Junction AreaToronto

Fewer households own their home in Junction Area than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 58%

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Toronto metro area

27% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 25% of the median household income, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Health in Junction Area beats 89% of Canadian towns

Nearly one in ten adults smoke, daily or now and then, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. People in the region live to 84.7 on average: 87.2 for women and 82.0 for men in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.4 km from the average resident of Junction Area, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Junction Area shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the City of Toronto Health Unit.

Flood mapping exists for Junction Area: 2 on record, latest by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Toronto

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 2.7% of homes, below Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Earthquake risk in Junction Area 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.

English or French, public or Catholic: Junction Area’s schools come under 4 boards

6 of the 98 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. The largest is Humberside Collegiate Institute, with 1,460 students. Of its 86 tested schools, 34 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 32 in the bottom two. In or within 3 km of Junction Area: 80 elementary schools and 18 secondary schools, with 36,500 students.

Junction Area gets a C for safety

The violent index for its police area came to 93, above both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Property crime in its police area ran at 34.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Junction Area has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.7°C

June is the wettest month, with 82 mm of rain and snow on average. Frosty days number 101 in a normal year, below both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 11 April and returns around 6 November: 208 days without it. A July afternoon in Junction Area typically reaches 27.0°C.

Commuters in Junction Area travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 34 min on average

Junction Area has fewer older residents than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% are 65 or over

Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). Visible minorities make up nearly a third of the population, above Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

Junction Area in November: highs near 8°C, lows near 2°C

A normal November brings 71 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Toronto forecast, on the Weather page.

Toronto Public Library - Annette Street is Junction Area’s public library

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

Junction Area is 27 km from Rouge National Urban Park

Walkers have 4 mapped routes close by, starting with the Discovery Walk and Western Ravines & Beaches Discovery Walk 2. 9.7 km out lies the largest, E.T. Seton Park, at 130 ha. Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. A provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, lies 36 km away.

In Junction Area, 55% of homes go back before 1961

All told, the heritage lists hold 1 historic place within the town.