ApplewoodMississauga

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

Households that own their home make up 58%. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 31% of households, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Applewood 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.

Few places are as safe from hazards as Applewood: it beats 86% of Canadian towns

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

Flood mapping exists: a study by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. Seismic risk in Applewood sits near the middle: $0.040 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

Fewer commuters in Applewood drive than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 79%

The average trip to work took 31 min, above Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike.

Lives run long around Applewood: 85.3 years, 3.8 more than the typical Canadian town’s region

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Peel Regional Health Unit

On average 19% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%, and on top of that the region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. Measured from where Applewood’s residents live, a hospital is 2.9 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

5 boards run the schools in and around Applewood

One of the 68 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. The largest is Michael Power/St Joseph High School, with 2,035 students. Results are mixed: 23 of 62 schools above the middle in Ontario, 21 below it. Counting a 3 km margin, Applewood has 57 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, for 30,600 students.

Applewood has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.4°C

Between the last spring frost, 27 April, and the first in autumn, 20 October, lie 174 days. The thermometer drops below freezing on 131 days a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Midwinter nights in Applewood bottom out at −8.9°C on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

Applewood is graded a B for safety

Its police area recorded 8.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 22.6 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Visible minorities make up more of Applewood than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 46%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.3% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Children under 15 make up 16%, near both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%).

In Applewood, November normally means 8°C afternoons and freezing nights

Expect about 72 mm of rain and snow over November. By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −5°C. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. Also worth knowing: over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −9°C by night.

Mississauga public library logs 4.8 visits per person served, more than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Mississauga’s: Mississauga public library serves all 796,000 people of the city, Applewood among them.

Rouge National Urban Park is 38 km from Applewood

0.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The largest named area nearby is Brampton Natural Heritage System, 1,126 ha, 9.8 km away. The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 24 km away. 6 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.