Highlands EastOntario

A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Highlands East than in 97% of Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 30 min on average.

Most households in Highlands East own their home: 89%, more than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $400,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and close to Canadian towns ($406,000). Rent took nearly a quarter of household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Highlands East’s teenagers travel 21 km to the nearest high school

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 4.1 km off, above both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Violent crime weighs less where Highlands East is policed than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 50

The index for the force that serves it came to 45, lower than both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 16.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violence across its police area runs at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year.

A flood study covers Highlands East: 3 on the national inventory, the newest from Crowe Valley Conservation Authority

Measured across the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Heal health region: radon tests

Seismic risk in Highlands East sits near the middle: $0.026 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is about average around Highlands East: 6.1% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town.

Smoking runs high around Highlands East: 18% of adults, the typical Canadian town 12%

A hospital lies 19 km from the typical home, higher than both Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 49%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. Women in the region live to 83.0 and men to 79.0, 81.0 years taken together (2022/2024).

Winter nights bite in Highlands East: January lows of −16.0°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

July afternoons in Highlands East average 25.3°C. Frosty days number 187 in a normal year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 108 frost-free days, from 31 May to 18 September. For the wettest month, look to November: 103 mm on average.

More of Highlands East’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 7.7%

1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up 7.5% of residents, near Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and higher than Canadian towns (6.4%).

Expect November days around 5°C in Highlands East, nights around −4°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 33 cm. December follows at −1°C by day and −10°C by night. In November, the normal is 103 mm of rain and snow. ECCC’s forecast for Haliburton is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Only 21% of Highlands East voters cast a ballot in 2022, fewer than in 92% of Ontario municipalities

In October 2022, Highlands East elected Dave Burton as mayor, with a council of 5.

Highlands East’s public library works from 4 branches

They are Haliburton County Public Library - Cardiff Branch, Haliburton County Public Library - Gooderham Branch, Haliburton County Public Library - Highland Grove Branch and 1 more.

Silent Lake Provincial Park reaches the edge of Highlands East

For walks, the Silent Lake Provicial Park runs within 2 km. No national park lies within 100 km. 4 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Within 10 km of the town, 5.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.

Highlands East’s 1 historic place is a top designation