Sables-Spanish RiversOntario

Commuters in Sables-Spanish Rivers travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 32 min on average

92% of commuters drove, above Ontario’s towns (88%) and close to Canadian towns (89%).

Sables-Spanish Rivers earns an A for hazard risk

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.010 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, 5.2% of homes tested in Sables-Spanish Rivers’ area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. No flood study for Sables-Spanish Rivers is on the national inventory.

Sables-Spanish Rivers’s teenagers travel 19 km to the nearest high school

Its elementary schools are small, 118 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. One school here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. They come under 3 school boards. From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 7.1 km off, above Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

Lives run shorter around Sables-Spanish Rivers: 79.1 years, 2.4 below the typical Canadian town’s region

Measured across the Sudbury and District Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

On average a fifth of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 16% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 51% against 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Sables-Spanish Rivers’ is long: 20 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

For the force that serves Sables-Spanish Rivers, the Crime Severity Index is 82, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Sables-Spanish Rivers · Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Little Current (Manitoulin) detachment area

Violent incidents in its police area came to 18.6 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). The force’s area logs 19.7 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

More of Sables-Spanish Rivers’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 21%

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Visible minorities make up 1.6% of the population, lower than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Summers stay cool in Sables-Spanish Rivers: July afternoons reach 22.4°C, below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

In January, overnight lows in Sables-Spanish Rivers settle at −12.9°C. Killarney, 47 km away, supplies the normals. For the wettest month, look to September: 103 mm on average.

What November brings in Sables-Spanish Rivers: −1°C at night, 5°C by day

Precipitation in November averages 75 mm. December follows at −1°C by day and −8°C by night. The year peaks in July (22°C) and bottoms out in January (−13°C). ECCC’s forecast for Killarney is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Sables-Spanish Rivers’s council spends less per resident than 86% of Ontario’s single-tier municipalities

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Sables-Spanish Rivers is Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt, and Jim Belanger (Conservative Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.

Each person Webby Public Library serves borrows 2.4 items, fewer than at 85% of Ontario’s town libraries

Webby Public Library serves 3,237 people from a single building.

Few places match Sables-Spanish Rivers for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Some protected land is inside the town: 9.7% of its area. The nearest national park is Bruce Peninsula National Park, 97 km away. Within 5 km are 2 beaches; Chutes Public Beach is the nearest.

Rent takes less of local pay in Sables-Spanish Rivers than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 17% of household income

86% of households own their home, higher than both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.