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Rent takes more of local pay in Glenfield-Jane Heights than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 35% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 25% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 52%.

Trips to work from Glenfield-Jane Heights take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 37 min on average

Few places match Glenfield-Jane Heights for health: it beats 89% of Canadian towns

Health survey and life expectancy for the City of Toronto Health Unit

Smokers make up 9.2% of the region’s adults, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 84.7, with women at 87.2 and men at 82.0. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. What sets Glenfield-Jane Heights apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Glenfield-Jane Heights’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 53 of the 64 with results

Families can pick among four systems here: English or French, public or Catholic. 2 of the 67 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. In or within 3 km of Glenfield-Jane Heights: 56 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, with 26,595 students.

Glenfield-Jane Heights is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

In Health Canada’s survey, just 2.7% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Glenfield-Jane Heights as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Summer arrives in force in Glenfield-Jane Heights, hotter than in 95% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow peak in June, at 81 mm. Some 115 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). On a January night, the temperature in Glenfield-Jane Heights falls to about −8.9°C. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

Visible minorities make up more of Glenfield-Jane Heights than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 79%

0.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

Glenfield-Jane Heights in November: highs near 8°C, lows near freezing

ECCC’s forecast for Vaughan is on the Weather page, hour by hour. The month after, December, normally sees 2°C afternoons and −5°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. November normally sees 72 mm of precipitation.

Glenfield-Jane Heights has two public libraries, Toronto Public Library - Jane/Sheppard and Toronto Public Library - York Woods

Toronto Public Library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Glenfield-Jane Heights among them.

Glenfield-Jane Heights’s grade for safety: a B−

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).

Glenfield-Jane Heights is 26 km from Rouge National Urban Park

The 10 km around town hold 11 protected areas. The largest is Humber Marshes: 31 ha, 9.8 km from the edge of town. A provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, lies 38 km away.