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Commuters in Thorncliffe Park travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 35 min on average

Renting in Thorncliffe Park eats 37% of household income, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $476,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000).

Few places match Thorncliffe Park for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns

By their own account, 50% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, near Ontario’s towns (51%) and lower than Canadian towns (52%). The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 9.2% of adults to 11%. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 84.7 years at birth, 87.2 for women and 82.0 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Thorncliffe Park is well placed: 1.2 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

English or French, public or Catholic: Thorncliffe Park’s schools come under 4 boards

The 3 km around Thorncliffe Park counts 58 elementary schools, 15 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, 37,470 students between them. The largest is Northern Secondary School, with 2,075 students. The Catholic boards run 11 of its 74 schools, below the 34% in Ontario. Of its 62 tested schools, 34 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 18 in the bottom two.

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

Shared with the rest of the city of Toronto: earthquake risk

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 Thorncliffe Park as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of the town’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year).

Thorncliffe Park earns a B+ for safety

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Toronto service area

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, higher than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2).

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

The frost-free season runs from 11 April to 6 November, 208 days. Frosty days number 101 in a normal year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Midsummer afternoons in Thorncliffe Park peak at about 27.0°C. A normal January brings 40 cm of snow, the most of any month.

A town of families: 24% of people in Thorncliffe Park are under 15, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, below Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. Visible minorities make up just over four fifths of the population, higher than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).

A normal November in Thorncliffe Park runs from 2°C to 8°C

November usually brings some 12 cm of snow. A normal December brings highs of 3°C, lows of −3°C. Precipitation in November averages 71 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Toronto.

Thorncliffe Park’s public library is Toronto Public Library - Thorncliffe

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

Thorncliffe Park is 16 km from Rouge National Urban Park

Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 42 km. Named trails close by number 3, the Central Ravines, Belt Line & Gardens Discovery Walk and Don Valley Hills and Dales Discovery Walk 2 among them. Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map.