Doon SouthKitchener

Doon South scores better for health than 88% of Canadian towns

Measured across the Waterloo Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 53%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. At 9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, below both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.8, women 84.9 and men 80.7 (2022/2024).

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

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Kitchener

In Health Canada’s survey, just 4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Earthquake risk in Doon South 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.

The schools around Doon South answer to 3 boards

One of the 16 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Results have eased at 8 of 14 schools over three years. The 14 with results split, 4 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 4 in the lower. Huron Heights Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,455 students.

Doon South is a town of owners: 88% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 16% of the median household income, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Owners put the median home at $900,000, above both Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Doon South earns a C+ for safety

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Waterloo Region (Kitchener) service area

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

January nights in Doon South drop to −10.3°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Some 115 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The frost-free season runs from 8 May to 5 October, 149 days. Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year. July is the wettest month, with 96 mm of rain and snow on average.

More of Doon South belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 46%

1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Doon South in November: highs near 7°C, lows near −2°C

A normal November brings 75 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of 1°C and lows of −6°C. November usually brings some 9 cm of snow. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −10°C.

Kitchener has one council seat for every 29,450 residents, more than 98% of municipalities in Ontario

For federal votes, Doon South belongs to Kitchener South—Hespeler, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Matt Strauss (Conservative Party of Canada) holds it.

The nearest public library to Doon South is Pioneer Park Community Library, 2.2 km away

The library figures on this page are Kitchener’s: Kitchener public library serves all 292,240 people of the city, Doon South among them.

Doon South has some of the highest household incomes of any Canadian town

Commutes averaged 28 min, near Ontario’s towns (29 min) and higher than Canadian towns (26 min).

Protected land at Doon South’s edge: Doon South Creek

16% of the neighbourhood lies within a protected area. 1.1 km out lies the largest, Huron Natural Area, at 96 ha. The closest provincial park is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 43 km from the edge of town. No national park lies within 100 km.