BarbertownMississauga

Hazard risk in Barbertown is lower than in 86% of Canadian towns

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Mississauga

Flood mapping exists: 4 studies, most recently by Credit Valley Conservation Authority. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Barbertown as in most places, at $0.040 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

3 boards run the schools in and around Barbertown

Of the 47, 2 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario). John Fraser Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,715 students. Results are mixed: 23 of 45 schools above the middle in Ontario, 8 below it. Within 3 km of Barbertown are 38 elementary schools and 9 secondary schools, teaching 25,760 students.

Expect 85.3 years of life in the region around Barbertown, 3.8 above the typical Canadian town

Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.2 km from the average resident of Barbertown, about the norm of 3.7 km. The survey counts nearly one in ten adults as smokers, below Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%.

Barbertown is a town of owners: 91% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Toronto metro area

17% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Some 115 cm of snow falls in a typical year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Midwinter nights in Barbertown bottom out at −8.9°C on average. Frost usually lifts by 27 April and returns around 20 October: 174 days without it. The most precipitation falls in June: 81 mm in a normal year.

Barbertown’s grade for safety: a B

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

Trips to work from Barbertown take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 31 min on average

The car took 88% of commuters, in line with Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

More of Barbertown belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 68%

Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up a fifth of residents.

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

Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −9°C by night. November normally sees 72 mm of precipitation. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 2°C and lows near −5°C. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Mississauga forecast, on the Weather page.

One councillor per 63,720 residents: Mississauga is more thinly represented than 99% of Ontario municipalities

Barbertown is in Mississauga—Streetsville, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Rechie Valdez of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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

Mississauga public library serves the whole of Mississauga, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 796,000 people, Barbertown among them.

Within 49 km of Barbertown: Rouge National Urban Park

CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km. 4.6 km out lies the largest, Brampton Natural Heritage System, at 1,126 ha. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.8% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.