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Bells Corners East is graded an A+ for health

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the City of Ottawa Health Unit

Smokers make up nearly a tenth of the region’s adults, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Ontario’s 51%; what’s more, women in the region live to 85.7 and men to 81.6, 83.7 years taken together (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.1 km from the average resident of Bells Corners East, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

Most households in Bells Corners East own their home: 87%, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 24% of the median household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). 10% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, with Bells Corners East one part of it.

Commuters in Bells Corners East have a short way to work, 23 min on average, less than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 83% of commuters, below Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

Hazards in Bells Corners East: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.2% of tested homes

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Ottawa

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.15 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, above both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No flood study for Bells Corners East is on the national inventory.

Bells Corners East’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

Results have eased at 9 of 15 schools over three years. Of its 15 tested schools, 5 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 6 in the bottom two. 3 of the 20 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario.

Bells Corners East is graded a C+ for safety

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 55 over 2023–25, about level with Ontario’s towns (56) and below Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Bells Corners East shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Ottawa service area.

January nights in Bells Corners East drop to −14.0°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

For the wettest month, look to June: 95 mm on average. The frost-free season runs from 30 April to 6 October, 158 days. Some 185 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. A normal January brings 45 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Bells Corners East has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns

21 protected areas lie within 10 km. Biggest among them: Rideau Canal National Historic Site, 19,972 ha, 8.4 km off. 25 km from town is Burnt Lands Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. For a national park, Thousand Islands National Park is 84 km away.

Bells Corners East is more bilingual than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% speak both languages

3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Visible minorities make up 16% of the population, lower than Ontario’s towns (26%) and near Canadian towns (15%).

In Bells Corners East, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

Next comes December, with normal highs of −2°C and lows of −9°C. Expect around 16 cm of snow in November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans).

Council seats in Ottawa are spread thin, 47,520 residents each, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

As a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Bells Corners East shares the council elected in October 2022, with Mark Sutcliffe as mayor.

At 7.6 loans per person served, Ottawa Public Library lends more than nine in ten Ontario’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Ottawa’s: Ottawa Public Library serves all 1,083,550 people of the city, Bells Corners East among them.