MadocOntario

Madoc gets a D for health

Homes here are 18 km from a hospital on average, higher than both Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 18% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. On the other hand, the survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 45%, behind the 51% for Ontario. Lives in the region last 79.8 years on average (2022/2024): 81.8 for women, 77.8 for men. Madoc doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit.

Most households in Madoc own their home: 87%, more than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns

16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to a quarter of the median household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Trips to work from Madoc take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

The car took 100% of commuters, above both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Madoc gets a B+ for safety

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Madoc itself

Property crime in its police area ran at 15.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). Where it is policed, 8.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Central Hastings detachment area, Madoc included.

Madoc’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 12% of area homes over the radon guideline

Seismic risk in Madoc sits near the middle: $0.035 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Madoc gets a B for schools

Counting a 3 km margin, Madoc has 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, for 1,085 students. Teenagers have 3.5 km to go to the closest secondary school, higher than both Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Madoc has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.2°C

January is the snowiest month, with 45 cm on average. Expect January lows of around −12.4°C in Madoc. A normal year brings 984 mm of precipitation, above Ontario’s towns (902 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm) alike. The most precipitation falls in September: 100 mm in a normal year.

Madoc skews older, with 23% of residents 65 or over, more than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 6.7% of residents, higher than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Visible minorities make up 4.3% of the population, lower than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

What November brings in Madoc: −2°C at night, 7°C by day

November normally sees 88 mm of precipitation. Then December: freezing by day, −8°C at night. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Across the year, normals run from −12°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga, which takes in Madoc, is held by Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Conservative Party of Canada)

Voters in Madoc chose Loyde Blackburn as mayor in October 2022, for a 5-seat council.

The nearest public library to Madoc is Madoc Public Library, 3.4 km away

After it comes Tweed Public Library (Tweed), 13 km away.

Protected land around Madoc beats 8 in 10 Canadian towns

OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The nearest provincial park, Stoco Fen Provincial Park, is 12 km away. Biggest among them: Mount Moriah Conservation Reserve, 2,319 ha, 0.1 km off. 38 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.