IdlewoodKitchener

For health, Idlewood gets an A

At 9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario, and the three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 16% of adults, below both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 53% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. Women in the region live to 84.9 and men to 80.7, 82.8 years taken together (2022/2024). Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Waterloo Health Unit, with Idlewood one part of it.

Trips to work from Idlewood are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 24 min on average

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

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquake risk in Idlewood 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.

Idlewood is a town of owners: 90% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $800,000, above both Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 12% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area, Idlewood included.

Schools in Idlewood: 3 boards, side by side

Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 26; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Grand River Collegiate Institute is the biggest, at 1,560 students. Also worth knowing: on the tests, 6 of 18 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 9 under it. Counting a 3 km margin, Idlewood has 21 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, for 11,500 students.

For safety, Idlewood gets a C+

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 Idlewood: −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. The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 26.6°C, near Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and higher than Canadian towns (25.5°C). January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. For the wettest month, look to July: 96 mm on average.

Idlewood: median age 45.5, 1,765 households

Visible minorities make up 18% of the population, between Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town.

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

A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 75 mm of rain and snow. Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −10°C by night. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Cambridge forecast, on the Weather page.

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

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Idlewood is Kitchener Centre, and Kelly DeRidder (Conservative Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.

The nearest public library to Idlewood is Grand River Stanley Park Community Library, 1.3 km away

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

Within 10 km of Idlewood: 20 public protected areas

Inside the neighbourhood itself, 12% of the land is protected. Within 100 km there is no national park. The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 51 km away. Biggest among them: Huron Natural Area, 96 ha, 5.9 km off.