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Renting in Westminster-Branson eats 32% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

36% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $600,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Toronto metro area, with Westminster-Branson one part of it.

Commuters in Westminster-Branson travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 37 min on average

Health in Westminster-Branson beats 90% of Canadian towns

People in the region live to 84.7 on average: 87.2 for women and 82.0 for men in 2022/2024. The survey counts nearly one in ten adults as smokers, below Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.1 km from the average resident of Westminster-Branson, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Westminster-Branson doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the City of Toronto Health Unit.

Westminster-Branson earns an A for safety

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, above Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike.

5 boards run the schools in and around Westminster-Branson

The largest is Earl Haig Secondary School, with 2,175 students. Of its 45 tested schools, 20 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 13 in the bottom two. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 51; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. The 3 km around Westminster-Branson counts 37 elementary schools and 14 secondary schools, 27,070 students between them.

Flood mapping exists for Westminster-Branson: 1 on record, latest by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Earthquake risk in Westminster-Branson is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 2.7% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Westminster-Branson has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.3°C

Rain and snow peak in June, at 87 mm. A normal January night drops to −10.1°C, lower than Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) yet higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 3 May and returns around 13 October: 161 days without it. January is the snowiest month, with 40 cm on average.

More of Westminster-Branson belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 53%

13% are under 15, below both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.

In Westminster-Branson, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Richmond Hill forecast, on the Weather page. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 2°C and lows near −6°C. Expect about 77 mm of rain and snow over November.

Toronto Public Library - Centennial is Westminster-Branson’s public library

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

Within 21 km of Westminster-Branson: Rouge National Urban Park

Seton Park: 130 ha, 8.8 km from the edge of town. The largest is E.T. Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 13, higher than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (4). Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 37 km.