Elizabethtown-KitleyOntario

Elizabethtown-Kitley is graded a D for hazard risk

Radon is higher than usual: 19% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.085 for each $1,000 of buildings, above both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030). The national inventory holds 6 flood maps for it, the newest from Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority.

Elizabethtown-Kitley’s schools come under 3 different boards

From the town centre, high school starts 9.1 km away, higher than both Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). Over three years, results rose at 8 of its 13 tested schools. Also worth knowing: the Catholic boards run 9 of its 18 schools, against 34% in Ontario. In or within 3 km of Elizabethtown-Kitley: 14 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools, with 4,385 students.

With 0.5 jobs for each resident in work, most of Elizabethtown-Kitley commutes out

Commutes averaged 25 min, below Ontario’s towns (29 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min).

The force covering Elizabethtown-Kitley records less serious violence than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, at 51

No police detachment reports under Elizabethtown-Kitley’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Leeds County (Brockville) detachment area

The force’s area logs 14.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 50 over 2023–25, lower than both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). On top of that, violent crime in the area its police cover: 9.3 per 1,000 people a year.

Most households in Elizabethtown-Kitley own their home: 91%, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). 12% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Elizabethtown-Kitley shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Brockville metro area.

Fewer of Elizabethtown-Kitley’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.9%

6% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.1% of residents, above both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

January nights in Elizabethtown-Kitley drop to −11.3°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

A normal January brings 50 cm of snow, the most of any month. The frost-free season runs from 27 April to 14 October, 169 days. Snow totals 180 cm over the year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The most precipitation falls in July: 99 mm in a normal year.

What November brings in Elizabethtown-Kitley: freezing at night, 7°C by day

The year peaks in July (26°C) and bottoms out in January (−11°C). Expect about 81 mm of rain and snow over November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Brockville.

Elizabethtown-Kitley sends Michael Barrett (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes

Of the 122 Commons seats from Ontario, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 71.

Elizabethtown Kitley Public Library draws 0.6 visits per person served, behind all but a few of Ontario’s town libraries

Elizabethtown Kitley Public Library has 3 branches for the 9,545 people it serves.

Around Elizabethtown-Kitley, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent

What sets Elizabethtown-Kitley apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 8.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The region has more smokers than Ontario, 14% of adults to 11%. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.3 for women and 79.2 for men. Chronic conditions run at 18% of adults, age-standardised, in line with Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Elizabethtown-Kitley doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.

Elizabethtown-Kitley borders Thousand Islands National Park

2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Biggest among them: Rideau Canal National Historic Site, 19,972 ha, 0.3 km off. Protected areas cover 4.2% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.

In Elizabethtown-Kitley, 34% of homes go back before 1961