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Rent takes more of local pay in Glen Cairn than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 30% of household income

Owners put the median home at $400,000, about level with Canadian towns ($406,000) and below Ontario’s towns ($695,000).

Hazard risk in Glen Cairn is lower than in 90% of Canadian towns

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Glen Cairn as in most places, at $0.020 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.8% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). No flood study for Glen Cairn is on the national inventory. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Glen Cairn alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of London.

Commuters in Glen Cairn have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

89% of commuters drove, close to both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Very good or excellent health for 52% of adults in Glen Cairn’s health region

Lives here run to 81.9 years on average, about level with Canadian towns (81.5) and below Ontario’s towns (82.8). Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.0 km from the average resident of Glen Cairn, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 0.9 km away on average (7.1 within 3 km). Glen Cairn doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Middlesex-London Health Unit.

Glen Cairn’s grade for safety: a C+

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the London service area

Property crime in its police area ran at 36.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 70 over 2023–25, above Ontario’s towns (56) and close to Canadian towns (67).

Glen Cairn gets fewer frosts than three in four Canadian towns

January nights fall to −9.1°C on average, near Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 3 May and returns around 16 October: 165 days without it. Snow peaks in January: 43 cm in a normal year. September is the wettest month, with 93 mm of rain and snow on average.

A town of families: 18% of people in Glen Cairn are under 15, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.8% of residents, above both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older.

In Glen Cairn, November normally means 8°C afternoons and freezing nights

Across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July. Into December, the normals move to 1°C and −5°C. Precipitation in November averages 88 mm. About 13 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

London has one council seat for every 32,990 residents, more than 98% of municipalities in Ontario

London, which governs Glen Cairn, elected Josh Morgan mayor in October 2022.

London Public Library lends 5.5 items per person served, more than three in four Ontario’s town libraries

London Public Library serves the whole of London, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 439,385 people, Glen Cairn among them.

English or French, public or Catholic: Glen Cairn’s schools come under 4 boards

In French: 3 of the 42 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%. H B Beal Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,525 students. On the tests, 7 of 38 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 20 under it. Within 3 km of Glen Cairn are 33 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, teaching 19,190 students.

The nearest provincial park, Komoka Provincial Park, is 13 km from Glen Cairn

The largest is Meadowlily Woods Esa: 60 ha, 0.4 km from the edge of town. For walks, the Westminster Ponds runs within 2 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.