Crystal Bay - Lakeview ParkOttawa

Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park gets an A+ for safety

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 66, below Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Its police area records 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Ottawa service area, Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park included.

Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park gets an A for health

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the City of Ottawa Health Unit

Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 56%, higher than both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). At 8.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.7, women 85.7 and men 81.6 (2022/2024). What sets Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park apart within its region is distance, and at 3.3 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Driving to work is less common in Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 81% of commuters

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

Teaching in French: 32 of Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park’s 121 schools

The largest is Earl of March Secondary School, with 1,715 students. Schooling here is split between 6 boards, above both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). On the tests, 43 of 84 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 15 under it. In or within 3 km of Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park: 96 elementary schools, 22 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, with 54,485 students.

Renting in Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park costs 17% of household income, less than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners put the median home at $755,000, above both Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Households that own their home make up 84%.

A flood study covers Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park: 4 on the national inventory, the newest from Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

Burn scars are few around Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). About as many homes carry radon around Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park as elsewhere, 6.2% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park has 5 walking routes on the map

Protected areas take in 20% of the neighbourhood itself. Biggest among them: Rideau Canal National Historic Site, 19,972 ha, 0.4 km off. Swimmers have 8 beaches within 5 km, Britannia Watersport Beach the nearest. 78 km separate the town from Thousand Islands National Park, its nearest national park.

January lows in Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park: −14.0°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

A normal July day peaks at 26.7°C, near Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and higher than Canadian towns (25.5°C). The frost-free season runs from 30 April to 6 October, 158 days. The most precipitation falls in June: 95 mm in a normal year. January is the snowiest month, with 45 cm on average.

An older town: 24% of people in Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park are 65 or over, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.7% of residents, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and close to Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park runs from −2°C to 6°C

Next comes December, with normal highs of −2°C and lows of −9°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. Also worth knowing: at the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −14°C.

One councillor per 47,520 residents: Ottawa is more thinly represented than 99% of Ontario municipalities

Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park is part of Ottawa, which elected Mark Sutcliffe as mayor in October 2022.

Ottawa public library lends 7.6 items per person served, more than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries

Ottawa public library serves the whole of Ottawa, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,083,550 people, Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park among them.