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Rent takes more of local pay in Hillcrest Village than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

26% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 73% of households. For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Toronto metro area, Hillcrest Village included.

Health in Hillcrest Village beats 86% of Canadian towns

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the City of Toronto Health Unit

Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, in line with Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 84.7, women 87.2 and men 82.0 (2022/2024). At 9.2%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario.

5 school boards share Hillcrest Village

The largest is A Y Jackson Secondary School, with 1,400 students. Results are mixed: 33 of 66 schools above the middle in Ontario, 12 below it. One of the 71 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Within 3 km of Hillcrest Village are 61 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, teaching 25,410 students.

Trips to work from Hillcrest Village take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 36 min on average

Driving is how 75% of commuters got to work at the census.

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

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

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 2.7% of homes, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Earthquake risk in Hillcrest Village 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.

For safety, Hillcrest Village gets a B+

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

Hillcrest Village has warmer summer afternoons than nine in ten Canadian towns

Most of the snow comes in January, about 40 cm. Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 13 October, lie 161 days. Rain and snow peak in June, at 87 mm. The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −10.1°C, lower than Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) yet higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C).

More of Hillcrest Village belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 79%

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). One measure of family life: just over one in ten residents are under 15.

Expect November days around 7°C in Hillcrest Village, nights around −1°C

Then December: 2°C by day, −6°C at night. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. In November, the normal is 77 mm of rain and snow. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −10°C in January.

Hillcrest Village has one public library, Toronto Public Library - Hillcrest

Hillcrest Village is served by Toronto Public Library, the library of all of Toronto, so the figures here are the city’s, for 3,110,984 people.

A national park 12 km from Hillcrest Village: Rouge National Urban Park

Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 32 km. Biggest among them: E.T. Seton Park, 130 ha, 8.3 km off. Within 10 km are 21 protected areas.