East RiversideWindsor

Teaching in French: 6 of East Riverside’s 24 schools

No single board runs them all: there are 3. The largest is St Anne Secondary School, with 1,335 students. Also worth knowing: 14 of the 24 are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario. On the tests, 11 of 23 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 6 under it.

East Riverside is a town of owners: 88% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Windsor metro area

The median home value was $452,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) but above Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

East Riverside has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 29.2°C

In January the thermometer sinks to −6.3°C overnight, higher than both Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Frost usually lifts by 24 April and returns around 27 October: 186 days without it. The most precipitation falls in May: 94 mm in a normal year. January is the snowiest month, with 33 cm on average.

East Riverside gets a C+ for safety

Measured across the Windsor service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 79 over 2023–25, above both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 39.6 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Flood mapping exists for East Riverside: 2 on record, latest by Essex Region Conservation Authority / County of Essex

In Health Canada’s survey, 14% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). For earthquakes East Riverside is middling, $0.019 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Fire seldom reaches East Riverside: since 1986, 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.007% a year).

Trips to work from East Riverside are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 21 min on average

Around East Riverside, 52% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Life expectancy in the region is 81.3 years (83.5 for women, 79.2 for men, 2022/2024). Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 18% of the region’s adults on average, above both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). For East Riverside itself the measure is access, and it lags: 7.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

6,030 households and a median age of 46.5: who lives in East Riverside

Just over a quarter of residents belong to a visible minority, about level with Ontario’s towns (26%) and above Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2% of residents, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) yet lower than Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 10°C in East Riverside, nights around 2°C

Over the year, July is warmest at 29°C by day and January coldest at −6°C by night. A typical November adds 5 cm of snow. Into December, the normals move to 3°C and −3°C. In November, the normal is 71 mm of rain and snow.

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

Windsor, which governs East Riverside, elected Drew Dilkens mayor in October 2022.

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, East Riverside among them.

Within 47 km of East Riverside: Point Pelee National Park

The closest provincial park is Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park, 13 km from the edge of town. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Sandpoint Beach.