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Most households in Devonshire own their home: 84%, more than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $352,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Windsor metro area as a whole, not for Devonshire alone.

Summer runs warm in Devonshire: July highs of 28.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

January is the snowiest month, with 43 cm on average. Frosty days number 115 in a normal year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Expect January lows of around −7.1°C in Devonshire. The frost-free season runs from 17 April to 1 November, 197 days.

For safety, Devonshire gets a C+

The index for the force that serves it came to 79, above both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 39.6 property crimes are reported each year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Windsor service area, with Devonshire one part of it.

3 boards run the schools in and around Devonshire

2 of the 25 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Vincent Massey Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,750 students. Catholic schools make up 13 of 25, above the 34% in Ontario. On the tests, 10 of 23 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 5 under it.

Devonshire is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by City of Windsor

More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquake risk in Devonshire is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.019 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Burn scars are few around Devonshire, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.006% a year).

52% of adults around Devonshire rate their health very good or excellent

Measured across the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Women in the region live to 83.5 and men to 79.2, 81.3 years taken together (2022/2024). Chronic conditions run at 18% of adults, age-standardised, above Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Devonshire live 3.5 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

More of Devonshire belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 40%

2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) yet lower than Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 9°C in Devonshire, nights around 1°C

At the extremes, July afternoons reach 28°C and January nights −7°C. A normal December brings highs of 3°C, lows of −4°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 5 cm. Expect about 73 mm of rain and snow over November.

One councillor per 24,510 residents: Windsor is more thinly represented than 97% of Ontario municipalities

Federally, Devonshire sits in Windsor West, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Harb Gill of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Windsor public library draws 2.1 visits per person served, behind 80% of Ontario’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Windsor’s: Windsor public library serves all 234,219 people of the city, Devonshire among them.

Commuters in Devonshire have a short way to work, 18 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

A national park 46 km from Devonshire: Point Pelee National Park

Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. A provincial park, Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park, lies 5.0 km away. Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 1, below both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (4).