NewmarketOntario

Newmarket’s grade for hazard risk: an A+

Seismic risk in Newmarket sits near the middle: $0.019 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Measured against local pay, Newmarket costs more to live in than 94% of Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 27% of households, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners make up 76% of households, near both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%).

Expect 86.3 years of life in the region around Newmarket, 4.8 above the typical Canadian town

Measured across the York Regional Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: just over half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, below both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.5 km from the average resident of Newmarket, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

4 school boards overlap in Newmarket, covering Ontario’s four systems

In French: 2 of the 48 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%. Newmarket High School is the biggest, at 1,515 students. Within 3 km of Newmarket are 40 elementary schools and 8 secondary schools, teaching 27,000 students.

Newmarket’s grade for safety: a B+

The violent index for its police area came to 67, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. The force’s area logs 9.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Households in Newmarket earn more than those in 93% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 31 min, above Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike. Driving is how 90% of commuters got to work at the census.

Summer arrives in force in Newmarket, hotter than in 91% of Canadian towns

Expect January lows of around −10.1°C in Newmarket. January is the snowiest month, with 40 cm on average. Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 13 October, lie 161 days. Rain and snow peak in June, at 87 mm.

In Newmarket, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

Then December: 2°C by day, −6°C at night. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 77 mm of precipitation. Across the year, normals run from −10°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Each seat on Newmarket’s council stands for 10,640 residents, more than in 92% of Ontario municipalities

Sandra Cobena (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Newmarket—Aurora, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Newmarket.

Fewer visits per person served than 80% of Ontario’s town libraries: Newmarket Public Library counts 2.1

Newmarket Public Library serves 91,670 people from a single building.

More of Newmarket belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 35%

16% of residents have reached 65. Under-15s account for 17% of the population. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.2% of residents, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Newmarket is 15 km from Rouge National Urban Park

Of the country within 10 km, 1.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. A provincial park, Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park, lies 5.3 km away. Within 10 km are 27 protected areas.

Newmarket has 2 historic places on the registers

The oldest dated place, Old Newmarket Town Hall and Courthouse, goes back to 1883. The list takes in a heritage railway station and a provincial or municipal listing. Homes from before 1961 make up 10% of the stock, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).