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Home ownership in Don Valley Village, 51%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 35% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 29% of household income, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Health in Don Valley Village beats 88% of Canadian towns

On average 16% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, in line with Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 9.2% of adults to 11%. Lives in the region last 84.7 years on average (2022/2024): 87.2 for women, 82.0 for men. Don Valley Village doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the City of Toronto Health Unit.

Trips to work from Don Valley Village take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 37 min on average

Don Valley Village’s schools belong to 6 boards that cover the same streets

A Y Jackson Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,400 students. Only 15 of the 80 are Catholic, against 34% in Ontario. On the tests, 35 of 72 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 14 under it. In French: 4 of the 80 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%.

A flood study covers Don Valley Village: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Don Valley Village’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year). In Health Canada’s survey, just 2.7% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical).

Don Valley Village gets a B for safety

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

The violent index for its police area came to 93, above Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Property crime in its police area ran at 34.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike.

Don Valley Village has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.3°C

January nights in Don Valley Village drop to −10.1°C on average. Frost usually lifts by 3 May and returns around 13 October: 161 days without it. The most precipitation falls in June: 87 mm in a normal year. Snow peaks in January: 40 cm in a normal year.

Visible minorities make up more of Don Valley Village than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 74%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.3% of residents, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15.

In Don Valley Village, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −6°C. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. Precipitation in November averages 77 mm. Across the year, normals run from −10°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Toronto Public Library - Fairview is Don Valley Village’s public library

Don Valley Village is served by Toronto Public Library, the library of all of Toronto, so the figures here are the city’s, for 3,110,984 people.

Don Valley Village is 13 km from Rouge National Urban Park

The nearest provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, is 34 km away. Biggest among them: E.T. Seton Park, 130 ha, 6.2 km off. Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 10, above Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (4) alike.