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East Gwillimbury faces fewer hazards than 94% of Canadian towns

Earthquake risk in East Gwillimbury is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. No flood study for East Gwillimbury is on the national inventory.

Measured against local pay, East Gwillimbury costs more to live in than 90% of Canadian towns

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Toronto metro area

27% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 84% of households.

East Gwillimbury’s region outlives the typical Canadian town by 4.8 years: life expectancy 86.3

Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, below Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Across the region, just over half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). For East Gwillimbury itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.0 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the York Regional Health Unit, with East Gwillimbury one part of it.

Four parallel systems run East Gwillimbury’s schools through 5 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

2 of the 37 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. The largest is Newmarket High School, with 1,515 students. Of its 35 tested schools, 10 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 13 in the bottom two. Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 5.4 km off, above both Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

For safety, East Gwillimbury gets a B+

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the York Region service area

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 21.4 per 1,000 a year, below both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). The force’s area logs 9.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Commuters in East Gwillimbury travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 35 min on average

93% of commuters drove to work at the census.

A town of families: 19% of people in East Gwillimbury are under 15, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

14% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). Visible minorities make up 30% of the population, above Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

January nights in East Gwillimbury drop to −11.7°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Frosty days number 159 in a normal year, about level with Canadian towns (159) and above Ontario’s towns (139). A normal January brings 42 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in June, at 103 mm.

A normal November in East Gwillimbury runs from −2°C to 7°C

November normally sees 73 mm of precipitation. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −12°C by night. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Newmarket forecast.

Each seat on East Gwillimbury’s council stands for 6,140 residents, more than in 87% of Ontario municipalities

For the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, East Gwillimbury votes in York—Simcoe; open data doesn’t yet say who its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) is.

At 1.5 visits per person served, East Gwillimbury Public Library is quieter than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries

East Gwillimbury Public Library has 3 branches for the 39,000 people it serves.

Rouge National Urban Park lies 13 km beyond East Gwillimbury’s edge

The 10 km around town hold 14 protected areas. Protected areas cover 0.8% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. 2 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Kingfisher Loop Trail and Sutton-Zephyr Rail Trail. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.

East Gwillimbury’s 1 historic place is a top designation

Homes from before 1961 make up 9.7% of the stock, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.