Leeds and the Thousand IslandsOntario

Results around Leeds and the Thousand Islands lean high: 4 of 6 schools in the top two fifths in Ontario

1,430 students attend the 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in or within 3 km of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 12 km off, above both Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). Only 1 of the 7 are Catholic, against 34% in Ontario. Elementary schools here average 183 students; in Ontario, 365.

On hazards, Leeds and the Thousand Islands comes out behind 88% of Canadian towns

For earthquakes Leeds and the Thousand Islands is middling, $0.056 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Radon is higher than usual: 19% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Flood mapping exists: a study by Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority.

Violent crime weighs less where Leeds and the Thousand Islands is policed than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 51

No police detachment reports under Leeds and the Thousand Islands’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Measured across the Leeds County (Brockville) detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Property crime in the area its police cover: 14.9 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area records 9.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 50 over 2023–25, below both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67).

The nearest hospital is 26 km from the average home in Leeds and the Thousand Islands

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 18% of the region’s adults on average, about level with both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 14% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.3 and men at 79.2. Across the region, just over half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%).

Trips to work from Leeds and the Thousand Islands take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 31 min on average

Fewer of Leeds and the Thousand Islands’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 2.3%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.3% of residents, above both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). 7.2% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than Ontario’s towns (7.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%).

January lows in Leeds and the Thousand Islands: −11.3°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

Snowfall adds up to 180 cm a year, above Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Between the last spring frost, 27 April, and the first in autumn, 14 October, lie 169 days. Most of the snow comes in January, about 50 cm. For the wettest month, look to July: 99 mm on average.

In Leeds and the Thousand Islands, November normally means 7°C afternoons and freezing nights

About 11 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 81 mm. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −11°C in January. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Gananoque forecast.

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes, which takes in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, is held by Michael Barrett (Conservative Party of Canada)

From Ontario come 122 MPs, 71 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

3 public library branches serve Leeds and the Thousand Islands

By name: Leeds and the Thousand Island Public Library - Lansdowne Branch, Leeds and the Thousand Island Public Library - Lyndhurst Branch and Leeds and the Thousand Island Public Library - Seeley's Bay Branch.

Renting in Leeds and the Thousand Islands costs 15% of household income, less than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners make up 92% of households, above Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. 13% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Leeds and the Thousand Islands borders Thousand Islands National Park

One named trail is close: the Blue Mountain Trail. Parks and reserves take up 5.8% of the ground within 10 km, above both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Nearly a tenth of the town lies within a protected area.

One place in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, at the top of the registers

Before 1961 is when 31% of the homes went up, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).