South AlgonquinOntario

Trips to work from South Algonquin are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 24 min on average

97% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

A hospital trip from South Algonquin means 33 km on average, in a straight line

Smoking takes in 16% of adults, age-standardised, above Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.0, women 83.0 and men 78.7 (2022/2024). South Algonquin doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Renfrew County and District Health Unit.

South Algonquin has just 13% of households spending at least 30% of income on shelter, where the typical Canadian town has 18%

Owners make up 88% of households, above Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. A year’s rent came to a fifth of the median household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and close to Canadian towns (20%).

South Algonquin has colder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −17.1°C

Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, above Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. A normal January brings 67 cm of snow, the most of any month. The most precipitation falls in November: 103 mm in a normal year.

More of South Algonquin’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 21%

Immigrants make up 4.3% of residents, lower than both Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). 1% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

South Algonquin’s teenagers travel 35 km to the nearest high school

Boards running schools in the area: 2, below both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). Young children have 9.9 km to the nearest elementary school, above both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Wildfire low, radon 8%: how South Algonquin stands on hazards

Burn scars are few around South Algonquin, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.001% a year). No one has filed a flood map for South Algonquin on the national inventory.

For safety, South Algonquin gets a B

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under South Algonquin · Measured across the Bancroft detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.9 property crimes are reported each year. The violent index for its police area came to 60, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 12.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

A normal November in South Algonquin runs from −5°C to 5°C

November normally sees 103 mm of precipitation. Next comes December, with normal highs of −2°C and lows of −12°C. Snow is normal by November, about 33 cm over the month. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Algonquin Park (Brent).

South Algonquin has a council seat for every 160 residents, fewer than 99% of municipalities in Ontario

South Algonquin sends one MP to Ottawa from Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Cheryl Gallant (Conservative Party of Canada).

At 7.5 loans per person served, South Algonquin public library lends more than 89% of Ontario’s town libraries

South Algonquin public library serves 1,055 people from a single building.

South Algonquin has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

8 protected areas lie within 10 km. National parks are all over 100 km off. Swimmers have 6 beaches within 5 km, Galeairy Lake beach the nearest.