Sites licensed for fixed wireless access
current0.9per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Municipality of Highlands East
Permanent2021
3,830
people living here all year
Person-year2021
6,470
full-time equivalent, modelled
Peak2021
12,630
everyone here at once
58% of dwellings are not occupied by permanent residents. Which of the three populations a figure is divided by changes the answer, so every per-person figure on this page says which one it used.
What is where
Pharmacies, hospitals, shops and licensed transmitters across the county, with this municipality’s picked out. A count cannot tell you what is nearest, or how far away the next one is.
HospitalPharmacyFamily health teamLong-term careSpecimen collectionMinistry of Health service register
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What it is like to live here
Getting online
Sites licensed for mobile carrier spectrum
current1.2per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Public Wi-Fi hotspots
current1.2per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Dwellings with 25/5 Mbps available
current72.0%
- modelled figure, not a measurement.
Dwellings with 50/10 Mbps available
current32.8%
- modelled figure, not a measurement.
Dwellings with 50/10 Mbps available over a wired technology
current8.7%
- modelled figure, not a measurement.
Dwellings with 50/10 Mbps available over fixed wireless
current26.0%
- modelled figure, not a measurement.
Dwellings with 5/1 Mbps available
current78.8%
- modelled figure, not a measurement.
Dwellings reached at 50/10 Mbps by completed and ongoing government-supported projects
current91.8%
- modelled figure, not a measurement.
Businesses and services within reach
Schools
current0.3per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Family health teams
currentNone
Hospital sites
currentNone
Long-term care homes
currentNone
Pharmacies
current0.2per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Specimen collection centres
currentNone
Public library branches
current0.6per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Post offices
current0.5per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Bank branches
currentNone
Recreation and setting
Beaches and swimming areas
current0.6per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Community centres
current0.6per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Museums
current0.3per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Parks and picnic areas
current1.1per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. The County's GIS maps this category unevenly between municipalities — most mapped points fall in one of them — so the count measures where the mapping effort went as much as where the facilities are.
Recreation facilities
current1.5per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Mapped trail features
current0.9per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. The County's GIS maps this category unevenly between municipalities — most mapped points fall in one of them — so the count measures where the mapping effort went as much as where the facilities are.
Lake access points
current18
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. The County's GIS maps this category unevenly between municipalities — most mapped points fall in one of them — so the count measures where the mapping effort went as much as where the facilities are.
Indoor recreation facility space
2024102 m²per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Filed as the municipality reported it. Schedule 80D asks for recreation floor space without saying what counts as one, and the filings answer different questions: Highlands East filed 4,716 m2 of indoor space for 2018, 50,612 m2 for 2019 and 657 m2 for 2022, a 77-fold swing in four years during which it neither built nor closed anything of that size. Its outdoor figure moved from 37 m2 to 149,734 m2 in one year. What changed was the inventory being counted. Read one municipality against another and the answer is which inventory each chose.
Outdoor recreation facility space
20245.6 m²per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Filed as the municipality reported it. Schedule 80D asks for recreation floor space without saying what counts as one, and the filings answer different questions: Highlands East filed 4,716 m2 of indoor space for 2018, 50,612 m2 for 2019 and 657 m2 for 2022, a 77-fold swing in four years during which it neither built nor closed anything of that size. Its outdoor figure moved from 37 m2 to 149,734 m2 in one year. What changed was the inventory being counted. Read one municipality against another and the answer is which inventory each chose.
Safety
Fire calls, annual total as reported
202630.6per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Losses due to structural fires, 3-year average
2023$162.10per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Registered AED locations
current1.2per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Policing cost per property
2024$256.55
Smoke alarm calls
Not availableThis department tables a monthly report with a call count and a year-to-date figure, and this atlas reads it, but the report gives no breakdown by type. Its annual figure is published as fire department calls reported.How we get this data →
Medical assist calls
Not availableThis department tables a monthly report with a call count and a year-to-date figure, and this atlas reads it, but the report gives no breakdown by type. Its annual figure is published as fire department calls reported.How we get this data →
Fire department calls per year
Not availableNo figure for this was found on the municipality's own website. Where its fire reports to council carry one it is read from those instead; see fire department calls.How we get this data →
Structure fire calls
Not availableThis department tables a monthly report with a call count and a year-to-date figure, and this atlas reads it, but the report gives no breakdown by type. Its annual figure is published as fire department calls reported.How we get this data →
Fire department calls
Not availableThis department tables a monthly report with a call count and a year-to-date figure, and this atlas reads it, but the report gives no breakdown by type. Its annual figure is published as fire department calls reported.How we get this data →
What the council does
What it costs
Fire protection expenses
2024$105.79per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
General government expenses
2024$171.25per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Where the line between administration and operations is drawn differs. Algonquin Highlands books 2.5% of spending here against 14.3% in Minden Hills, while having the highest salary share and the highest total spending per dwelling of the four. It is a boundary, not an overhead.
General government expenses: 10-year growth (constant dollars)
20248.5% a year
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Inherited from the base metric, which is not comparable between municipalities: Where the line between administration and operations is drawn differs. Algonquin Highlands books 2.5% of spending here against 14.3% in Minden Hills, while having the highest salary share and the highest total spending per dwelling of the four. It is a boundary, not an overhead. A rate of change does not repair that, because a boundary that moves appears in the rate as growth.
General government expenses: 5-year growth (constant dollars)
20240.3% a year
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Inherited from the base metric, which is not comparable between municipalities: Where the line between administration and operations is drawn differs. Algonquin Highlands books 2.5% of spending here against 14.3% in Minden Hills, while having the highest salary share and the highest total spending per dwelling of the four. It is a boundary, not an overhead. A rate of change does not repair that, because a boundary that moves appears in the rate as growth.
Governance (council) expenses
2024$35.42per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ The order of the municipalities changes depending on how much of the year seasonal residents are counted as present, which no source states.
Library expenses
2024$4.73per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Amortization
2024$196.14per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ The order of the municipalities changes depending on how much of the year seasonal residents are counted as present, which no source states.
Salaries, wages and employee benefits
2024$624.32per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ The order of the municipalities changes depending on how much of the year seasonal residents are counted as present, which no source states.
Salaries, wages and benefits: 10-year growth (constant dollars)
20244.8% a year
Financial position
Tangible capital assets, net book value
2024$2,570per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ The order of the municipalities changes depending on how much of the year seasonal residents are counted as present, which no source states.
Net long-term liabilities
2024$0.00per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Obligatory reserve funds, end of year
2024$72.75per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Reserves, end of year
2024$1,748per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Whether reserve money is filed as reserves or as discretionary is a filing choice, not a difference in what is held. Compare on finance.reserves.total.
Total reserves and reserve funds
2024$1,748per person-year
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ The order of the municipalities changes depending on how much of the year seasonal residents are counted as present, which no source states.
Total reserves and reserve funds: 10-year growth (constant dollars)
202411.2% a year
Total reserves and reserve funds: 5-year growth (constant dollars)
202413.9% a year
Discretionary reserve funds, end of year
Not availableNot comparable between municipalities: whether reserve money is filed here or under Reserves is a filing choice, not a difference in what is held. Compare on finance.reserves.total.How we get this data →
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Whether reserve money is filed as discretionary or as reserves is a filing choice, not a difference in what is held. Compare on finance.reserves.total.
What the money buys
Fire stations
20260.8per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Bridge and culvert spending per m² of deck
2023146.6
Bridges rated good to very good
202462.5%
Bridge and culvert deck area
2024195 m²per 1,000 dwellings
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Bridges rated good to very good, count
20245
Bridges
20241.8per 1,000 dwellings
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Paved road spending per lane kilometre
2023136391.6
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Cost over a denominator the four municipalities do not define the same way. Highlands East files 16 lane kilometres of hot-mix as its paved network where its neighbours count surface treatment, so this reads as $136,392 a lane kilometre and is a filing convention rather than a cost. Compare on the winter lane kilometre, which is defined the same way by all four.
Unpaved road spending per lane kilometre
2023759.8
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. The other side of the same split. What counts as unpaved depends on where each municipality put surface treatment.
Winter control spending per lane kilometre
2023953.7
Building and development
Complete applications on submission
202435
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Which instrument an application takes is set by each municipality's official plan and zoning by-law. Highlands East's plan precludes using a minor variance to reduce a shoreline setback, so it records one or two a year where its neighbours record twenty to thirty for the same kind of decision.
Incomplete applications on submission
20244
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Which instrument an application takes is set by each municipality's official plan and zoning by-law. Highlands East's plan precludes using a minor variance to reduce a shoreline setback, so it records one or two a year where its neighbours record twenty to thirty for the same kind of decision.
Building permit applications received
20248.8per 1,000 dwellings
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Which instrument an application takes is set by each municipality's official plan and zoning by-law. Highlands East's plan precludes using a minor variance to reduce a shoreline setback, so it records one or two a year where its neighbours record twenty to thirty for the same kind of decision.
Land division files before council
20260.3per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ Counted to 2026-08-11, not to the year end. A part year against a whole one is not a fall in caseload.
Zoning relief files before council
20264.8per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ Counted to 2026-08-11, not to the year end. A part year against a whole one is not a fall in caseload.
Road allowance files before council
20261.7per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ Counted to 2026-08-11, not to the year end. A part year against a whole one is not a fall in caseload.
Planning files before council
20266.8per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- ⚠ Counted to 2026-08-11, not to the year end. A part year against a whole one is not a fall in caseload.
Total value of construction activity
2024$7,949per dwelling
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
Minor variance applications before the committee of adjustment
20261.1per 1,000 dwellings
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Which instrument an application takes is set by each municipality's official plan and zoning by-law. Highlands East's plan precludes using a minor variance to reduce a shoreline setback, so it records one or two a year where its neighbours record twenty to thirty for the same kind of decision.
How council works
Agenda package pages, median
2026306.5
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Agenda and minute conventions differ between clerks, and these are counted over harvested packages rather than over every meeting held. The trend within one municipality is meaningful; the level against another is largely a difference in drafting.
Delegations per meeting, median
202621
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Agenda and minute conventions differ between clerks, and these are counted over harvested packages rather than over every meeting held. The trend within one municipality is meaningful; the level against another is largely a difference in drafting.
Council meetings in the harvested corpus
202612
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Agenda and minute conventions differ between clerks, and these are counted over harvested packages rather than over every meeting held. The trend within one municipality is meaningful; the level against another is largely a difference in drafting.
Motions per meeting, median
202644
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Agenda and minute conventions differ between clerks, and these are counted over harvested packages rather than over every meeting held. The trend within one municipality is meaningful; the level against another is largely a difference in drafting.
Staff reports per meeting, median
202625
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Agenda and minute conventions differ between clerks, and these are counted over harvested packages rather than over every meeting held. The trend within one municipality is meaningful; the level against another is largely a difference in drafting.
Councillor's remuneration rate
2025$24,070
Mayor's remuneration rate
2025$36,572
Full-time funded positions
20246.6per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Which of the three staffing columns a position is filed under is a classification each municipality makes for itself. Minden Hills filed 35 part-time staff in 2022 and 11 in 2023 while its full-time count did not move, and Algonquin Highlands' seasonal figure fell from 18 to 6 in a year. Compare on government.staff.total, where the boundary between the columns stops mattering.
Part-time funded positions
20241.1per 1,000 person-years
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Shown as filed, and not on a common basis with the other municipalities. Which of the three staffing columns a position is filed under is a classification each municipality makes for itself. Minden Hills filed 35 part-time staff in 2022 and 11 in 2023 while its full-time count did not move, and Algonquin Highlands' seasonal figure fell from 18 to 6 in a year. Compare on government.staff.total, where the boundary between the columns stops mattering.