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Renting in Durand eats 41% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

The median home value was $448,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) but above Canadian towns ($406,000). 36% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Durand doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton metro area.

Household incomes in Durand are among the lowest of any Canadian town

The commute to work averages 29 min.

Hazards in Durand: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 5% of tested homes

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Durand as in most places, at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Durand on the national inventory.

Winters are mild in Durand: January nights hold at −6.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 25.5°C, about level with Canadian towns (25.5°C) and below Ontario’s towns (26.7°C). A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in July, at 98 mm.

Around Durand, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the City of Hamilton Health Unit

Measured from where Durand’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.7 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The region has more smokers than Ontario, 13% of adults to 11%. Expected years of life at birth: 81.2, below Ontario’s towns (82.8) and close to Canadian towns (81.5).

English or French, public or Catholic: Durand’s schools come under 4 boards

Results have climbed at 33 of 43 schools over three years. Of its 43 tested schools, 10 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 21 in the bottom two. The largest is Cathedral High School, with 1,650 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 3 of 47; in Ontario, one in ten schools teach in it.

Fewer children live in Durand than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.3% are under 15

Visible minorities make up nearly a third of the population, higher than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents.

Expect November days around 8°C in Durand, nights around 3°C

November usually brings some 9 cm of snow. A normal November brings 78 mm of rain and snow. July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −6°C. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Hamilton.

Hamilton Centre, which takes in Durand, is held by Aslam Rana (Liberal Party of Canada)

Across Ontario, 71 of the 122 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Durand: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Central Branch, is 0.8 km away

Hamilton public library serves the whole of Hamilton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 592,000 people, Durand among them.

Durand gets a B− for safety

Measured across the Hamilton service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The index for the force that serves it came to 66, above Ontario’s towns (56) and close to Canadian towns (67). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 86, about level with Canadian towns (86) and above Ontario’s towns (76).

The nearest provincial park to Durand is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away

The largest named area nearby is Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 7.0 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 6.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section is the one mapped walking route close by. Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map.

Durand: 2 historic places, every one with the highest designation

At the 2021 census, just over a third of homes dated from before 1961, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Of the dated places, McQuesten House / Whitehern is the oldest, from 1848.