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Queenswood - Chatelaine gets 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). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 66, below Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike.

Queenswood - Chatelaine scores better for health than 89% of Canadian towns

The survey counts 8.6% of adults as smokers, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Ontario’s 51%. Lives in the region last 83.7 years on average (2022/2024): 85.7 for women, 81.6 for men. Closer to home, a hospital is 11 km from the average resident of Queenswood - Chatelaine, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Measured against local pay, Queenswood - Chatelaine costs more to live in than 86% of Canadian towns

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

A year’s rent came to nearly a quarter of the median household income, close to Ontario’s towns (22%) and above Canadian towns (20%). Just over four in five households are owner-occupiers.

12 of the 32 schools around Queenswood - Chatelaine teach in French

Families can pick among four systems here: English or French, public or Catholic. The largest is St Peter High School, with 1,385 students. The Catholic boards run 20 of its 32 schools, against 34% in Ontario. The 28 with results split, 13 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 4 in the lower.

More of the land around Queenswood - Chatelaine is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Count 40 protected areas within 10 km of town. The largest is Baie de Lochaber (section O. de la) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 324 ha, 7.2 km from the edge of town. For a provincial park, Plaisance National Park (Québec) lies 22 km off. No national park lies within 100 km.

Winter nights bite in Queenswood - Chatelaine: January lows of −16.5°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Snow peaks in January: 45 cm in a normal year. The thermometer drops below freezing on 179 days a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 119 frost-free days, from 26 May to 22 September. June is the wettest month, with 95 mm of rain and snow on average.

Household incomes in Queenswood - Chatelaine top those of 87% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 25 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and below Ontario’s towns (29 min). At the census, 85% of commuters went by car.

Queenswood - Chatelaine is on Canada’s flood inventory: 5 listed, led by Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

Queenswood - Chatelaine’s survey area, 6.2% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.15 per $1,000 of building value, above both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030).

15% of Queenswood - Chatelaine’s residents belong to a visible minority (Ontario’s towns: 26%; Canadian towns: 15%)

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.8% of residents, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and near Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 5°C in Queenswood - Chatelaine, nights around −4°C

ECCC’s forecast for Gatineau is on the Weather page, hour by hour. The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −11°C nights. Precipitation in November averages 72 mm. Expect around 16 cm of snow in November.

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

The library figures on this page are Ottawa’s: Ottawa public library serves all 1,083,550 people of the city, Queenswood - Chatelaine among them.