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Stittsville’s grade for safety: an A+

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Ottawa service area

Violent incidents in its police area came to 8 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 66, below both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

In Stittsville, families choose among 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

Elementary schools here average 528 students, against 365 in Ontario. On results, 11 of its 17 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in Ontario. Sacred Heart High School is the biggest, at 1,555 students. Results have climbed at 8 of 17 schools over three years.

Few Canadian towns have household incomes as high as Stittsville’s

Commutes averaged 25 min, lower than Ontario’s towns (29 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min). 90% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

Stittsville scores better for health than 88% of Canadian towns

Life expectancy at birth in the region is 83.7 years, higher than both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 8.6% of adults, against 11% for Ontario, whereas the survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. For Stittsville itself the measure is access, and it lags: 12 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

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

Fire seldom reaches Stittsville: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.15 for each $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No one has filed a flood map for Stittsville on the national inventory. Stittsville shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Ottawa.

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

Expect July highs of around 27.0°C in Stittsville. Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 7 October: 160 days without it. Snow totals 232 cm over the year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Rain and snow peak in June, at 97 mm.

Renting in Stittsville costs 16% of household income, less than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Owners make up 91% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). 11% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Stittsville is more bilingual than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% speak both languages

Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). Visible minorities make up 13% of the population, below Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

Stittsville in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast, on the Weather page. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 74 mm. A typical November adds 21 cm of snow.

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, Stittsville among them.

The nearest provincial park, Burnt Lands Provincial Park, is 15 km from Stittsville

Protected areas cover 4.2% of the land within 10 km, higher than both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). The nearest national park is Thousand Islands National Park, 76 km away. 5 protected areas lie within 10 km.