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Rent takes more of local pay in Milliken than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

The owner-occupied share of households is 88%. 32% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

The car took 82% of commuters, lower than both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

For health, Milliken is ahead of 86% of Canadian towns

Measured across the City of Toronto Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Life expectancy in the region is 84.7 years (87.2 for women, 82.0 for men, 2022/2024). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Smokers make up 9.2% of the region’s adults, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). What sets Milliken apart within its region is distance, and at 3.2 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Milliken 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 Milliken 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. Milliken shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Toronto.

English or French, public or Catholic: Milliken’s schools come under 6 boards

Milliken Mills High School is the biggest, at 1,595 students. Of its 87 tested schools, 38 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 22 in the bottom two. In French: 2 of the 99 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%. Within 3 km of Milliken are 83 elementary schools and 16 secondary schools, teaching 39,970 students.

For safety, Milliken gets a C

The violent index for its police area came to 93, above Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Property crime in its police area ran at 34.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Milliken doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Toronto service area.

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

Frost usually lifts by 3 May and returns around 13 October: 161 days without it. A normal January brings 40 cm of snow, the most of any month. The coldest nights come in January, when Milliken averages a low of −10.1°C.

Visible minorities make up more of Milliken than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 95%

People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, above both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). Under 15: 13% of residents.

A normal November in Milliken runs from −1°C to 7°C

Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −6°C. November normally sees 77 mm of precipitation. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −10°C by night.

Toronto Public Library - Goldhawk Park is Milliken’s public library

Milliken 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.

Rouge National Urban Park lies 4.2 km beyond Milliken’s edge

Within 10 km of the town, 4.4% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 26 km. Count 19 protected areas within 10 km of town. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.