SundridgeOntario

It is a town of 1,056 residents in Ontario. Its census division is Parry Sound.

Population

1,056

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

54.4

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

47%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Sundridge a good place to live?

Safety is where it shines (A). Its weakest is schools (D−). Homes were valued at a median $348,000 at the 2021 census, 5.8 times the typical household’s income. Health is weaker too (D). It also trails on jobs & income (D).

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Sundridge has its subject grades alone.

This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestAHazard risk ASafetyWeakestD⁻Schools DHealth

How Sundridge grades

Each subject compares Sundridge with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Sundridge has its subject grades alone.

SchoolsAmong the weakest of the towns comparedD⁻Open →Hazard riskGraded on earthquake risk and radon, with high wildfire risk able to lower itAOpen →HealthHealth outcomes are among the weakest comparedDOpen →Jobs & incomeIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedDOpen →SafetyGraded on crime per residentAOpen →Cost of livingHomes are harder to afford than in most townsC⁻Open →WalkabilityAhead of most towns comparedB⁺Open →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Sundridge stand out

The 3 things Sundridge does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

35% are 65 or over

For the middle of Canadian towns, 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Schools

Behind 98%

of Canadian towns on schools

Its schools grade: D−.

Hazard risk

Better than 95%

of Canadian towns on hazard risk

Its hazard risk grade: A.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sundridge.

SchoolsSchools D⁻

The nearest high school to Sundridge is 7.8 km away

1school within 3 kmD⁻Schools Grade

School	Level	Students	System
Sundridge Centennial Public School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	250	English public

Schools within 3 km	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Nearest secondary school	7.8 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

250

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

7.8 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSundridge’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school1 elementary school Results0 of 1 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario Language0 of 1 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Questions“What schools are there in Sundridge?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Natural hazardsHazard risk A

Sundridge is graded an A for hazard risk

Lowwildfire bandAHazard risk Grade

Radon topped the guideline in 1.9% of tested homes, below both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Seismic risk runs low: $0.015 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Sundridge is on the national inventory.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Sundridge1.9%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	1.9%	4%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.015	$0.043	$0.030

$0.015

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

Full pageSundridge’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.015 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon1.9% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Sundridge has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than nine in ten Canadian towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

The average trip to work took 25 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and below Ontario’s towns (29 min).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van92%

Walk4%

Census 2021	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	25 min	29 min	26 min
Car or van	92%	88%	89%

$61,200

median household income, 2020

12%

worked from home, May 2021

36%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment13% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to40 commuters · The biggest flow out: to South River

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

HealthHealth D

On health, Sundridge falls short of 94% of Canadian towns

47%very good or excellent healthDHealth Grade

Homes here are 51 km from a hospital on average, higher than both Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). The region has more smokers than Ontario, 18% of adults to 11%. Lives in the region last 80.0 years on average (2022/2024): 82.6 for women, 77.6 for men. Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 47% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Sundridge47%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Smokers	18%	10%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	80.0	82.8	81.5
Very good or excellent health	47%	51%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	19%	17%	17%

80.0

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

51 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

18%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.6 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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Health survey47% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care51 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.6 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 82.6, men 77.6 Conditions and habits19% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

SafetySafety A

The police who cover Sundridge record less serious crime than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 33

33Crime Severity Index

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Sundridge itself · Shared with the rest of the Huntsville detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent incidents in its police area came to 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). The force’s area logs 13.4 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202333

202438

202527

2023–2025	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	13.4	30.5	31.2
Violent Crime Severity Index	35	76	86
Crime Severity Index	33	56	67
Violent crime	5.4	10.5	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

41%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSundridge’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety33 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Sundridge’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Sundridge safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

HousingCost of living C⁻

Measured against local pay, Sundridge costs more to live in than three in four Canadian towns

$348,000median home value, 2021C⁻Cost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. 85% of households are owner-occupiers.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Sundridge$348,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Median home value, 2021	$348,000	$695,000	$406,000
Households owning their home	85%	76%	74%
Rent as a share of income	18%	22%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	17%	22%	18%

$675

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$770

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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Cost of living5.8 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $348,000, against the median household income Renting$675 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Owners and renters85% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

Climate

Sundridge has cooler summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.3°C

24.3°CJuly afternoons

The thermometer drops below freezing on 176 days a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). The coldest nights come in January, when Sundridge averages a low of −17.3°C. Also worth knowing: a normal December brings 71 cm of snow, the most of any month. Between the last spring frost, 15 May, and the first in autumn, 29 September, lie 135 days.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.6°C

Spring8.8°C

Summer23.1°C

Autumn10.7°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Snowfall a year	312 cm	146 cm	141 cm
January night low	−17.3°C	−9.1°C	−13.5°C
July afternoon high	24.3°C	26.7°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	176	139	159

312 cm

of snow a year

176

days with frost a year

135

frost-free days, 15 May to 29 Sep

133

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSundridge’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 24.3°C, January lows −17.3°C Rain and snow1,020 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow312 cm of snow a year Weather station65 km to the station · North Bay

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (North Bay)

Who lives here

Visible minorities make up less of Sundridge than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 3.8%

54.4median age

5.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below both Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.7% of residents, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and near Canadian towns (2.8%).

SundridgeOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

35%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree21%

Postsecondary qualification47%

Women and men · all residents

51.1% of Sundridge’s residents are women

Women numbered 480 and men 460 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Sundridge
	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	15%	15%	16%
15 to 64	51%	65%	64%
65+	35%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	21%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	47%	56%	56%

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Immigrants6% are immigrants · 4% belong to a visible minority Ages54.4 median age · 35% are 65 or over Households435 households · 2.1 people per household English and French4% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

What November brings in Sundridge: −4°C at night, 3°C by day

3°Ca normal November afternoon

About 38 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 97 mm. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −17°C in January. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Burk's Falls forecast.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November3°C

December−4°C

January−7°C

February−6°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−6°C	−15°C	197 mm
Spring	9°C	−2°C	221 mm
Summer	23°C	13°C	282 mm
Autumn	11°C	2°C	320 mm

−4°C

a normal November night

97 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (North Bay); the forecast is on the Weather page

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

The nearest public library to Sundridge is Kearney and Area Public Library, 27 km away

After it comes Powassan & District Union Public Library (Powassan), 34 km away.

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Places to belong8.5 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Mikisew Provincial Park is 9.2 km from Sundridge

0.1%of the land within 10 km protected

The closest of Canada’s national parks is Georgian Bay Islands National Park, at 88 km. The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Sundridge0.1%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Sundridge	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.1%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	1	4	4

88 km

to Georgian Bay Islands National Park

9.2 km

to Mikisew Provincial Park

beach within 5 km

public protected area within 10 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas1 protected area within 10 km · Mikisew Provincial Park National & provincial parks88 km to a national park · Georgian Bay Islands National Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sundridge

15pages on Sundridge

The big questions

SafetyACrime Severity Index 33 Housing & costC⁻Homes 5.8 × income Property pricesSchoolsD⁻One school within 3 km HealthDLife expectancy 80 in its region Work & commuteD37% of adults in work Natural hazardsAWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.1% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 24°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 54.4 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from Sundridge

6 notable people were born in Sundridge.

See all 6 →

Bill McCreary, Sr.Canadian ice hockey player · 1934–2019

Mary Susanne EdgarCanadian author · 1889–1973

William SharpeCanadian politician · 1887–1964

Josh KiddCanadian ice hockey player · born 1988

Lillian McGeochCanadian artist · 1903–1992

Sydney KiddIce hockey player · born 1992

About Sundridge

Town in Ontario

TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Sundridge is one municipality in Ontario, figures and all.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,056 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
Census division: Parry Sound
Census subdivision: 3549048

Sundridge’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

StrongSouth RiverBurk's FallsMagnetawanSundridge

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Sundridge	1,056	—	—	C⁻	A	D
Strong	1,624	5.5	—	D	A	D
South River	1,211	7.7	—	C⁻	B⁻	D
Burk's Falls	1,031	17	—	D	A	D
Magnetawan	1,888	19	—	C	A	D

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Sundridge

What kind of homes are in Sundridge?

Single-detached houses make up 91% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 37% of households are one person, and the average is 2.1.

Is Sundridge a young town or an old one?

Half its people are older than 54.4 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 15%, people 65 and over 35%.

Who are the people of Sundridge?

4% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 3% have an Indigenous identity and 6% are immigrants.

Has Sundridge grown?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it fell from 961 to 938 residents (2.4% down; Canadian towns’ median grew 4.1%); Statistics Canada now estimates 1,056.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).