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Guernsey leans Catholic: 7 of its 11 schools, where in Ontario it is 34%

St. John Henry Newman Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,640 students. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). On the tests, 6 of 11 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 3 under it. None of them teaches in French, though one in ten schools in Ontario do.

Guernsey is a town of owners: 94% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 19% of the median household income, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). 17% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Hamilton metro area, Guernsey included.

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

For earthquakes Guernsey is middling, $0.044 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Guernsey on the national inventory.

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

Frosty days number 98 in a normal year, below both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). January is the snowiest month, with 44 cm on average. Summer highs in Guernsey reach 25.5°C in July.

Household incomes in Guernsey are higher than in 92% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 28 min, close to Ontario’s towns (29 min) and above Canadian towns (26 min).

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

Lives here run to 81.2 years on average, lower than Ontario’s towns (82.8) and near Canadian towns (81.5). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. What sets Guernsey apart within its region is distance, and at 4.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Guernsey: median age 43, 1,335 households

Visible minorities make up 26% of the population, close to Ontario’s towns (26%) and above Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.6% of residents, about level with Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and below Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in Guernsey: 3°C at night, 8°C by day

In November, the normal is 78 mm of rain and snow. Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. The year peaks in July (26°C) and bottoms out in January (−6°C). The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Hamilton.

Ned Kuruc (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, the riding that includes Guernsey

As a neighbourhood of Hamilton, Guernsey shares the council elected in October 2022, with Andrea Horwath as mayor.

No public library stands in Guernsey: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Stoney Creek Branch, is 2.2 km away

Guernsey is served by Hamilton public library, the library of all of Hamilton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 592,000 people.

Guernsey 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

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 66 over 2023–25, higher than Ontario’s towns (56) and near Canadian towns (67). The violent index for its police area came to 86, about level with Canadian towns (86) and above Ontario’s towns (76).

6 beaches lie within 5 km of Guernsey

Windermere Basin Park (39 ha) is the biggest, 6.1 km from town. For walks, 2 named routes run within 2 km, such as the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section and Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails. A drive of 79 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park. The closest provincial park is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 20 km from the edge of town.