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Medway is graded an A for hazard risk

Of the homes tested for radon, 1.8% were over 200 Bq/m³, below Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Medway as in most places, at $0.020 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No flood study for Medway is on the national inventory. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Medway alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of London.

Fewer households own their home in Medway than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 66%

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the London metro area

The median home value was $500,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) but above Canadian towns ($406,000). A year’s rent came to 23% of the median household income, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

Four parallel systems run Medway’s schools through 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

On the tests, 20 of 37 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 8 under it. Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,590 students. Within 3 km of Medway are 32 elementary schools and 8 secondary schools, teaching 24,940 students.

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

Shared with the rest of the Middlesex-London Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

A child born in the region can expect 81.9 years, lower than Ontario’s towns (82.8) and near Canadian towns (81.5). Measured from where Medway’s residents live, a hospital is 2.8 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.8 km on average, with 7.9 within 3 km of the typical home.

Commuters in Medway have a short way to work, 24 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

The car took 86% of commuters, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Medway is graded a C+ for safety

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, about level with Canadian towns (67) and above Ontario’s towns (56).

Frost comes to Medway less often than to 75% of Canadian towns

The most precipitation falls in September: 93 mm in a normal year. In January the thermometer sinks to −9.1°C overnight, about level with Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 16 October, lie 165 days. January is the snowiest month, with 43 cm on average.

A town of families: 18% of people in Medway are under 15, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older. 31% of residents belong to a visible minority, higher than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

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

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 88 mm. Then December: 1°C by day, −5°C at night. A typical November adds 13 cm of snow. Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −9°C by night.

Each seat on London’s council stands for 32,990 residents, more than in 98% of Ontario municipalities

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

More loans per person served than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries: London Public Library lends 5.5

Medway is served by London Public Library, the library of all of London, so the figures here are the city’s, for 439,385 people.

Komoka Provincial Park is 6.6 km from Medway

Within 100 km there is no national park. 16 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Walkers have 2 mapped routes close by, starting with the Thames Valley Trail and Medway Valley Trail.