthquakes Dawn-Euphemia is middling, $0.018 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town.

Lives run shorter around Dawn-Euphemia: 80.0 years, 1.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

In the health survey, nearly half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Ontario’s 51%. 14% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Dawn-Euphemia’s is long: 13 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Lambton Health Unit, Dawn-Euphemia included.

Dawn-Euphemia has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.2°C

The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −8.2°C, above Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C) alike. A normal January brings 28 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to April: 87 mm on average. Frost usually lifts by 10 May and returns around 6 October: 149 days without it.

Dawn-Euphemia’s teenagers travel 17 km to the nearest high school

Its elementary schools are small, 113 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. An elementary school stands 6.5 km from the centre, higher than both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Renting in Dawn-Euphemia costs 14% of household income, less than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

13% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 83% of households.

Expect November days around 8°C in Dawn-Euphemia, nights around 1°C

A typical November adds 4 cm of snow. Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −4°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 74 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Chatham-Kent forecast, on the Weather page.

At 15%, Dawn-Euphemia’s 2022 turnout trailed 94% of Ontario municipalities

In October 2022, Dawn-Euphemia elected Alan Broad as mayor, with a council of 5.

Dawn-Euphemia has two public libraries, Lambton County Library - Florence and Lambton County Library - Shetland

Dawn-Euphemia has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

Clear Creek Forest Provincial Park, 21 km away, is the closest provincial park to Dawn-Euphemia

Parks and reserves take up 0.3% of the ground within 10 km, lower than both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). The closest of Canada’s national parks is Point Pelee National Park, at 77 km. The 10 km around town hold 11 protected areas.

A town of families: 19% of people in Dawn-Euphemia are under 15, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

21% of residents are 65 or over. Visible minorities make up 4.3% of the population, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Dawn-Euphemia has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each

The average trip to work took 31 min, higher than both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

An older town: 51% of Dawn-Euphemia’s homes predate 1961