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Bells Corners West gets an A for health

8.6% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. Add to that, life expectancy in the region is 83.7 years (85.7 for women, 81.6 for men, 2022/2024). For Bells Corners West itself the measure is access: 3.1 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km.

Rent takes more of local pay in Bells Corners West than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area

Owners make up 71% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). The median home value was $400,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and near Canadian towns ($406,000).

Bells Corners West gets an A for safety

Measured across the Ottawa 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 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 66, below both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

Around Bells Corners West, 4 schools of 11 teach in French

4,330 students attend the 9 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Bells Corners West. Over three years, results slipped at 5 of its 8 tested schools.

Wildfire low, radon 6.2%: how Bells Corners West stands on hazards

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.15 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Little of the land around Bells Corners West has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Bells Corners West on the national inventory.

January nights in Bells Corners West 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. Between the last spring frost, 30 April, and the first in autumn, 6 October, lie 158 days. A normal winter brings 185 cm of snow, above Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Most of the snow comes in January, about 45 cm.

More people in Bells Corners West speak English and French than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 23%

29% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.

Bells Corners West in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C

Then December: −2°C by day, −9°C at night. November normally sees 72 mm of precipitation. Snow is normal by November, about 16 cm over the month. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast.

Ottawa has one council seat for every 47,520 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Ontario

Nepean is the riding Bells Corners West votes in for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

More loans per person served than nine in ten Ontario’s town libraries: Ottawa public library lends 7.6

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

Bells Corners West’s household incomes are higher than in 66% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 26 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and below Ontario’s towns (29 min).

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

Biggest among them: Aylmer (Lac Deschênes) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 588 ha, 5.2 km off. Burnt Lands Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 24 km. For a national park, Thousand Islands National Park is 84 km away. Inside the neighbourhood itself, 11% of the land is protected.