Greenboro WestOttawa

Greenboro West is graded an A for health

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 16% of adults, below Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. At 8.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. Women in the region live to 85.7 and men to 81.6, 83.7 years taken together (2022/2024). On top of that, the survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the City of Ottawa Health Unit, Greenboro West included.

Greenboro West is graded an A for safety

The violent index for its police area came to 66, below Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Where it is policed, 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Measured against local pay, Greenboro West costs more to live in than 86% of Canadian towns

Owners make up 69% of households, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Of 34 schools, 8 teach in French; in Ontario, 10% do. Results have climbed at 19 of 31 schools over three years. On the tests, 8 of 31 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 16 under it. Also worth knowing: 14,460 students attend the 30 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school in or within 3 km of Greenboro West.

Greenboro West’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

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.15 per $1,000 of buildings, above both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No flood study for Greenboro West is on the national inventory.

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

A normal January brings 59 cm of snow, the most of any month. The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 7 October, 160 days. Snowfall adds up to 232 cm a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Midsummer afternoons in Greenboro West peak at about 27.0°C.

Household incomes in Greenboro West top those of 85% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 26 min. The car took nearly four in five commuters, below both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Visible minorities make up more of Greenboro West than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 51%

Children under 15 make up 18%, above Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike. People 65 and over make up 14% of the town.

What November brings in Greenboro West: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

Expect around 21 cm of snow in November. A normal December brings highs of −2°C, lows of −10°C. November normally sees 74 mm of precipitation. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans).

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

David McGuinty (Liberal Party of Canada) is the MP for Ottawa South, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Greenboro West.

Each person Ottawa Public Library serves borrows 7.6 items, more than at 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, Greenboro West among them.

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

Count 22 protected areas within 10 km of town. Biggest among them: Rideau Canal National Historic Site, 19,972 ha, 3.2 km off. The nearest provincial park, Rideau River Provincial Park, is 33 km away. A drive of 88 km reaches Thousand Islands National Park, the nearest national park.