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Stoneybrook gets an A for hazard risk

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 1.8% of homes, below Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Earthquake risk in Stoneybrook is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.020 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Stoneybrook on the national inventory.

Trips to work from Stoneybrook are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 21 min on average

52% of adults around Stoneybrook rate their health very good or excellent

Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.1 km from the average resident of Stoneybrook, about the norm of 3.7 km. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.9 years at birth, 84.2 for women and 79.6 for men. Chronic conditions run at 18% of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Middlesex-London Health Unit, Stoneybrook included.

Four parallel systems run Stoneybrook’s schools through 5 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

Schooling in French is on offer at 4 of 38; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Over three years, results rose at 17 of its 32 tested schools. The 32 with results split, 13 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 9 in the lower. Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,795 students.

Most households in Stoneybrook own their home: 95%, more than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the London metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 9% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 17% of household income, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Stoneybrook gets a C+ for safety

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

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). Property crime in the area its police cover: 36.4 per 1,000 people a year.

Frosty mornings in Stoneybrook are scarcer than in 75% of Canadian towns

Summer highs average 26.6°C in July, about level with Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and above Canadian towns (25.5°C). In January, overnight lows in Stoneybrook settle at −9.1°C. Gardeners get 165 frost-free days, from 3 May to 16 October. September is the wettest month, with 93 mm of rain and snow on average.

Stoneybrook skews older, with 24% of residents 65 or over, more than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

14% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.1% of residents, below both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Stoneybrook runs from freezing to 8°C

The month after, December, normally sees 1°C afternoons and −5°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 88 mm. Snowfall in a normal November: 13 cm. The year peaks in July (27°C) and bottoms out in January (−9°C).

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

As a neighbourhood of London, Stoneybrook shares the council elected in October 2022, with Josh Morgan as mayor.

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

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

11 km from Stoneybrook to Komoka Provincial Park

6.9 km out lies the largest, Meadowlily Woods Esa, at 60 ha. Protected areas take in just over a fifth of the neighbourhood itself. Within 100 km there is no national park. For walks, the Thames Valley Trail runs within 2 km.