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Rent takes more of local pay in Eglinton East than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33% of household income

Households that own their home make up 46%. 31% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Trips to work from Eglinton East take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 38 min on average

Eglinton East scores better for health than 89% of Canadian towns

A child born in the region can expect 84.7 years, above both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. For Eglinton East itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Flood mapping exists for Eglinton East: 1 on record, latest by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Radon topped the guideline in 2.7% of tested homes, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Eglinton East’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year).

Eglinton East has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.7°C

Frost usually lifts by 11 April and returns around 6 November: 208 days without it. Frosty days number 101 in a normal year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. In July, daytime highs in Eglinton East average 27.0°C. January is the snowiest month, with 40 cm on average.

Eglinton East’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

The 3 km around Eglinton East counts 62 elementary schools and 15 secondary schools, 32,145 students between them. 42 of 66 schools with results score below the middle in Ontario. In French: 3 of the 77 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%. The largest is Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute, with 1,325 students.

More of Eglinton East belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 82%

17% of residents are 65 or over, below Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.

In Eglinton East, November normally means 8°C afternoons and 2°C nights

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 3°C and lows near −3°C. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 71 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Toronto forecast, on the Weather page.

Eglinton East has no public library of its own; the nearest is Toronto Public Library - Bendale, 1.3 km away

Toronto public library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Eglinton East among them.

Eglinton East is graded a B− for safety

Measured across the Toronto service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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, higher than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2).

A national park 7.3 km from Eglinton East: Rouge National Urban Park

5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Bluffer's Beach. 34 km from town is Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Protected areas cover 2.6% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.