AlpineKitchener

Renting in Alpine eats 29% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

The median home value was $552,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). Nearly a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Few places match Alpine for health: it beats 92% of Canadian towns

What sets Alpine apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.6 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). At 9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, lower than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, 53% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%.

Alpine is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Grand River Conservation Authority

Radon is lower than usual: 4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Earthquake risk in Alpine is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.022 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.

For safety, Alpine gets a C+

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Waterloo Region (Kitchener) service area

Violent incidents in its police area came to 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). The index for the force that serves it came to 72, above both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67).

January lows in Alpine: −10.3°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

Frost usually lifts by 8 May and returns around 5 October: 149 days without it. Snow totals 115 cm over the year, below Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. July is the wettest month, with 96 mm of rain and snow on average.

Results around Alpine lean low: 16 of 28 schools in the lower two fifths in Ontario

The largest is St Mary's High School, with 2,240 students. No single board runs them all: there are 3. In French: one of the 33 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%. Within 3 km of Alpine are 28 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, teaching 19,185 students.

More of Alpine belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 31%

15% are under 15, lower than both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town.

A normal November in Alpine runs from −2°C to 7°C

About 9 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 1°C and lows near −6°C. Precipitation in November averages 75 mm. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −10°C in January.

One councillor per 29,450 residents: Kitchener is more thinly represented than 98% of Ontario municipalities

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Alpine is Kitchener South—Hespeler, and Matt Strauss (Conservative Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.

The nearest public library to Alpine is Kitchener Public Library - Country Hills, 0.9 km away

Alpine is served by Kitchener public library, the library of all of Kitchener, so the figures here are the city’s, for 292,240 people.

Commuters in Alpine have a short way to work, 24 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

88% of commuters drove, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

20 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Alpine

Within 100 km there is no national park. Trillium Woods Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 47 km. Huron Natural Area (96 ha) is the biggest, 1.5 km from town.