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Fewer households are stretched by shelter costs in Gurnett: 8% spend 30%+ of income, against 18% in the typical Canadian town

The median home value was $700,000, about level with Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and above Canadian towns ($406,000). Owners make up 77% of households. Gurnett shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Hamilton metro area.

Schools in Gurnett: 3 boards, side by side

Within 3 km of Gurnett are 23 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, teaching 13,860 students. Results have climbed at 16 of 26 schools over three years. The largest is St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, with 1,810 students. One of the 28 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario.

Wildfire low, radon 5%: how Gurnett stands on hazards

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Hamilton

Earthquake risk in Gurnett 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. No flood study for Gurnett is on the national inventory.

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

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the City of Hamilton Health Unit

For Gurnett itself the measure is access: 3.6 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. The region has more smokers than Ontario, 13% of adults to 11%. A child born in the region can expect 81.2 years, below Ontario’s towns (82.8) and close to Canadian towns (81.5).

Households in Gurnett have higher incomes than those in 92% of Canadian towns

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

Less snow falls on Gurnett than on 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year

In July the thermometer climbs to 26.6°C by day, close to Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and above Canadian towns (25.5°C). January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. Rain and snow peak in July, at 98 mm. Frost usually lifts by 1 May and returns around 12 October: 164 days without it.

Visible minorities make up more of Gurnett than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 36%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.2% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. 19% of residents are 65 or over.

In Gurnett, November normally means 8°C afternoons and freezing nights

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Hamilton forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 2°C and lows near −5°C. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 78 mm of rain and snow.

John-Paul Danko (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Gurnett in Ottawa as MP for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

71 of the 122 MPs from Ontario belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Gurnett: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, is 3 km away

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

Gurnett’s grade for safety: a B−

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Hamilton service area

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

From Gurnett, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (23 km)

16 protected areas lie within 10 km. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Rouge National Urban Park, at 89 km. Protected areas cover 7.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. For walks, the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section runs within 2 km.