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Rent takes more of local pay in Willowdale West than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Toronto metro area

Owners make up three in five households, below both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Just over two in five households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

5 school boards share Willowdale West

On the tests, 22 of 47 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 11 under it. The largest is Earl Haig Secondary School, with 2,175 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 53; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. 25,060 students attend the 41 elementary schools and 12 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Willowdale West.

For health, Willowdale West is ahead of 89% of Canadian towns

Measured across the City of Toronto Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Across the region, life runs to 84.7 years on average: women 87.2, men 82.0, in 2022/2024. Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Smoking takes in nearly one in ten adults, age-standardised, below Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. For Willowdale West itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Trips to work from Willowdale West take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 34 min on average

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

In Health Canada’s survey, just 2.7% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). NRCan expects $0.043 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Willowdale West, near the typical $0.030. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Toronto, Willowdale West included.

Willowdale West earns a B+ for safety

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 93, above 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).

Willowdale West has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.3°C

Expect January lows of around −10.1°C in Willowdale West. Frost usually lifts by 3 May and returns around 13 October: 161 days without it. For the wettest month, look to June: 87 mm on average. January is the snowiest month, with 40 cm on average.

Visible minorities make up more of Willowdale West than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 64%

Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.3% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. The under-15s are a tenth of the population here.

In Willowdale West, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −6°C. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 77 mm. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −10°C in January.

Willowdale West’s public library is Toronto Public Library - North York Central Library

Willowdale West 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.

Within 19 km of Willowdale West: Rouge National Urban Park

E.T. Seton Park (130 ha) is the biggest, 7.6 km from town. The closest provincial park is Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, 39 km from the edge of town. Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 11, above both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (4).