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Rent takes more of local pay in Underwood than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

Owners make up 87% of households. 34% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Underwood doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Toronto metro area.

5 school boards share Underwood

Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 47; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Results lean high: 26 of 43 in the top two fifths in Ontario. Milliken Mills High School is the biggest, at 1,595 students. The 3 km around Underwood counts 39 elementary schools and 8 secondary schools, 23,605 students between them.

Hazard risk in Underwood is lower than in 88% of Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the city of Markham: earthquake risk

Seismic risk in Underwood sits near the middle: $0.034 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

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

Health survey and life expectancy for the York Regional Health Unit

Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, below Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Across the region, just over half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). For Underwood itself the measure is access: 3.4 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Underwood trails that of 95% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 31 min, above both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). The car took 89% of commuters, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Underwood’s grade for safety: a B+

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 21.4 per 1,000 a year, below both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence across its police area runs at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year.

Underwood has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.3°C

Midwinter nights in Underwood bottom out at −10.1°C on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 40 cm. Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 13 October, lie 161 days. Rain and snow peak in June, at 87 mm.

More of Underwood belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 94%

The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. 13% are under 15, below both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%).

Underwood in November: highs near 7°C, lows near −1°C

Across the year, normals run from −10°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July. By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −6°C. A typical November adds 12 cm of snow. November normally sees 77 mm of precipitation.

One councillor per 28,580 residents: Markham is more thinly represented than 97% of Ontario municipalities

Underwood sends one MP to Ottawa from Markham—Thornhill, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Tim Hodgson (Liberal Party of Canada).

At 6.9 visits per person served, Markham public library is busier than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Markham’s: Markham public library serves all 365,051 people of the city, Underwood among them.

Within 7.6 km of Underwood: Rouge National Urban Park

One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km. For a provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park lies 28 km off. Count 13 protected areas within 10 km of town.