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Loyalist’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 52, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 14.4 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence accounts for 8.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

Loyalist is a town of owners: 83% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $448,000, between Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Kingston metro area as a whole, not for Loyalist alone.

Wildfire low, radon 11%: how Loyalist stands on hazards

For earthquakes Loyalist is middling, $0.044 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Loyalist on the national inventory.

Very good or excellent health for 53% of adults in Loyalist’s health region

The survey counts just over one in ten adults as smokers, above both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Across the region, life runs to 81.8 years on average: women 83.9, men 79.5, in 2022/2024. Measured from where Loyalist’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 13 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Loyalist alone, so this card uses the figure for the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit.

July highs in Loyalist: 25.4°C, against 26.7°C in Ontario’s towns and 25.5°C in Canadian towns

A normal September brings 100 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Precipitation totals 984 mm a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (902 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Loyalist sees January nights of −11.5°C on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 45 cm.

2 of Loyalist’s 13 schools are Catholic, fewer than the 34% in Ontario

No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, one in ten schools are. Of its 10 tested schools, 1 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 3 in the bottom two. Results have climbed at 8 of 10 schools over three years. The nearest secondary school is 6.9 km away, above Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

A normal November in Loyalist runs from −1°C to 8°C

About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: 2°C by day, −6°C at night. A normal November brings 88 mm of rain and snow. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −12°C in January.

Loyalist spends more per resident than four in five Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities do

Loyalist sends one MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Hastings—Lennox and Addington, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.

Loyalist has two public libraries, Lennox & Addington Library - Amherstview Branch and Lennox & Addington Library - Bath Branch

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Loyalist in particular.

Loyalist has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

The average trip to work took 25 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and below Ontario’s towns (29 min).

Thousand Islands National Park lies 14 km beyond Loyalist’s edge

16 km from town is Timber Island Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. 24 protected areas lie within 10 km. Within 10 km of the town, 1.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.

Fewer of Loyalist’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 4.1%

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.8% of residents, higher than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Loyalist has 1 historic place on the registers