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Douro-Dummer’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 14, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Violent incidents came to 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Each year brings 6.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents.

More households own their home in Douro-Dummer than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 95%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 12% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $600,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) but above Canadian towns ($406,000). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Peterborough metro area, with Douro-Dummer one part of it.

Around Douro-Dummer, 47% of adults call their health very good or excellent

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Peterborough County—City Health Unit

14% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Life expectancy in the region is 80.5 years (82.8 for women, 78.1 for men, 2022/2024). What sets Douro-Dummer apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 20 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Douro-Dummer’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 11 of the 18 with results

Results have climbed at 13 of 18 schools over three years. Boards running schools in the area: 2, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). The largest is Thomas A Stewart Secondary School, with 1,260 students. None of them teaches in French, though one in ten schools in Ontario do.

January lows in Douro-Dummer: −12.8°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

For the wettest month, look to June: 88 mm on average. There are 169 days of frost in a typical year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 16 May and returns around 24 September: 130 days without it. January is the snowiest month, with 45 cm on average.

Douro-Dummer has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each

Commutes averaged 31 min, above both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

In Douro-Dummer, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −3°C nights

Snow is normal by November, about 17 cm over the month. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −8°C. November normally sees 76 mm of precipitation. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −13°C in January.

Emma Harrison (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Peterborough, the riding that includes Douro-Dummer

In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Douro-Dummer belongs to Peterborough—Kawartha; who holds it as MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) isn’t on an open record, so no one is named.

Fewer visits per person served than 98% of Ontario’s town libraries: Douro-Dummer Public Library counts 0.6

Douro-Dummer Public Library serves 7,632 people from a single building.

Fewer of Douro-Dummer’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 2.6%

Over-65s are 23% of the population. 3.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

A flood study covers Douro-Dummer: 4 on the national inventory, the newest from Ontonabee Region Conservation Authority

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 8.9% of homes, above both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Douro-Dummer as in most places, at $0.030 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Step out of Douro-Dummer into Quackenbush Provincial Park

3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Rouge National Urban Park is the closest national park, 79 km from town. Named trails close by number 2, the First Nations Trail(Samuel de Champlain Peterborough to Bridgenorth Portage) and Blue Trail among them.