SeguinOntario

Results around Seguin lean low: 4 of 4 schools in the lower two fifths in Ontario

An elementary school stands 5.6 km from the centre, higher than both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). The Catholic boards run 1 of its 7 schools, below the 34% in Ontario. No single board runs them all: there are 3. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 7; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it.

Seguin faces fewer hazards than 90% of Canadian towns

NRCan expects $0.020 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Seguin, near the typical $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.9% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Seguin is a town of owners: 90% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 21% of the median household income, close to both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

For health, Seguin sits behind 86% of Canadian towns

Measured across the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

At 18%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Ontario. The survey finds 47% of adults in very good or excellent health, below both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). Lives in the region last 80.0 years on average (2022/2024): 82.6 for women, 77.6 for men. Closer to home, a hospital is 17 km from the average resident of Seguin, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Violent crime weighs more where Seguin is policed than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 196

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Seguin itself

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 107 over 2023–25, higher than both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 7.3 per 1,000 people a year.

The car carries 93% of commuters in Seguin, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Workers spend 26 min getting to work, on average.

Winter nights bite in Seguin: January lows of −15.3°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Rain and melted snow add up to 1,062 mm a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (902 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). July afternoons in Seguin average 25.3°C. For the wettest month, look to October: 111 mm on average.

Visible minorities make up less of Seguin than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.7%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.5% of residents, above both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Immigrants make up 8.4% of residents, higher than both Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Georgian Bay Islands National Park is 15 km from Seguin

Within 10 km, 10% of the land is protected, above Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. 20 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 10 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Horseshoe Lake Beach.

A normal November in Seguin runs from −3°C to 5°C

Precipitation in November averages 103 mm. Into December, the normals move to −1°C and −10°C. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Parry Sound forecast, on the Weather page.

Each person Rosseau Library serves borrows 2.1 items, fewer than at 89% of Ontario’s town libraries

The 5,280 people Rosseau Library serves have 3 branches to choose from.

Seguin’s past, on the record: 1 historic place

Homes from before 1961 make up 20% of the stock, below Ontario’s towns (22%) but above Canadian towns (18%).