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Home ownership in South Riverdale, 57%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

26% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 24% of the median household income, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

Health in South Riverdale beats 90% of Canadian towns

Lives here run to 84.7 years on average, higher than both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). In the health survey, half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 9.2% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. For South Riverdale itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

4 school boards overlap in South Riverdale, covering Ontario’s four systems

8 of the 98 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. The largest is Riverdale Collegiate Institute, with 1,600 students. Results are mixed: 34 of 76 schools above the middle in Ontario, 23 below it. Taken together, South Riverdale and its 3 km edge hold 71 elementary schools, 25 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools for 38,345 students.

A flood study covers South Riverdale: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

2.7% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, below both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). For earthquakes South Riverdale is middling, $0.043 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for South Riverdale alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Toronto.

South Riverdale earns a C for safety

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Toronto service area

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).

Winters are mild in South Riverdale: January nights hold at −6.7°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

There are 101 days of frost in a typical year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Gardeners get 208 frost-free days, from 11 April to 6 November. The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 27.0°C in South Riverdale. Most of the snow comes in January, about 40 cm.

Trips to work from South Riverdale take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 32 min on average

A younger town: only 13% of people in South Riverdale are 65 or over, fewer than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. Two in five residents belong to a visible minority, above Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

What November brings in South Riverdale: 2°C at night, 8°C by day

Precipitation in November averages 71 mm. The month after, December, normally sees 3°C afternoons and −3°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 12 cm. ECCC’s forecast for Toronto is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Toronto Public Library - Jones and Toronto Public Library - Queen/Saulter are South Riverdale’s two public libraries

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

Rouge National Urban Park is 19 km from South Riverdale

Within its own boundary, 16% of the neighbourhood is protected. The largest is E.T. Seton Park: 130 ha, 3.0 km from the edge of town. For a provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park lies 40 km off. Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.

South Riverdale keeps its older homes: 52% from before 1961