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For safety, Trend-Arlington gets an A+

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

The violent index for its police area came to 66, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Its police area records 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Few places match Trend-Arlington for health: it beats 96% of Canadian towns

The survey finds 56% of adults in very good or excellent health, above Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike; by contrast, the region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.7, women 85.7 and men 81.6 (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.8 km from the average resident of Trend-Arlington, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the City of Ottawa Health Unit as a whole, not for Trend-Arlington alone.

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

The median home value was $700,000, near Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). 14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Trend-Arlington alone, so this card uses the figure for the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area.

Trend-Arlington’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of Canadian towns

81% of commuters drove, below both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). Workers spend 25 min getting to work, on average.

Hazards in Trend-Arlington: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.2% of tested homes

Seismic risk runs high: $0.15 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Trend-Arlington.

Trend-Arlington’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

Of the 26, 3 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario). Results have eased at 12 of 21 schools over three years. Taken together, Trend-Arlington and its 3 km edge hold 20 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools for 9,325 students.

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

The most precipitation falls in June: 95 mm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 30 April and returns around 6 October: 158 days without it. Some 185 cm of snow falls in a typical year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in January, about 45 cm.

More of the land around Trend-Arlington is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

For walks, the RT Bells Corners Blue Loop runs within 2 km. Biggest among them: Rideau Canal National Historic Site, 19,972 ha, 6.1 km off. Within 10 km are 22 protected areas. 84 km separate the town from Thousand Islands National Park, its nearest national park.

Older residents shape Trend-Arlington: 23% are 65 or over, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

21% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Ontario’s towns (26%) but above Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.7% of residents, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) yet lower than Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 6°C in Trend-Arlington, nights around −2°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast, on the Weather page. About 16 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Into December, the normals move to −2°C and −9°C. Expect about 72 mm of rain and snow over November.

At 7.6 loans per person served, Ottawa public library lends more than 91% of 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, Trend-Arlington among them.