Box GroveMarkham

33 of Box Grove’s 48 tested schools score in the top two fifths in Ontario

25,575 students attend the 43 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Box Grove. Bill Hogarth Secondary School is the biggest, at 2,055 students. Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 2.4 km off, above Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

Expect 86.3 years of life in the region around Box Grove, 4.8 above the typical Canadian town

Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.5 km from the average resident of Box Grove, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, lower than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 51% against 51%. Box Grove doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the York Regional Health Unit.

Box Grove faces fewer hazards than 88% of Canadian towns

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Markham

2 flood studies cover the town, the latest by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. NRCan expects $0.034 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Box Grove, near the typical $0.030.

More households own their home in Box Grove than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 86%

A year’s rent came to 19% of the median household income, lower than Ontario’s towns (22%) and near Canadian towns (20%). 31% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Box Grove alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto metro area.

Trips to work from Box Grove take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 34 min on average

The car took 90% of commuters, close to both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Box Grove’s grade for safety: a B+

Property crime in its police area ran at 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 9.7 per 1,000 people a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the York Region service area, with Box Grove one part of it.

Summer arrives in force in Box Grove, hotter than in 91% of Canadian towns

Gardeners get 161 frost-free days, from 3 May to 13 October. A normal June brings 87 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. January nights fall to −10.1°C on average, between Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Snow peaks in January: 40 cm in a normal year.

More of Box Grove belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 89%

13% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). Under 15: nearly a fifth of residents.

In Box Grove, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

November usually brings some 12 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees 2°C afternoons and −6°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 77 mm. July brings the warmest days, 27°C; January the coldest nights, −10°C.

Markham public library logs 6.9 visits per person served, more than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries

Box Grove is served by Markham public library, the library of all of Markham, so the figures here are the city’s, for 365,051 people.

Step out of Box Grove and you are in Rouge National Urban Park

Some protected land is inside the neighbourhood: 18% of its area. Of the land within 10 km, 10% has protected status, above both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km. 2 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Seaton Hiking Trail and Villages & Valley (foot).