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Home ownership in Forest Glade, 65%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The median home value was $400,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and close to Canadian towns ($406,000). A year’s rent came to 23% of the median household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Windsor metro area, Forest Glade included.

3 boards run the schools in and around Forest Glade

The largest is St Anne Secondary School, with 1,335 students. The 41 with results split, 18 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 12 in the lower. Catholic schools make up 22 of 43, above the 34% in Ontario. 7 of the 43 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario.

Summer runs warm in Forest Glade: July highs of 29.2°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal winter brings 107 cm of snow, lower than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). In January, overnight lows in Forest Glade settle at −6.3°C. Snow peaks in January: 33 cm in a normal year. The frost-free season runs from 24 April to 27 October, 186 days.

Commuters in Forest Glade have a short way to work, 19 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

For safety, Forest Glade gets a C+

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 79 over 2023–25, above Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 39.6 per 1,000 people a year.

A flood study covers Forest Glade: 2 on the national inventory, the newest from Essex Region Conservation Authority / County of Essex

Burn scars are few around Forest Glade, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.006% a year). Radon is higher than usual: 14% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town.

Around Forest Glade, 52% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit

For Forest Glade itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.2 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. A baby born in the region can expect 81.3 years, 83.5 for a girl and 79.2 for a boy (2022/2024). The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%).

A town of families: 18% of people in Forest Glade are under 15, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

34% of residents belong to a visible minority, higher than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.2% of residents, between Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Forest Glade runs from 2°C to 10°C

November usually brings some 5 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of 3°C and lows of −3°C. Precipitation in November averages 71 mm. Also worth knowing: the year peaks in July (29°C) and bottoms out in January (−6°C).

Each seat on Windsor’s council stands for 24,510 residents, more than in 97% of Ontario municipalities

As a neighbourhood of Windsor, Forest Glade shares the council elected in October 2022, with Drew Dilkens as mayor.

At 2.1 visits per person served, Windsor Public Library Forest Glade-Optimist Branch is quieter than four in five Ontario’s town libraries

Forest Glade is served by Windsor Public Library Forest Glade-Optimist Branch, the library of all of Windsor, so the figures here are the city’s, for 234,219 people.

Point Pelee National Park lies 42 km beyond Forest Glade’s edge

The 10 km around town hold one protected area. For a provincial park, Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park lies 7.1 km off. 0.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Swimmers have 3 beaches within 5 km, Sandpoint Beach the nearest.