Woburn NorthToronto

Renting in Woburn North eats 32% of household income, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners make up 54% of households, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). 31% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Toronto metro area, Woburn North included.

Trips to work from Woburn North take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 36 min on average

Health in Woburn North beats 89% of Canadian towns

What sets Woburn North apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.7 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Life expectancy at birth in the region is 84.7 years, higher than both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 9.2% of adults to 11%. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the City of Toronto Health Unit, with Woburn North one part of it.

Woburn North is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

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

Radon topped the guideline in 2.7% of tested homes, below Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Seismic risk in Woburn North sits near the middle: $0.043 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

Woburn North’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

Results are mixed: 16 of 84 schools above the middle in Ontario, 46 below it. Agincourt Collegiate Institute is the biggest, at 1,460 students. Taken together, Woburn North and its 3 km edge hold 81 elementary schools and 16 secondary schools for 37,010 students.

Woburn North has warmer summer afternoons than 91% of Canadian towns

Midwinter nights in Woburn North bottom out at −10.1°C on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 40 cm. Rain and snow peak in June, at 87 mm. Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 13 October, lie 161 days.

More of Woburn North belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 82%

The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.2% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

Expect November days around 7°C in Woburn North, nights around −1°C

Then December: 2°C by day, −6°C at night. About 12 cm of snow falls in a normal November. A normal November brings 77 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −10°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Woburn North has no public library of its own; the nearest is Toronto Public Library - Scarborough Civic Centre, 1.4 km away

Woburn North 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.

For safety, Woburn North gets a B−

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 both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Woburn North alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto service area.

Rouge National Urban Park is 3.4 km from Woburn North

For a swim, Bluffer's Beach is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km. Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 30 km. Within 10 km of the town, 3.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.