SheridanMississauga

Fewer households own their home in Sheridan than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 69%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took just over a fifth of household income, near both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Sheridan shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Toronto metro area.

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

Seismic risk in Sheridan sits near the middle: $0.040 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping exists: 11 studies, most recently by Credit Valley Conservation Authority. Sheridan doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Mississauga.

6 school boards overlap in Sheridan, covering Ontario’s four systems

The 3 km around Sheridan counts 55 elementary schools and 9 secondary schools, 27,435 students between them. Port Credit Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,370 students. Results are mixed: 27 of 61 schools above the middle in Ontario, 19 below it. Of the 64, 2 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario).

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

In the health survey, 49% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, below Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 8.2% of adults to 11%. For Sheridan itself the measure is access: 4.8 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Peel Regional Health Unit, with Sheridan one part of it.

Households in Sheridan earn more than those in 95% of Canadian towns

The car carried 84% of commuters at the census. Commutes averaged 29 min, about level with Ontario’s towns (29 min) and above Canadian towns (26 min).

Sheridan 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, below Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. On a January night, the temperature in Sheridan falls to about −8.9°C. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm. Between the last spring frost, 27 April, and the first in autumn, 20 October, lie 174 days.

Sheridan is graded a B for safety

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

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). Its police area records 22.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

More of Sheridan belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 47%

A fifth of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.6% of residents, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −5°C. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

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

City council runs Sheridan; in October 2022, Mississauga chose Bonnie Crombie as mayor.

Mississauga Library draws 4.8 visits per person served, ahead of 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, Sheridan among them.

Sheridan is 45 km from Rouge National Urban Park

Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map. The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 13 km away. Count 2 protected areas within 10 km of town. Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km, below both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).