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Chapman Mills’s grade for safety: an A+

Its police area recorded 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 66, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Ottawa service area, with Chapman Mills one part of it.

Around Chapman Mills, 12 schools of 42 teach in French

On results, 21 of its 34 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in Ontario. All four of Ontario’s systems run schools here, English and French, public and Catholic. The Catholic boards run 22 of its 42 schools, against 34% in Ontario. The largest is Longfields Davidson Heights Secondary School, with 1,650 students.

Health in Chapman Mills beats 90% of Canadian towns

Smoking is rarer than in the province: nearly one in ten adults, against 11% for Ontario. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 56%, above Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. In addition, across the region, life runs to 83.7 years on average: women 85.7, men 81.6, in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Chapman Mills’ is long: 9.8 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Measured against local pay, Chapman Mills costs more to live in than 79% of Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $636,000, between Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Home ownership covers 72% of households. Chapman Mills shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area.

Chapman Mills is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Ottawa

Seismic risk runs high: $0.15 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon around Chapman Mills is ordinary for Canada: 6.2% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical).

Winter nights bite in Chapman Mills: January lows of −14.3°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

June is the wettest month, with 97 mm of rain and snow on average. Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 7 October: 160 days without it. Some 232 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). In July, daytime highs in Chapman Mills average 27.0°C.

Visible minorities make up more of Chapman Mills than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 63%

26% speak both English and French, higher than both Ontario’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (7.5%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.9% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

Chapman Mills in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast, on the Weather page. Expect about 74 mm of rain and snow over November. Into December, the normals move to −2°C and −10°C. Snow is normal by November, about 21 cm over the month.

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

Chapman Mills is served by Ottawa public library, the library of all of Ottawa, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,083,550 people.

Chapman Mills touches Rideau Canal National Historic Site

Thousand Islands National Park is the closest national park, 77 km from town. The protected share within 10 km is 6%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. For a provincial park, Rideau River Provincial Park lies 22 km off.

Chapman Mills has higher household incomes than 97% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 29 min, close to Ontario’s towns (29 min) and above Canadian towns (26 min). By car: that was how 86% of commuters travelled at the census.