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Results around Crossroads lean high: 13 of 23 schools in the top two fifths in Ontario

Counting a 3 km margin, Crossroads has 19 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, for 14,095 students. Stephen Lewis Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,730 students. In French: one of the 24 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%.

Hazard risk in Crossroads is lower than in 90% of Canadian towns

One flood study covers the town, by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. NRCan expects $0.028 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Crossroads, near the typical $0.030. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Crossroads alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Vaughan.

Expect 86.3 years of life in the region around Crossroads, 4.8 above the typical Canadian town

What sets Crossroads apart within its region is distance, and at 4.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, below both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). In the health survey, just over half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the York Regional Health Unit, Crossroads included.

More households own their home in Crossroads than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 89%

A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. 28% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Crossroads doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Toronto metro area.

For safety, Crossroads gets a B+

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 67, below both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Its police area records 21.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 9.7 per 1,000 people a year.

July in Crossroads runs hotter than in 91% of Canadian towns

Expect January lows of around −10.1°C in Crossroads. January is the snowiest month, with 40 cm on average. The frost-free season runs from 3 May to 13 October, 161 days. A normal June brings 87 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

More of Crossroads belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 42%

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

At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −10°C. A normal December brings highs of 2°C, lows of −6°C. Expect about 77 mm of rain and snow over November. Snowfall in a normal November: 12 cm.

35,850 residents per council seat in Vaughan, a higher ratio than 98% of Ontario municipalities

Crossroads is part of Vaughan, which elected Steven Del Duca as mayor in October 2022.

At 5.7 visits per person served, Vaughan Public Libraries is busier than 87% of Ontario’s town libraries

Crossroads is served by Vaughan Public Libraries, the library of all of Vaughan, so the figures here are the city’s, for 344,930 people.

Trips to work from Crossroads take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

The car took 91% of commuters, close to both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Within 20 km of Crossroads: Rouge National Urban Park

7.5 km out lies the largest, Elgin West Channel Lands, at 89 ha. Count 26 protected areas within 10 km of town. For a provincial park, Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park lies 32 km off.