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Getting around Car-dependent

No subway, LRT or GO station within a short trip.

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 3 cafés and restaurants, 1 park. Nearest grocery: Food Basics (500 m). Nearest park: Lower Reach Park (650 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Chimo Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 54%4 min walk
• St. Francis de Sales Catholic School Catholic12 min walk
• Duncan J Schoular Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 48%, math 15%1.4 km

Secondary

• Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 29%, literacy test 79%5 min walk
• TR Leger School - Smiths Falls
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 29%, literacy test 79%14 min walk
• St. Luke Catholic High School Catholic14 min walk

EQAO: share of students meeting the provincial standard (2024–25). Ontario average: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 51%; Gr 9 math 55%; literacy test 83%.

Closest schools, not school zones. Check which school serves this address with the school board before relying on it.

Who lives here postal area K7A

Owners / renters

72% / 28%

Median household income

$74,500

Average age

45

Children under 15

16%

Homes

69% detached, 1% high-rise

Commute by transit

0%

Population

17,575

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0.2%, Arabic 0.1%, Mandarin 0.1%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.1%.

Safety

Crime Severity Index for Smiths Falls police: 93 vs 57 for Ontario (2025).

Police-reported figures for the whole police service area, not this street. Rates use the area’s resident population.