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Violent crime weighs less on Stone Mills than on Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 34

Violent incidents came to 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). Each year brings 10.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents.

No high school in or near Stone Mills: the closest is 20 km off

The Catholic boards run 1 of its 6 schools, below the 34% in Ontario. The schools around it answer to 2 boards, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). Results are mixed: 1 of 5 schools above the middle in Ontario, 1 below it. Also worth knowing: its elementary schools are small, 142 students on average, against 365 in Ontario.

A flood study covers Stone Mills: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Quinte Conservation

In Health Canada’s survey, just over one in ten homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Earthquake risk in Stone Mills is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.

Trips to work from Stone Mills take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

Summer runs warm in Stone Mills: July highs of 27.2°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −12.4°C, lower than Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) yet higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Most of the snow comes in January, about 45 cm. September is the wettest month, with 100 mm of rain and snow on average.

In Stone Mills, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −2°C nights

November usually brings some 12 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −8°C. Expect about 88 mm of rain and snow over November. The year peaks in July (27°C) and bottoms out in January (−12°C).

72% of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities spend more per resident than Stone Mills

Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Stone Mills.

Lennox & Addington Library - Yarker Branch and Lennox & Addington Library - Tamworth Branch are Stone Mills’s two public libraries

No library board reports for Stone Mills alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

Around Stone Mills, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Across the region, life runs to 81.8 years on average: women 83.9, men 79.5, in 2022/2024. Just over one in ten adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Measured from where Stone Mills’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 20 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Stone Mills shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit.

Fewer of Stone Mills’s people belong to a visible minority than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.9%

5.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town.

Few places match Stone Mills for protected land nearby: more than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

28 km separate the town from Thousand Islands National Park, its nearest national park. Some protected land is inside the town: 11% of its area. The The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) is the one mapped walking route close by.

More households own their home in Stone Mills than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 92%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 15% of household income, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Stone Mills keeps its older homes: 38% from before 1961