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Renting in Rexdale-Kipling eats 31% of household income, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Toronto metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

The owner-occupied share of households is 51%. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 26% of households, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Commuters in Rexdale-Kipling travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 35 min on average

72% of commuters drove, below Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

Rexdale-Kipling scores better for health than 86% of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 84.7, higher than both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 9.2% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. For Rexdale-Kipling itself the measure is access: 2.9 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km.

A flood study covers Rexdale-Kipling: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

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

Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 2.7% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. For earthquakes Rexdale-Kipling is middling, $0.043 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town.

30 of Rexdale-Kipling’s 44 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Ontario

Its schools answer to 3 boards. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 47; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. The 3 km around Rexdale-Kipling counts 37 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools, 21,365 students between them.

Rexdale-Kipling has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.4°C

Winter lows in Rexdale-Kipling average −8.9°C in January. The thermometer drops below freezing on 131 days a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to June: 81 mm on average. Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year.

Rexdale-Kipling gets a C+ for safety

Shared with the rest of the Toronto service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

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.

Visible minorities make up more of Rexdale-Kipling than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.1% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.

In Rexdale-Kipling, November normally means 8°C afternoons and freezing nights

Across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July. By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −5°C. Precipitation in November averages 72 mm. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Vaughan forecast.

Toronto Public Library - Rexdale is Rexdale-Kipling’s public library

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

Within 32 km of Rexdale-Kipling: Rouge National Urban Park

7.2 km out lies the largest, Brampton Natural Heritage System, at 1,126 ha. CPCAD lists 9 protected areas within 10 km. A provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, lies 35 km away.

An older town: 54% of Rexdale-Kipling’s homes predate 1961