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

Measured across the city of Hamilton: earthquake risk

Seismic risk in Marritt sits near the middle: $0.044 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Marritt is on the national inventory.

Households in Marritt earn more than in almost any other Canadian town

Commutes averaged 27 min, near both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Renting in Marritt costs 15% of household income, less than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners make up 90% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). 13% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Marritt 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.

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

Shared with the rest of the City of Hamilton Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

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. Measured from where Marritt’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 6.0 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

Of Marritt’s 17 tested schools, 7 sit above the middle in Ontario and 3 below

The 3 km around Marritt counts 15 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, 9,135 students between them. The largest is St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, with 1,810 students. None of them teaches in French, though one in ten schools in Ontario do.

Marritt gets less snow than four in five Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year

Rain and snow peak in July, at 98 mm. A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month. The coldest nights come in January, when Marritt averages a low of −9.1°C. Between the last spring frost, 1 May, and the first in autumn, 12 October, lie 164 days.

Children make up 20% of Marritt, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

14% of residents are 65 or over, below Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. Visible minorities make up 44% of the population, above both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

What November brings in Marritt: freezing at night, 8°C by day

By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −5°C. Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month. A normal November brings 78 mm of rain and snow. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −9°C in February.

Marritt’s MP is John-Paul Danko (Liberal Party of Canada), for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

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

The nearest public library to Marritt is Hamilton Public Library - Ancaster Branch, 2.3 km away

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

Marritt’s grade for safety: a B−

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for 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).

Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 25 km away, is the closest provincial park to Marritt

14 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 92 km separate the town from Rouge National Urban Park, its nearest national park. The protected share within 10 km is 7.2%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.