Exeterin South Huron, Ontario

Measured against local pay, Exeter costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 73% of households.

Commuters in Exeter have a short way to work, 23 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

Driving is how 93% of commuters got to work at the census.

Hazards in Exeter: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 11% of tested homes

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.014 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Burn scars are few around Exeter, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). No flood study for Exeter is on the national inventory. Exeter doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Huron County Health Unit.

Only 45% of adults around Exeter call their health very good or excellent, below the typical Canadian town’s 52%

Measured across the Huron Perth Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Smoking takes in 12% of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.7, with women at 83.7 and men at 79.7. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.4 km from the average resident of Exeter, about the norm of 3.7 km.

For safety, Exeter gets a B

Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 20.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). For violence alone the index was 74, about level with Ontario’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86).

Summer runs warm in Exeter: July highs of 27.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The frost-free season runs from 8 May to 11 October, 155 days. January nights fall to −8.5°C on average, above both Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). The most precipitation falls in November: 90 mm in a normal year. Most of the snow comes in January, about 43 cm.

The schools around Exeter answer to 3 boards

Taken together, Exeter and its 3 km edge hold 7 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 2,015 students. Elementary schools here average 214 students; in Ontario, 365. No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, 10% of schools are. Results are mixed: 1 of 6 schools above the middle in Ontario, 2 below it.

Fewer of Exeter’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 2.9%

Immigrants make up 7.9% of residents, about level with Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and above Canadian towns (6.4%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.2% of residents, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) yet lower than Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Exeter runs from freezing to 8°C

In November, the normal is 90 mm of rain and snow. A normal December brings highs of 2°C, lows of −5°C. November usually brings some 13 cm of snow. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −9°C.

Huron—Bruce turned out at 70% in 2021, higher than nine in ten Canada’s ridings

Exeter sends one MP to Ottawa from Huron—Bruce, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Ben Lobb (Conservative Party of Canada).

Huron County Library - Exeter Branch and Huron County Library - Kirkton Branch are Exeter’s two public libraries

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

Exeter is 1.2 km from Pinery Provincial Park

Within 10 km of the town, 1.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. No national park lies within 100 km. 8 protected areas lie within 10 km. Swimmers have 5 beaches within 5 km, Grand Bend Public Beach the nearest.

Older housing stands out in Exeter: 42% predates 1961