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Greely gets an A+ for safety

Where it is policed, 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 66, below both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Greely doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Ottawa service area.

Life expectancy around Greely is 83.7 years, 2.2 more than for the typical Canadian town

Measured across the City of Ottawa Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, below both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). At 8.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Ontario’s 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Greely’s is long: 17 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

English or French, public or Catholic: Greely’s schools come under 4 boards

3 of the 18 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Results have eased at 5 of 14 schools over three years. The Catholic boards run 10 of its 18 schools, against 34% in Ontario. St. Francis Xavier (9-12) Catholic School is the biggest, at 1,665 students.

Greely is a driving town: 93% of commuters go by car, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 27 min, near Ontario’s towns (29 min) and higher than Canadian towns (26 min).

Flood mapping exists for Greely: 1 on record, latest by South Nation Conservation

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). About as many homes carry radon around Greely as elsewhere, 6.2% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Ottawa, with Greely one part of it.

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

Summer highs in Greely reach 27.0°C in July. Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 7 October: 160 days without it. Snow totals 232 cm over the year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to June: 97 mm on average.

A town of families: 19% of people in Greely are under 15, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

15% of residents are 65 or over. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.8% of residents, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and close to Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 6°C in Greely, nights around −2°C

About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −10°C. Precipitation in November averages 74 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Ottawa (Richmond - Metcalfe) forecast, on the Weather page.

At 7.6 loans per person served, Ottawa Public Library lends more than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries

Greely 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.

More households own their home in Greely than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 94%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 15% of household income, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Rideau River Provincial Park, 17 km away, is the closest provincial park to Greely

71 km separate the town from Thousand Islands National Park, its nearest national park. Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map. Biggest among them: Rideau Canal National Historic Site, 19,972 ha, 2.4 km off.