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Rent takes more of local pay in New Toronto than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 36% of household income

31% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Households that own their home make up 44%. New Toronto doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Toronto metro area.

Commuters in New Toronto travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 33 min on average

Health in New Toronto beats 91% of Canadian towns

Across the region, half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). A child born in the region can expect 84.7 years, above both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). That said, the region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 9.2% of adults to 11%. Measured from where New Toronto’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.7 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

In New Toronto, families choose among 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

In or within 3 km of New Toronto: 22 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools, with 12,730 students. Results lean high: 16 of 26 in the top two fifths in Ontario. Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,460 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 26; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it.

Hazards in New Toronto are mild: low wildfire and earthquake risk, and 2.7% of area homes above the radon guideline

Seismic risk in New Toronto sits near the middle: $0.043 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Toronto as a whole, not for New Toronto alone.

New Toronto has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −7.1°C

Midsummer afternoons in New Toronto peak at about 25.3°C. Frosty days number 110 in a normal year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. June is the wettest month, with 82 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month.

New Toronto earns a C+ for safety

The violent index for its police area came to 93, higher than 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 Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. 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, New Toronto included.

Visible minorities make up more of New Toronto than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 40%

The under-15s are 14% of the population here. 17% of residents have reached 65. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.1% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

A normal November in New Toronto runs from 2°C to 8°C

Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −7°C by night. Then December: 3°C by day, −3°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month. Precipitation in November averages 71 mm.

New Toronto has one public library, Toronto Public Library - New Toronto

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

New Toronto is 34 km from Rouge National Urban Park

The largest is Humber Marshes: 31 ha, 3.2 km from the edge of town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. A provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, lies 27 km away. Count 6 protected areas within 10 km of town.