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Fewer households own their home in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 47%

Rent took nearly a quarter of household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 31% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Toronto metro area.

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills scores better for health than 85% of Canadian towns

Health survey and life expectancy for the City of Toronto Health Unit

The survey counts 9.2% of adults as smokers, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 84.7, with women at 87.2 and men at 82.0. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.6 km from the average resident of Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

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

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 Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Commuters in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 33 min on average

At the census, 73% of commuters went by car.

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills 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. Frost comes on 101 days a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 208 frost-free days, from 11 April to 6 November. A normal January brings 40 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills gets a B for safety

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 93, higher than 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, above both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

In or within 3 km of Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills: 62 elementary schools and 13 secondary schools, with 28,335 students. The largest is Senator O'Connor College School, with 1,365 students. Of its 69 tested schools, 21 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 30 in the bottom two. Only 14 of the 75 are Catholic, against 34% in Ontario.

More of Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 51%

0.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents.

A normal November in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills runs from 2°C to 8°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Toronto forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to 3°C and −3°C. A typical November adds 12 cm of snow. A normal November brings 71 mm of rain and snow.

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills has no public library of its own; the nearest is Toronto Public Library - Brookbanks, 0.9 km away

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills 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 Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills: Rouge National Urban Park

2.5 km out lies the largest, E.T. Seton Park, at 130 ha. The closest provincial park is Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, 37 km from the edge of town. The protected share within 10 km is 1.9%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.