Elder MillsVaughan

Elder Mills faces fewer hazards than nine in ten Canadian towns

NRCan expects $0.028 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Elder Mills, near the typical $0.030. One flood study covers the town, by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. Elder Mills doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Vaughan.

Elder Mills’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

8,910 students attend the 20 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Elder Mills. On results, 12 of its 21 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in Ontario. 13 of the 22 are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario. In French: 3 of the 22 schools, where in Ontario the share is 10%.

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

Shared with the rest of the York Regional Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

For Elder Mills itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.9 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, lower than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 51% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario.

Most households in Elder Mills own their home: 95%, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. 18% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, about level with Canadian towns (18%) and below Ontario’s towns (22%).

Elder Mills’s grade for safety: a B+

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 21.4 per 1,000 a year, below both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 9.7 violent incidents are reported each year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the York Region service area as a whole, not for Elder Mills alone.

Summer arrives in force in Elder Mills, hotter than in 95% of Canadian towns

Frosty days number 131 in a normal year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). January nights in Elder Mills drop to −8.9°C on average. Frost usually lifts by 27 April and returns around 20 October: 174 days without it. Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year.

Elder Mills: median age 42.1, 5,015 households

Visible minorities make up 27% of the population, near Ontario’s towns (26%) and higher than Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.1% of residents, below both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Elder Mills in November: highs near 8°C, lows near freezing

Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month. Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −5°C. November normally sees 72 mm of precipitation. Across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

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

Michael Guglielmin (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Vaughan—Woodbridge, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Elder Mills.

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

Elder Mills is served by Vaughan public library, the library of all of Vaughan, so the figures here are the city’s, for 344,930 people.

Elder Mills is a driving town: 94% of commuters go by car, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 30 min.

Within 31 km of Elder Mills: Rouge National Urban Park

8% of the neighbourhood lies within a protected area. The largest named area nearby is Brampton Natural Heritage System, 1,126 ha, 4.1 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 7.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. A provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, lies 29 km away.