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Around Stittsville North, 10 of 23 schools with results rank among the top fifth in Ontario

All four of Ontario’s systems run schools here, English and French, public and Catholic. The largest is Sacred Heart High School, with 1,555 students. The Catholic boards run 18 of its 31 schools, against 34% in Ontario. Schooling in French is on offer at 6 of 31; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it.

For safety, Stittsville North gets an A

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 Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike.

For health, Stittsville North is ahead of 89% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the City of Ottawa Health Unit

At 8.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 56%, higher than both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). On top of that, people in the region live to 83.7 on average: 85.7 for women and 81.6 for men in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Stittsville North’s is long: 12 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Households in Stittsville North earn more than those in 98% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 25 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and below Ontario’s towns (29 min). 87% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

Housing and transport take only 23% of household income in Stittsville North, against 29% in the typical Canadian town

Rent took 17% of household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Just over four in five households own their home.

Stittsville North’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.2% of area homes over the radon guideline

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.15 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Little of the land around Stittsville North has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Stittsville North on the national inventory. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Ottawa as a whole, not for Stittsville North alone.

January nights in Stittsville North drop to −14.0°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

June is the wettest month, with 95 mm of rain and snow on average. Between the last spring frost, 30 April, and the first in autumn, 6 October, lie 158 days. Some 185 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Snow peaks in January: 45 cm in a normal year.

More people in Stittsville North speak English and French than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 28%

30% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.1% of residents, between Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast. Then December: −2°C by day, −9°C at night. A normal November brings 72 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow.

Ottawa has one council seat for every 47,520 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Ontario

Stittsville North is part of Ottawa, which elected Mark Sutcliffe as mayor in October 2022.

Ottawa public library lends 7.6 items per person served, 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, Stittsville North among them.

Burnt Lands Provincial Park is 9.7 km from Stittsville North

A drive of 76 km reaches Thousand Islands National Park, the nearest national park. CPCAD lists 7 protected areas within 10 km. The protected share within 10 km is 3.7%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.