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Rent takes more of local pay in Fenside-Parkwoods than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 31% of household income

33% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $850,000, above both Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Toronto metro area, with Fenside-Parkwoods one part of it.

Commuters in Fenside-Parkwoods travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 36 min on average

Health in Fenside-Parkwoods beats 87% of Canadian towns

The survey finds half of adults in very good or excellent health, about level with Ontario’s towns (51%) and below Canadian towns (52%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 84.7 years at birth, 87.2 for women and 82.0 for men. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 9.2% of adults to 11%. What sets Fenside-Parkwoods apart within its region is distance, and at 2.7 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the City of Toronto Health Unit, Fenside-Parkwoods included.

For safety, Fenside-Parkwoods gets an A−

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 both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). 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).

Fenside-Parkwoods is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Radon is lower than usual: 2.7% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. NRCan expects $0.043 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Fenside-Parkwoods, near the typical $0.030.

Four parallel systems run Fenside-Parkwoods’s schools through 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

Of the 86, 5 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario). The largest is Senator O'Connor College School, with 1,365 students. Results are mixed: 25 of 79 schools above the middle in Ontario, 28 below it. Only 16 of the 86 are Catholic, against 34% in Ontario.

Afternoon heat in Fenside-Parkwoods beats that of 91% of Canadian towns

Fenside-Parkwoods sees January nights of −10.1°C on average. A normal January brings 40 cm of snow, the most of any month. Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 13 October, lie 161 days. June is the wettest month, with 87 mm of rain and snow on average.

More of Fenside-Parkwoods belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 67%

16% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%).

A normal November in Fenside-Parkwoods runs from −1°C to 7°C

November normally sees 77 mm of precipitation. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. Then December: 2°C by day, −6°C at night. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −10°C in January.

Fenside-Parkwoods’s public library is Toronto Public Library - Brookbanks

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

Fenside-Parkwoods is 11 km from Rouge National Urban Park

A provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, lies 35 km away. 3.8 km out lies the largest, E.T. Seton Park, at 130 ha. Some protected land is inside the neighbourhood: 5.5% of its area.