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Renting in Malvern West eats 28% of household income, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 29% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 74%.

Malvern West scores better for health than 90% of Canadian towns

On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 84.7, above both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). 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 Malvern West is well placed: 1.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Malvern West shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the City of Toronto Health Unit.

Commuters in Malvern West travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 36 min on average

Flood mapping exists for Malvern West: 1 on record, latest by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Radon is lower than usual: 2.7% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Malvern West as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Malvern West is graded a B+ for safety

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). For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Toronto service area, Malvern West included.

Malvern West’s schools come under 3 different boards

One of the 57 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. St John Paul II Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,355 students. The 50 with results split, 16 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 19 in the lower. Within 3 km of Malvern West are 50 elementary schools and 7 secondary schools, teaching 20,285 students.

Malvern West has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.3°C

Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 13 October, lie 161 days. 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). The most precipitation falls in June: 87 mm in a normal year. Snow peaks in January: 40 cm in a normal year.

More of Malvern West belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 92%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.1% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 16%.

In Malvern West, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Markham forecast. By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −6°C. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. A normal November brings 77 mm of rain and snow.

No public library stands in Malvern West: the closest, Toronto Public Library - Malvern, is 1.1 km away

Toronto public library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Malvern West among them.

Malvern West is 2.1 km from Rouge National Urban Park

A provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, lies 27 km away. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 3.5%, above both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Within 10 km are 15 protected areas.