Trillium Industrial ParkKitchener

Rent takes more of local pay in Trillium Industrial Park than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% of household income

Shared with the rest of the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Nearly two in five households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners put the median home at $675,000, about level with Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and above Canadian towns ($406,000).

Few places match Trillium Industrial Park for health: it beats 92% of Canadian towns

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Trillium Industrial Park is well placed: 1.4 km to a hospital on average, against 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%). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 53% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario.

Flood mapping exists for Trillium Industrial Park: 1 on record, latest by Grand River Conservation Authority

Earthquake risk for the city of Kitchener

Radon is lower than usual: 4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. For earthquakes Trillium Industrial Park is middling, $0.022 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town.

English or French, public or Catholic: Trillium Industrial Park’s schools come under 4 boards

Schooling in French is on offer at 5 of 51; in Ontario, one in ten schools teach in it. The largest is St Mary's High School, with 2,240 students. Also worth knowing: the 41 with results split, 8 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 20 in the lower. Within 3 km of Trillium Industrial Park are 45 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools, teaching 25,620 students.

For safety, Trillium Industrial Park gets a C+

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

January nights in Trillium Industrial Park drop to −10.3°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Between the last spring frost, 8 May, and the first in autumn, 5 October, lie 149 days. Some 115 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year. A normal July brings 96 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

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

Fewer children live in Trillium Industrial Park than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). 27% of residents belong to a visible minority, about level with Ontario’s towns (26%) and above Canadian towns (15%).

A normal November in Trillium Industrial Park runs from −2°C to 7°C

Then December: 1°C by day, −6°C at night. November normally sees 75 mm of precipitation. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −10°C in January.

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

City council runs Trillium Industrial Park; in October 2022, Kitchener chose Berry Vrbanovic as mayor.

Kitchener Public Library - Country Hills is Trillium Industrial Park’s public library

Trillium Industrial Park is served by Kitchener Public Library, the library of all of Kitchener, so the figures here are the city’s, for 292,240 people.

20 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Trillium Industrial Park

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Trillium Woods Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 46 km. 0.5 km out lies the largest, Huron Natural Area, at 96 ha. Walkers have 2 mapped routes close by, starting with the Grand Valley Trail and Homer Watson Loop Trail.