Country HillsKitchener

Fewer households own their home in Country Hills than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 50%

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area

26% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to 29% of the median household income, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Country Hills earns an A for health

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Waterloo Health Unit

Measured from where Country Hills’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Smoking is rarer than in the province: nearly one in ten adults, against 11% for Ontario. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, below Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 53% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario.

Flood mapping exists for Country Hills: 1 on record, latest by Grand River Conservation Authority

Shared with the rest of the city of Kitchener: earthquake risk

Radon is lower than usual: 4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Country Hills as in most places, at $0.022 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Working-age people in Country Hills have jobs less often than in 72% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 24 min. The car took 88% of commuters, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

The schools around Country Hills answer to 3 boards

Taken together, Country Hills and its 3 km edge hold 26 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools for 15,850 students. St Mary's High School is the biggest, at 2,240 students. On the tests, 4 of 26 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 12 under it. Of the 29, one teaches in French (10% of schools in Ontario).

Country Hills earns a C+ for safety

Violence across its police area runs at 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 72 over 2023–25, above both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67).

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

A normal winter brings 115 cm of snow, below Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Gardeners get 149 frost-free days, from 8 May to 5 October. January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. Rain and snow peak in July, at 96 mm.

An older town: 21% of people in Country Hills are 65 or over, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

26% of residents belong to a visible minority, close to Ontario’s towns (26%) and above Canadian towns (15%). Under 15: 16% of residents.

What November brings in Country Hills: −2°C at night, 7°C by day

ECCC’s forecast for Cambridge is on the Weather page, hour by hour. The month after, December, normally sees 1°C afternoons and −6°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. A normal November brings 75 mm of rain and snow.

29,450 residents per council seat in Kitchener, a higher ratio than 98% of Ontario municipalities

Country Hills is part of Kitchener, which elected Berry Vrbanovic as mayor in October 2022.

No public library stands in Country Hills: the closest, Kitchener Public Library - Country Hills, is 0.9 km away

Kitchener public library serves the whole of Kitchener, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 292,240 people, Country Hills among them.

Country Hills has 20 public protected areas within 10 km

The largest named area nearby is Huron Natural Area, 96 ha, 0.7 km away. The closest provincial park is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 46 km from the edge of town. Within 100 km there is no national park. One named trail is close: the Grand Valley Trail.