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Highland Creek scores better for health than 86% of Canadian towns

In the health survey, 50% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. Expected years of life at birth: 84.7, above Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Highland Creek live 2.8 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

Measured against local pay, Highland Creek costs more to live in than 86% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Toronto metro area

Rent took 19% of household income, lower than Ontario’s towns (22%) and near Canadian towns (20%).

Highland Creek is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Of the homes tested for radon, 2.7% were over 200 Bq/m³, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Earthquake risk in Highland Creek is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.

Trips to work from Highland Creek take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 35 min on average

The car carried 79% of commuters at the census.

Highland Creek gets 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

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).

5 school boards share Highland Creek

In or within 3 km of Highland Creek: 58 elementary schools and 7 secondary schools, with 22,315 students. The largest is St John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, with 1,355 students. Of the 65, one teaches in French (10% of schools in Ontario). Results are mixed: 16 of 58 schools above the middle in Ontario, 27 below it.

Summer runs warm in Highland Creek: July highs of 27.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The frost-free season runs from 3 May to 13 October, 161 days. On a January night, the temperature in Highland Creek falls to about −10.1°C. Most of the snow comes in January, about 40 cm. A normal June brings 87 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

Visible minorities make up more of Highland Creek than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 79%

Under-15s account for just over a tenth of the population. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, higher than both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%).

Expect November days around 7°C in Highland Creek, nights around −1°C

Expect about 77 mm of rain and snow over November. Next comes December, with normal highs of 2°C and lows of −6°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 12 cm. July brings the warmest days, 27°C; January the coldest nights, −10°C.

Council seats in Toronto are spread thin, 125,840 residents each, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

As a neighbourhood of Toronto, Highland Creek shares the council elected in October 2022, with John Tory as mayor.

Highland Creek has one public library, Toronto Public Library - Highland Creek

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

Highland Creek is 1.2 km from Rouge National Urban Park

Swimmers have 5 beaches within 5 km, Bare Bluffs Nude Beach the nearest. Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 28 km. CPCAD lists 14 protected areas within 10 km.