Riverside Park - Mooneys BayOttawa

Few places match Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay for health: it beats 95% of Canadian towns

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the City of Ottawa Health Unit

Lives in the region last 83.7 years on average (2022/2024): 85.7 for women, 81.6 for men. At 8.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. By their own account, 56% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, higher than both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). What sets Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Fewer households own their home in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 53%

A year’s rent came to just over a quarter of the median household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). 29% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay’s grade for safety: an A

Violent incidents in its police area came to 8 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, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.15 for each $1,000 of buildings, above Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay’s survey area, 6.2% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Ottawa.

January lows in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay: −14.0°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

Snowfall adds up to 185 cm a year, above Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Gardeners get 158 frost-free days, from 30 April to 6 October. Most of the snow comes in January, about 45 cm. Rain and snow peak in June, at 95 mm.

Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 5 km is one beach, Mooney's Bay Beach. The nearest national park is Thousand Islands National Park, 89 km away. Count 35 protected areas within 10 km of town. A provincial park, Rideau River Provincial Park, lies 33 km away.

Four parallel systems run Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay’s schools through 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

Results are mixed: 12 of 34 schools above the middle in Ontario, 14 below it. Of 39 schools, 8 teach in French; in Ontario, 10% do. The largest is Glebe Collegiate Institute, with 1,315 students. In or within 3 km of Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay: 31 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, with 17,625 students.

Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

The share of residents under 15 is 13%. Visible minorities make up 33% of the population, above both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Expect November days around 6°C in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay, nights around −2°C

December follows at −2°C by day and −9°C by night. Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

47,520 residents per council seat in Ottawa, a higher ratio than 99% of Ontario municipalities

Yasir Naqvi (Liberal Party of Canada) is the MP for Ottawa Centre, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay.

Each person Ottawa public library serves borrows 7.6 items, more than at 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, Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay among them.

Household incomes in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay top those of 72% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 24 min, lower than both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay: 3 historic places, one with the highest designation

On the list: 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. The earliest construction date, 1955, belongs to Sir Charles Tupper Building. At the 2021 census, 7.6% of homes dated from before 1961, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).