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Osgoode - Vernon’s grade for safety: an A+

Its police area recorded 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below 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. Osgoode - Vernon 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.

People in Osgoode - Vernon’s health region live to 83.7 on average, 2.2 years beyond the typical Canadian town

What sets Osgoode - Vernon apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 16 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 8.6% of adults to 11%. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 56%, above both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%).

Trips to work from Osgoode - Vernon take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average

Of Osgoode - Vernon’s 8 tested schools, 2 sit above the middle in Ontario and 2 below

From the town centre, high school starts 12 km away, higher than both Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, one in ten schools are. The 3 km around Osgoode - Vernon counts 7 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, 3,990 students between them.

More households own their home in Osgoode - Vernon than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 91%

A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Nearly one in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, with Osgoode - Vernon one part of it.

A flood study covers Osgoode - Vernon: 5 on the national inventory, the newest from South Nation Conservation

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Ottawa

Radon around Osgoode - Vernon is ordinary for Canada: 6.2% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.15 per $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030).

January lows in Osgoode - Vernon: −14.0°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

In July, daytime highs in Osgoode - Vernon average 26.8°C. Some 232 cm of snow falls in a typical year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The most precipitation falls in July: 98 mm in a normal year. January is the snowiest month, with 59 cm on average.

More people in Osgoode - Vernon speak English and French than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 28%

4.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.

Expect November days around 6°C in Osgoode - Vernon, nights around −2°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. The month after, December, normally sees −1°C afternoons and −9°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 79 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Ottawa (Richmond - Metcalfe) is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

At 7.6 loans per person served, Ottawa Public Library lends more than nine in ten 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, Osgoode - Vernon among them.

A national park 58 km from Osgoode - Vernon: Thousand Islands National Park

Within 5 km are 4 beaches; Baxter Beach is the nearest. For a provincial park, Rideau River Provincial Park lies 5.7 km off. Count 21 protected areas within 10 km of town.