Forest Hill SouthToronto

Fewer households own their home in Forest Hill South than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 49%

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

Just over a third of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to just over a fifth of the median household income, in line with Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Household incomes in Forest Hill South are higher than in 95% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, lower than Ontario’s towns (29 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).

Health in Forest Hill South beats 87% of Canadian towns

Lives here run to 84.7 years on average, above both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. At 9.2%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Forest Hill South is well placed: 2.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the City of Toronto Health Unit, Forest Hill South included.

Results around Forest Hill South lean high: 43 of 74 schools in the top two fifths in Ontario

Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 82; in Ontario, one in ten schools teach in it. Northern Secondary School is the biggest, at 2,075 students. 3 boards run its schools.

Forest Hill South faces few natural hazards: little fire nearby, low seismic risk, radon over the guideline in 2.7% of tested homes

Shared with the rest of the city of Toronto: earthquake risk

NRCan expects $0.043 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Forest Hill South, near the typical $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Winters are mild in Forest Hill South: January nights hold at −6.7°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

There are 101 days of frost in a typical year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. The frost-free season runs from 11 April to 6 November, 208 days. Forest Hill South sees July afternoons of 27.0°C on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

Fewer children live in Forest Hill South than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% are under 15

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.5% of residents, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Just over a quarter of residents have reached 65.

Expect November days around 8°C in Forest Hill South, nights around 2°C

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Toronto. A normal December brings highs of 3°C, lows of −3°C. Expect around 9 cm of snow in November. November normally sees 71 mm of precipitation.

No public library stands in Forest Hill South: the closest, Toronto Public Library - Forest Hill, is 1.1 km away

The library figures on this page are Toronto’s: Toronto public library serves all 3,110,984 people of the city, Forest Hill South among them.

Forest Hill South 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

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, above Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike.

A national park 22 km from Forest Hill South: Rouge National Urban Park

OpenStreetMap shows 2 walking routes nearby, including the Central Ravines, Belt Line & Gardens Discovery Walk and Northern Ravines & Gardens Discovery Walk. Biggest among them: E.T. Seton Park, 130 ha, 4.2 km off. The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 41 km away. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.

Older housing stands out in Forest Hill South: 45% predates 1961