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Centrepointe - Briargreen gets an A+ for safety

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). Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Centrepointe - Briargreen alone, so this card uses the figure for the Ottawa service area.

Centrepointe - Briargreen scores better for health than 95% of Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the City of Ottawa Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.0 km from the average resident of Centrepointe - Briargreen, about the norm of 3.7 km. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 8.6% of adults to 11%. By their own account, 56% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, above both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.7 years at birth, 85.7 for women and 81.6 for men.

Renting in Centrepointe - Briargreen costs 19% of household income, less than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

70% of households own their home, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area as a whole, not for Centrepointe - Briargreen alone.

Households in Centrepointe - Briargreen have higher incomes than those in 97% of Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 24 min on average.

Centrepointe - Briargreen’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.2% of area homes over the radon guideline

Earthquake risk for the city of Ottawa

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.15 for each $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No one has filed a flood map for Centrepointe - Briargreen on the national inventory.

January nights in Centrepointe - Briargreen drop to −14.0°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

July afternoons reach 26.7°C on average, close to Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and above Canadian towns (25.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 30 April and returns around 6 October: 158 days without it. Also worth knowing: a normal June brings 95 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow peaks in January: 45 cm in a normal year.

Centrepointe - Briargreen’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

The 31 with results split, 12 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 11 in the lower. Merivale High School is the biggest, at 1,440 students. In French: 5 of the 40 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%. Within 3 km of Centrepointe - Briargreen are 30 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, teaching 16,635 students.

Few places match Centrepointe - Briargreen for protected land nearby: more than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

The largest named area nearby is Rideau Canal National Historic Site, 19,972 ha, 4.3 km away. Count 26 protected areas within 10 km of town. For a national park, Thousand Islands National Park is 86 km away. 29 km from town is Burnt Lands Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.

More people in Centrepointe - Briargreen speak English and French than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 30%

Visible minorities make up just over a third of the population, higher than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children are 13% of the town. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town.

A normal November in Centrepointe - Briargreen runs from −2°C to 6°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −9°C. In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. About 16 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

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

As a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Centrepointe - Briargreen shares the council elected in October 2022, with Mark Sutcliffe as mayor.

Each person Ottawa Public Library serves borrows 7.6 items, more than at 91% of 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, Centrepointe - Briargreen among them.