KearneyOntario
It grew by 10% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses. In Ontario, this town has 1,055 residents.
Is Kearney a good place to live?
Crime is low (A). Its lowest grade is for jobs & income (D−). It also trails on health (D). Most journeys need a car (D−). Owners valued their homes at a median $500,000 in 2021, which is 7.1 years of the typical household’s pay.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Kearney has its subject grades alone.
Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Kearney grades
Each subject compares Kearney with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Kearney has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Kearney stand out
The 3 things Kearney does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kearney.
Commuters in Kearney travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 34 min on average
93% of commuters drove, higher than both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Kearney | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 34 min | 29 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 93% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
For the force that serves Kearney, the Crime Severity Index is 33, below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns
A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Kearney
The force’s area logs 13.4 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 35, below Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Violence across its police area runs at 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Huntsville detachment area, Kearney included.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Kearney | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 13.4 | 30.5 | 31.2 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 35 | 76 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 33 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 5.4 | 10.5 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Kearney earns a D for health
Measured across the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy
Closer to home, a hospital is 28 km from the average resident of Kearney, further than the usual 3.7 km. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 18% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 19% of the region’s adults on average, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 47% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Kearney | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 18% | 10% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.0 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 47% | 51% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Few places are as safe from hazards as Kearney: it beats 88% of Canadian towns
Radon is lower than usual: 1.9% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from District Municipality of Muskoka. For earthquakes Kearney is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Kearney | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 1.9% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.023 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Kearney is a town of owners: 92% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns
15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Kearney | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 92% | 76% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 15% | 22% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $500,000 | $695,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
More of Kearney’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.6%
7.7% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, close to Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and above Canadian towns (6.4%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
48.7% of Kearney’s residents are women
Of the 2021 count, 475 were women and 500 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).
| Kearney | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8.7% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 60% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 31% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 11% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 57% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Winter nights bite in Kearney: January lows of −15.3°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns
October is the wettest month, with 111 mm of rain and snow on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 175 days a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Midsummer afternoons in Kearney peak at about 25.3°C. A normal January brings 67 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Kearney | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 278 cm | 146 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −15.3°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 175 | 139 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 1,062 mm | 902 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Muskoka)
What November brings in Kearney: −3°C at night, 5°C by day
Precipitation in November averages 103 mm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −10°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 33 cm. The year peaks in July (25°C) and bottoms out in January (−15°C).
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −13°C | 235 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 244 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 12°C | 267 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 2°C | 316 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Muskoka); the forecast is on the Weather page
Kearney has one public library, Kearney and Area Public Library
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Step out of Kearney into Algonquin Provincial Park
Parks and reserves take up 6.9% of the ground within 10 km, higher than both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). The nearest national park is Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 76 km away. Swimmers have 13 beaches within 5 km, McManus Public Beach the nearest. The Western Uplands Backpacking Trail (Rain Lake) is the one mapped walking route close by.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Kearney | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 6.9% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Kearney
About Kearney
Town in Ontario
Kearney is a municipality in Ontario, read by TownRatings as Statistics Canada draws it: one census subdivision, so its figures cover the whole municipality.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,055 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- Census division
- Parry Sound
- Census subdivision
- 3549018
Kearney’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney | 1,055 | — | — | — | A | D |
| Perry | 2,866 | 10 | D | C− | A | D |
| Armour | 1,698 | 12 | — | C− | A | D |
| Burk's Falls | 1,031 | 18 | — | D | A | D |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Kearney
Who are the people of Kearney?
0% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 7% have an Indigenous identity and 8% are immigrants.
Is Kearney growing?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 882 to 974 residents (up 10.4%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 1,055.
What kind of homes are in Kearney?
Single-detached houses make up 96% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 30% of households are one person, and the average is 2.1.
Is Kearney a young town or an old one?
Its median age is 58.4, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2. Under-15s are 9% of residents; over-65s, 31%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).