DT CoreMississauga

Rent takes more of local pay in DT Core than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33% of household income

Owners put the median home at $552,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). 47% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

The car carries only 77% of commuters in DT Core, fewer than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 33 min.

DT Core faces fewer hazards than 86% of Canadian towns

For earthquakes DT Core is middling, $0.040 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. 3 flood studies cover the town, the latest by Credit Valley Conservation Authority. DT Core doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Mississauga.

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

Shared with the rest of the Peel Regional Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

For DT Core itself the measure is access: 3.2 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Smoking takes in 8.2% of adults, age-standardised, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). What’s more, on self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario.

3 school boards share DT Core

On the tests, 24 of 66 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 24 under it. St Francis Xavier Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,890 students. One of the 67 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, DT Core has 58 elementary schools and 9 secondary schools, for 33,280 students.

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

Expect January lows of around −8.9°C in DT Core. Frosty days number 131 in a normal year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. Between the last spring frost, 27 April, and the first in autumn, 20 October, lie 174 days.

DT Core gets 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

Its police area recorded 8.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than 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 DT Core than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 79%

People 65 and over make up 13% of the town. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.2% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Children under 15 make up 15% of residents.

Expect November days around 8°C in DT Core, nights around freezing

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

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

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

Within 43 km of DT Core: Rouge National Urban Park

The 10 km around town hold 4 protected areas. Brampton Natural Heritage System (1,126 ha) is the biggest, 8.4 km from town. Of the country within 10 km, 0.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. For a provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park lies 20 km off.