Meinzinger Park-LakesideKitchener

Rent takes more of local pay in Meinzinger Park-Lakeside than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

Three in five households own their home, below both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, close to Ontario’s towns (22%) and above Canadian towns (18%).

Health in Meinzinger Park-Lakeside beats 93% 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. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 9% of adults to 11%. Across the region, life runs to 82.8 years on average: women 84.9, men 80.7, in 2022/2024. On average 16% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, below Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike.

Flood mapping exists for Meinzinger Park-Lakeside: 1 on record, latest by Grand River Conservation Authority

For earthquakes Meinzinger Park-Lakeside is middling, $0.022 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Meinzinger Park-Lakeside alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Kitchener.

Commuters in Meinzinger Park-Lakeside have a short way to work, 23 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

87% of commuters drove, in line with Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Schools in Meinzinger Park-Lakeside: 3 boards, side by side

Within 3 km of Meinzinger Park-Lakeside are 39 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools, teaching 26,240 students. The largest is St Mary's High School, with 2,240 students. The 39 with results split, 7 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 21 in the lower. One of the 45 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario.

Meinzinger Park-Lakeside’s grade for safety: 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 nights in Meinzinger Park-Lakeside drop to −10.3°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year. Gardeners get 149 frost-free days, from 8 May to 5 October. Also worth knowing: a normal winter brings 115 cm of snow, below both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to July: 96 mm on average.

Children make up only 14% of Meinzinger Park-Lakeside, fewer than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

20% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than Ontario’s towns (26%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents.

What November brings in Meinzinger Park-Lakeside: −2°C at night, 7°C by day

Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. The month after, December, normally sees 1°C afternoons and −6°C nights. Precipitation in November averages 75 mm. July brings the warmest days, 27°C; January the coldest nights, −10°C.

Meinzinger Park-Lakeside has no public library of its own; the nearest is Kitchener Public Library - Forest Heights, 1.6 km away

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

Within 10 km of Meinzinger Park-Lakeside: 20 public protected areas

Trillium Woods Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 47 km. Within 100 km there is no national park. The largest is Huron Natural Area: 96 ha, 2.7 km from the edge of town.

In Meinzinger Park-Lakeside, 51% of homes go back before 1961