THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF IROQUOIS FALLS REGULAR MEETING DATE: January 29, 2018 RESOLUTION NO.: 2018- AGENDA ITEM NO.: 11. (H) MOVED BY: SECONDED BY: BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council for Corporation of the Town of Iroquois Falls hereby adopts the 2017 Community Profile. DECLARED THE MOTION: CARRIED DEFEATED TABLED MAYOR (CHAIRMAN) =============================================================== RECORDED VOTE FOR AGAINST Terry Boucher Tory Delaurier Stephanie Giguere Colin Kennedy Jeff Madden Betty Lou Purdon Michael Shea =============================================================== DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSED HIS/HER INTEREST(S) VACATED HIS/HER SEAT Abstained from discussion and did not vote on this item. VERSION 4.0 JANUARY 2018 © 2018 TOWN OF IROQUOIS FALLS THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 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Box 230 253 Main Street Iroquois Falls, Ontario P0K 1G0 Canada Phone: 705-232-6357 Fax: 705-232-4241 Email: [email protected] Web: www.IroquoisFalls.com Iroquois Falls, Ontario Canada www.IroquoisFalls.com Iroquois Falls Community Profile 2017 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ .................................................................. 2 1.1 Location ........................................................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Climate ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2 DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.1 Population Size and Growth ......................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Age Profile .................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Language Characteristics .............................................................................................................. 9 2.4 Mobility Characteristics .............................................................................................................. 10 2.5 Level of Education ...................................................................................................................... 11 2.6 Income ........................................................................................................................................ 13 3 LABOUR FORCE ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 3.1 Key Indicators ............................................................................................................................ 15 3.2 Labour Force by Occupation ....................................................................................................... 16 3.3 Labour Force by Industry ............................................................................................................ 18 3.4 Place of Work ............................................................................................................................. 19 3.5 General Wages by Occupation ................................................................................................... 20 4 KEY INDUSTRIES ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 4.1 Largest Employers ...................................................................................................................... 22 5 TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES .................................................................................................................................. 23 5.1 Highways .................................................................................................................................... 23 5.2 Rail Service ................................................................................................................................. 25 5.3 Airports ....................................................................................................................................... 26 5.4 Bus .............................................................................................................................................. 28 6 TAXES AND UTILITIES ............................................................................................................................................... 30 6.1 Local Property Tax Rates ............................................................................................................ 30 6.2 Federal and Provincial Income Tax Rates ................................................................................... 31 6.3 Electricity .................................................................................................................................... 32 6.4 Natural Gas ................................................................................................................................. 37 6.5 Waste Management ................................................................................................................... 39 6.6 Water and Sanitary Sewer .......................................................................................................... 39 6.7 Communications Infrastructure ................................................................................................. 40 7 BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED FEES ........................................................................................................ 42 7.1 Development Related Fees ........................................................................................................ 42 7.2 Development Charges ................................................................................................................ 42 7.3 Business Licenses ........................................................................................................................ 42 8 INDUSTRIAL PARKS .................................................................................................................................................. 43 8.1 Industrial Parks ........................................................................................................................... 43 9 BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ..................................................................................................... 44 9.1 Government and Business Services ............................................................................................ 44 9.2 Chamber of Commerce .............................................................................................................. 48 9.3 Education, Employment and Training Services .......................................................................... 48 9.4 Regional Research and Innovation Centres ................................................................................ 51 9.5 Area Financial Institutions .......................................................................................................... 53 9.6 Real Estate .................................................................................................................................. 53 10 QUALITY OF LIFE ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 10.1 Cost of Living 2017 .................................................................................................................... 54 10.2 Housing Characteristics ............................................................................................................. 54 10.3 Health and Social Services ......................................................................................................... 55 10.4 Education ................................................................................................................................... 61 10.5 Protective Services .................................................................................................................... 63 Iroquois Falls, Ontario Canada www.IroquoisFalls.com Iroquois Falls Community Profile 2017 10.6 Recreation, Tourism and Events ................................ ................................................................ 64 10.7 Events ........................................................................................................................................ 65 10.8 Local Media ............................................................................................................................... 65 11 LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS....................................................................................................................................