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Mixed results around Felker: 5 high and 5 low of 13 schools in Ontario

Elementary schools here average 564 students, against 365 in Ontario. Over three years, results rose at 9 of its 13 tested schools. Boards running schools in the area: 2, below Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 2,115 students.

Renting in Felker costs 17% of household income, less than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Hamilton metro area

The owner-occupied share of households is 84%. Owners put the median home at $800,000, higher than both Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

A flood study covers Felker: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Hamilton Conservation Authority

Earthquake risk in Felker is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Radon is about average around Felker: 5% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town.

Felker has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.3°C

Frosty days number 98 in a normal year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Snow peaks in January: 44 cm in a normal year. July afternoons in Felker average 25.5°C.

Very good or excellent health for 53% of adults in Felker’s health region

What sets Felker apart within its region is distance, and at 3.6 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Expected years of life at birth: 81.2, about level with Canadian towns (81.5) and below Ontario’s towns (82.8). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the City of Hamilton Health Unit, Felker included.

Households in Felker earn more than those in 96% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 30 min, above both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

More of Felker belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 37%

0.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Felker runs from 3°C to 8°C

November normally sees 78 mm of precipitation. About 9 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −6°C by night. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Hamilton forecast, on the Weather page.

Ned Kuruc (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Felker in Ottawa as MP for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

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

No public library stands in Felker: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Valley Park Branch, is 1.8 km away

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

Felker is graded a B− for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 66, above Ontario’s towns (56) and close to Canadian towns (67). The violent index for its police area came to 86, higher than Ontario’s towns (76) and near Canadian towns (86).

The nearest provincial park to Felker is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 23 km away

Within 10 km of the town, 1.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. For a national park, Rouge National Urban Park is 85 km away. CPCAD lists 14 protected areas within 10 km. Biggest among them: Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 7.7 km off.