Wismer CommonsMarkham

Around Wismer Commons, 20 of 36 schools with results rank among the top fifth in Ontario

None of them teaches in French, though one in ten schools in Ontario do. The largest is Bill Hogarth Secondary School, with 2,055 students. Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). The 3 km around Wismer Commons counts 30 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools, 24,150 students between them.

Wismer Commons is a town of owners: 84% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Toronto metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 34% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Few places are as safe from hazards as Wismer Commons: it beats 88% of Canadian towns

NRCan expects $0.034 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Wismer Commons, near the typical $0.030. One flood study covers the town, by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority.

Life expectancy around Wismer Commons is 86.3 years, 4.8 more than for the typical Canadian town

Measured across the York Regional Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, 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%). The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Wismer Commons live 3.7 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

Trips to work from Wismer Commons take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 35 min on average

The car took 88% of commuters, about level with both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Wismer Commons gets a B+ for safety

Property crime in its police area ran at 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 9.7 violent incidents are reported each year. Wismer Commons doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the York Region service area.

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

Expect January lows of around −10.1°C in Wismer Commons. January is the snowiest month, with 40 cm on average. Frost usually lifts by 3 May and returns around 13 October: 161 days without it. For the wettest month, look to June: 87 mm on average.

More of Wismer Commons belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 92%

13% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). The under-15s are a fifth of the population here.

A normal November in Wismer Commons runs from −1°C to 7°C

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 2°C and lows near −6°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 77 mm. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −10°C by night.

Council seats in Markham are spread thin, 28,580 residents each, more than in 97% of Ontario municipalities

Markham, which governs Wismer Commons, elected Frank Scarpitti mayor in October 2022.

Markham public library draws 6.9 visits per person served, ahead of 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, Wismer Commons among them.

Wismer Commons is 2.1 km from Rouge National Urban Park

For a provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park lies 20 km off. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 11%, higher than both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). One named trail is close: the Villages & Valley (foot). There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.