St. Johns Church, Historic Sandwich Towne, Windsor, Ontario (21761257572)

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SandwichWindsor

TownGrade

C⁻

#2,064 of 2,556

A neighbourhood of 14,110 in Windsor. It is one of the 16 neighbourhoods that make up Windsor.

6 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Population

14,110

people, Census 2021

Median age

34.2

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

48%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Sandwich a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. Its weakest is cost of living (D). Incomes are on the low side (D). Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A). Add health to its strengths (B+). The overall grade lands at C−, #738 of 858 in Ontario. Nationally, it does better than 23% of Canadian towns.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestAWalkabilityWeakestDCost of living DJobs & income

How Sandwich grades

Each subject compares Sandwich with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesDOpen →Jobs & incomeAmong the weakest of the towns comparedDOpen →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesAOpen →HealthResidents are healthier than in most townsB⁺Open →SafetyBelow the middle of the towns comparedC⁺Open →Hazard riskGraded on earthquake risk and radon, with high wildfire risk able to lower itC⁺Open →SchoolsSchools do better than mostBOpen →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Sandwich stand out

The 3 things Sandwich does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Households renting

Housing

53% rent their home

Half of Canadian towns are above 25%, half below

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

21% unemployment

Of the labour force, against 10% for the median of Canadian towns

45% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Cost of living

Behind 92%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: D.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sandwich.

HousingCost of living D

Rent takes more of local pay in Sandwich than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 31% of household income

$280,000median home value, 2021DCost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners put the median home at $280,000, below both Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Sandwich$280,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Rent as a share of income	31%	22%	20%
Median home value, 2021	$280,000	$695,000	$406,000
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	24%	22%	18%

$1,451

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageSandwich’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,451 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living4.9 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $280,000, against the median household income Owners and renters47% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares. · Area behind the rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures: the Windsor metro area

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Trips to work from Sandwich are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 22 min on average

8%walk, cycle or take transit

Driving is how 85% of commuters got to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van85%

Public transit6%

Walk2%

Census 2021	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	22 min	29 min	26 min
Car or van	85%	88%	89%

$57,100

median household income, 2020

17%

worked from home, May 2021

72%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSandwich’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment21% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work8% walk, cycle or take transit

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

HealthHealth B⁺

Very good or excellent health for 52% of adults in Sandwich’s health region

52%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

Lives in the region last 81.3 years on average (2022/2024): 83.5 for women, 79.2 for men. 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 Sandwich itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Sandwich52%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	18%	17%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	81.3	82.8	81.5
Smokers	12%	10%	12%
Very good or excellent health	52%	51%	52%

81.3

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

0.8 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

12%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

1.2 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSandwich’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey52% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care0.8 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 1.2 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.5, men 79.2 Conditions and habits18% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit

Climate

Sandwich has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 28.3°C

28.3°CJuly afternoons

January nights in Sandwich drop to −7.1°C on average. Frost comes on 115 days a year, below both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 17 April, and the first in autumn, 1 November, lie 197 days. Rain and snow peak in July, at 99 mm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter1.3°C

Spring13.8°C

Summer27.1°C

Autumn16.0°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
July afternoon high	28.3°C	26.7°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	115	139	159
January night low	−7.1°C	−9.1°C	−13.5°C
Precipitation a year	954 mm	902 mm	883 mm

115

days with frost a year

197

frost-free days, 17 Apr to 1 Nov

110

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSandwich’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 28.3°C, January lows −7.1°C Rain and snow954 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow140 cm of snow a year Weather station8.9 km to the station · Windsor

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Windsor)

SafetySafety C⁺

For safety, Sandwich gets a C+

79Crime Severity Index

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Windsor service area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 79 over 2023–25, higher than 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.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202384

202480

202572

2023–2025	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	39.6	30.5	31.2
Crime Severity Index	79	56	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	95	76	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

41%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSandwich’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety79 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Sandwich’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Sandwich safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁺

Sandwich is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Essex Region Conservation Authority / County of Essex

Lowwildfire bandC⁺Hazard risk Grade

Measured across the city of Windsor: earthquake risk

Little of the land around Sandwich has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.007% a year. More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Sandwich14%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	4%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.019	$0.043	$0.030

$0.019

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

0.2 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageSandwich’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

FloodOne flood study on record WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 Earthquakes$0.019 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon14% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

SchoolsSchools B

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

34schools within 3 kmBSchools Grade

Counting a 3 km margin, Sandwich has 26 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools, for 17,015 students. The largest is Vincent Massey Secondary School, with 1,750 students. 7 of the 34 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. On the tests, 14 of 30 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 10 under it.

School	Level	Students	System
Northwood Public School Second fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	895	English public
Vincent Massey Secondary School Second fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	1,750	English public
École élémentaire Louise-Charron FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	125	French public
Bellewood Public School Top fifth in OntarioResults in the top fifth in OntarioElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	655	English public

See all 34 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public16

English Catholic11

French Catholic4

French public3

Schools within 3 km	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
School boards	4	4	3

17,015

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

0.7 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSandwich’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards4 school boards · Greater Essex County DSB Every school34 schools within 3 km · 26 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools Results14 of 30 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario Language7 of 34 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Questions“What schools are there in Sandwich?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Who lives here

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

34.2median age

People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, below both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.

SandwichOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

17%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree20%

Postsecondary qualification48%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.1% of Sandwich

By the 2021 count the town had 6,785 women and 7,330 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.

Who lives in Sandwich
	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	17%	15%	16%
15 to 64	68%	65%	64%
65+	15%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	20%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	48%	56%	56%

Full pageSandwich’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages34.2 median age · 15% are 65 or over Households5,990 households English and French6% speak both · 0.1% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

A normal November in Sandwich runs from 1°C to 9°C

9°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs peak at 28°C in July; nights bottom out at −7°C in January. Then December: 3°C by day, −4°C at night. A normal November brings 73 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 5 cm of snow.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November9°C

December3°C

January0°C

February1°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	1°C	−6°C	200 mm
Spring	14°C	4°C	261 mm
Summer	27°C	17°C	258 mm
Autumn	16°C	7°C	235 mm

1°C

a normal November night

73 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Windsor); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Windsor has one council seat for every 24,510 residents, more than 97% of municipalities in Ontario

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

Turnout	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Municipal election, 2022	32%	31%	31%

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Member of ParliamentHarb Gill council seats11

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

At 2.1 visits per person served, Windsor public library is quieter than four in five Ontario’s town libraries

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

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The libraries2 Libraries Places to belong1.5 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Step out of Sandwich into Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park

0.1%of the land within 10 km protected

There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map. 51 km separate the town from Point Pelee National Park, its nearest national park. Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. One protected area is close by.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Sandwich0.1%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.1%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	1	4	4

51 km

to Point Pelee National Park

At the edge

to Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park

beach within 5 km

public protected area within 10 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas1 protected area within 10 km · Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park National & provincial parks51 km to a national park · Point Pelee National Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

History

Back to 1798 in Sandwich, with Duff Baby House

4historic places

All told the heritage lists hold 4 historic places within the town, and one sits in the top tier. Counted by designation, there are 3 provincial or municipal listings. Before 1961 is when 43% of the homes went up, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations1

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings3

Among them

1798

oldest construction date on the record

43%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Sandwich	Ontario	Canada
Homes built before 1961	43%	22%	18%

Full pageSandwich’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers4 historic places inside the town Highest designations1 top designation · Sandwich First Baptist Church Older homes43% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Sandwich have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sandwich

15pages on Sandwich

The big questions

SafetyC⁺Crime Severity Index 79 Housing & costDHomes 4.9 × income Property pricesSchoolsB34 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 81.3 in its region Work & commuteD45% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.1% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 28°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 34.2 History4 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Prosperity Place and 14 more in and around Sandwich

From museums to parks and historic sites: Sandwich’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumProsperity Placein town

MuseumOdette Sculpture Park1.2 km outside town, to the north

Art galleryArt Windsor-Essex2.6 km outside town, to the northeast

MuseumWindsor's Community Museum2.7 km outside town, to the northeast

ChurchChurch of Our Lady of the Assumption100 m outside town, to the north Water parkWater parkMic Mac Park Splash Padin town

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Odette Sculpture Park: Patricia Drury from Birmingham, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Art Windsor-Essex: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Windsor's Community Museum: Windsor's Communiy Museum at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption: PDru2014 from Detroit, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Sandwich

2 notable people were born in Sandwich; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

McKee RankinCanadian-American actor and theatrical manager · ?–1914

Arthur ReaumeCanadian politician · 1906–1981

Arthur Saint-PierreCanadian journalist and writer · born in Walkerville · 1885–1959

Llewellya Hillis-ColinvauxCanadian-born American marine biologist · born in Walkerville · 1930–2019

Photo credits

McKee Rankin: C. A. Myers, Public domain

About Sandwich

Neighbourhood in Windsor

Statistics Canada counts Windsor as one municipality, so TownRatings builds Sandwich and its other neighbourhoods from census dissemination areas, named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 14,110 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
City: Windsor
Census subdivision: 3537039

Sandwich’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

River WestSouth CameronSouth CentralCity CentreSouth WindsorWalkervilleSandwich

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Sandwich	14,110	—	C⁻	D	C⁺	B⁺
River West	13,940	2.1	D	D	C⁺	B⁺
South Cameron	11,804	2.3	C	C⁻	C⁺	B⁺
South Central	10,392	3.4	D	D	C⁺	B⁺
City Centre	10,269	3.5	D	D⁻	C⁺	B⁺
South Windsor	15,896	4.9	B	C⁺	C⁺	B
Walkerville	19,541	4.9	D	D	C⁺	B⁺

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).