CreditviewMississauga

Rent takes more of local pay in Creditview than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 23% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a quarter of households, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. 77% of households own their home. Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Creditview alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto metro area.

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

The national inventory holds 3 flood maps for it, the newest from Credit Valley Conservation Authority. NRCan expects $0.040 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Creditview, near the typical $0.030.

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

Health survey and life expectancy for the Peel Regional Health Unit

Smokers make up 8.2% of the region’s adults, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Across the region, 49% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). What sets Creditview apart within its region is distance, and at 3.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

The schools around Creditview answer to 3 boards

Of its 56 tested schools, 22 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 18 in the bottom two. The largest is St Francis Xavier Secondary School, with 1,890 students. 29 of the 57 are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario. In French: 2 of the 57 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%.

Household incomes in Creditview top those of 91% of Canadian towns

Just over four in five commuters took the car to work at the census. The average trip to work took 31 min, higher than both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

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

For the wettest month, look to June: 81 mm on average. Some 115 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Creditview sees January nights of −8.9°C on average. A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Creditview is graded a B for safety

Measured across the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent incidents in its police area came to 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). Across its police area, there are 22.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Visible minorities make up more of Creditview than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 71%

Children under 15 make up 13%, below Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike. A fifth of residents are 65 or over.

Creditview in November: highs near 8°C, lows near freezing

Across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July. Precipitation in November averages 72 mm. 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

Mississauga, which governs Creditview, elected Bonnie Crombie mayor in October 2022.

At 4.8 visits per person served, Mississauga public library is busier than three in four Ontario’s town libraries

Creditview is served by Mississauga public library, the library of all of Mississauga, so the figures here are the city’s, for 796,000 people.

A national park 45 km from Creditview: Rouge National Urban Park

Count 4 protected areas within 10 km of town. 8.6 km out lies the largest, Brampton Natural Heritage System, at 1,126 ha. 0.2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 18 km away.