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Greenboro East is graded an A+ for safety

Its police area recorded 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). The violent index for its police area came to 66, below Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike.

Greenboro East is graded an A for health

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the City of Ottawa Health Unit

Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: nearly one in ten adults, against 11% for Ontario. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 83.7, higher than both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.1 km from the average resident of Greenboro East, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Measured against local pay, Greenboro East costs more to live in than 89% of Canadian towns

The median home value was $650,000, between Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). A year’s rent came to 22% of the median household income, near Ontario’s towns (22%) and higher than Canadian towns (20%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, with Greenboro East one part of it.

Commuters in Greenboro East have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

The car took 84% of commuters, below Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

Four parallel systems run Greenboro East’s schools through 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

8 of the 31 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Of the 28 with results, 16 sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario. 13,260 students attend the 27 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school in or within 3 km of Greenboro East.

Hazards in Greenboro East: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.2% of tested homes

Seismic risk runs high: $0.15 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Greenboro East on the national inventory.

Greenboro East has colder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −14.3°C

A normal July day peaks at 27.0°C, near Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and higher than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 29 April, and the first in autumn, 7 October, lie 160 days. June is the wettest month, with 97 mm of rain and snow on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 59 cm.

More of Greenboro East belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 53%

13% of residents are 65 or over, below Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. Under-15s account for 15% of the population.

In Greenboro East, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

Snow is normal by November, about 21 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches −2°C and a night falls to −10°C. A normal November brings 74 mm of rain and snow. Also worth knowing: for today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast.

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

Greenboro East 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.

Greenboro East has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

For a swim, Mooney's Bay Beach is the beach within 5 km. 4.1 km out lies the largest, Rideau Canal National Historic Site, at 19,972 ha. The nearest provincial park, Rideau River Provincial Park, is 33 km away. Thousand Islands National Park is the closest national park, 89 km from town.