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Rent takes more of local pay in Bendale-Glen Andrew than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income

Measured across the Toronto metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

33% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 61%.

Commuters in Bendale-Glen Andrew travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 36 min on average

Bendale-Glen Andrew scores better for health than 89% of Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the City of Toronto Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Measured from where Bendale-Glen Andrew’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 84.7, above Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. Across the region, half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%.

Bendale-Glen Andrew is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Of the homes tested for radon, 2.7% were over 200 Bq/m³, below both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Bendale-Glen Andrew as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Bendale-Glen Andrew doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Toronto.

For safety, Bendale-Glen Andrew gets a C

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Toronto service area

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 93, above Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 34.4 per 1,000 a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Bendale-Glen Andrew’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

Within 3 km of Bendale-Glen Andrew are 70 elementary schools and 14 secondary schools, teaching 31,635 students. 40 of 70 schools with results score below the middle in Ontario. Agincourt Collegiate Institute is the biggest, at 1,460 students.

Summer afternoons in Bendale-Glen Andrew are warmer than in 91% of Canadian towns

The most precipitation falls in June: 87 mm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 3 May and returns around 13 October: 161 days without it. In January, overnight lows in Bendale-Glen Andrew settle at −10.1°C. Snow peaks in January: 40 cm in a normal year.

Visible minorities make up more of Bendale-Glen Andrew than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 78%

The share of residents under 15 is 14%. 0.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

In Bendale-Glen Andrew, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −10°C in January. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 2°C and lows near −6°C. Expect about 77 mm of rain and snow over November. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

Toronto Public Library - Scarborough Civic Centre is Bendale-Glen Andrew’s public library

The library figures on this page are Toronto’s: Toronto Public Library serves all 3,110,984 people of the city, Bendale-Glen Andrew among them.

Within 6.1 km of Bendale-Glen Andrew: Rouge National Urban Park

One beach is mapped within 5 km: Bluffer's Beach. A provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, lies 32 km away. Within 10 km of the town, 2.8% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.