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Archive of hometown notes from Guelph: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.
How Guelph sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Guelph follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Guelph in national context first.
Royal City Park is a reason people stay fond of Guelph.
December 2023 in Guelph: Royal City Park. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Guelph compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Guelph's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Guelph still answers to the Royal City, a nickname the municipal history page traces to John Galt naming the 1827 Canada Company town for
Market Square still orients Guelph. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Guelph.
Residential mill rates for Guelph appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Guelph beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Royal City Park comes up. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
Speed River Trail still orients Guelph. River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
Municipal facts credit a University of Guelph team led by Dr. Gary Johnston with creating the Yukon Gold potato.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
November 2023 in Guelph: Market Square. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Guelph sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.
Construction intent in Guelph shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Guelph permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Royal City Park still orients Guelph. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Speed River Trail is a reason people stay fond of Guelph.
October 2023 in Guelph: Speed River Trail. River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
Municipal facts credit a University of Guelph team led by Dr. Gary Johnston with creating the Yukon Gold potato.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Market Square comes up. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Guelph.
Residential mill rates for Guelph appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Guelph beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Campus life is part of the civic self-portrait. The University of Guelph shows up in municipal facts for research such as the Yukon Gold
September 2023 in Guelph: Royal City Park. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Guelph draws municipal drinking water from Deep limestone/dolomite bedrock aquifers and Arkell Spring Grounds / Glen Collector (shallow groundwater), treated at Distributed well treatment and point-of-entry facilities.
Ask where Guelph drinking water begins and the answer is Arkell Spring Grounds / Glen Collector (shallow groundwater), then Distributed well treatment and point-of-entry facilities. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
About 19-22 operational municipal wells citywide plus the Glen Collector; treatment typically includes chlorination and, at selected sites, UV, iron sequestration, or manganese removal. Some sources are classified GUDI-WEF.
See the Guelph water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and
Market Square still orients Guelph. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Guelph.
Guelph appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Royal City Park comes up. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Guelph.
Broadband rows for Guelph come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Guelph internet page.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
August 2023 in Guelph: Market Square. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Guelph sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Guelph follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Guelph in national context first.
Royal City Park is a reason people stay fond of Guelph.
Royal City Park still orients Guelph. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Guelph compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Guelph's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Market Square comes up. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Guelph.
Residential mill rates for Guelph appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Guelph beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
July 2023 in Guelph: Royal City Park. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Speed River Trail comes up. River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
Market Square still orients Guelph. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Guelph sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.
Construction intent in Guelph shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Guelph permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Royal City Park comes up. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Speed River Trail is a reason people stay fond of Guelph.
Speed River Trail still orients Guelph. River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
Municipal facts credit a University of Guelph team led by Dr. Gary Johnston with creating the Yukon Gold potato.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Campus life is part of the civic self-portrait. The University of Guelph shows up in municipal facts for research such as the Yukon Gold
May 2023 in Guelph: Market Square. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Guelph.
Residential mill rates for Guelph appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Guelph beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Guelph still answers to the Royal City, a nickname the municipal history page traces to John Galt naming the 1827 Canada Company town for
Royal City Park still orients Guelph. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Guelph draws municipal drinking water from Deep limestone/dolomite bedrock aquifers and Arkell Spring Grounds / Glen Collector (shallow groundwater), treated at Distributed well treatment and point-of-entry facilities.
May 2023 is a good week to revisit Guelph's source: Deep limestone/dolomite bedrock aquifers and Arkell Spring Grounds / Glen Collector (shallow groundwater). Treatment at Distributed well treatment and point-of-entry facilities sits between the intake and the tap.
About 19-22 operational municipal wells citywide plus the Glen Collector; treatment typically includes chlorination and, at selected sites, UV, iron sequestration, or manganese removal. Some sources are classified GUDI-WEF.
See the Guelph water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Market Square comes up. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Guelph.
Guelph appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
April 2023 in Guelph: Royal City Park. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Guelph.
Broadband rows for Guelph come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Guelph internet page.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
Market Square still orients Guelph. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Guelph sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Guelph follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Guelph in national context first.
Royal City Park is a reason people stay fond of Guelph.
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Royal City Park comes up. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Guelph compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Guelph's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Campus life is part of the civic self-portrait. The University of Guelph shows up in municipal facts for research such as the Yukon Gold
February 2023 in Guelph: Market Square. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Guelph.
Residential mill rates for Guelph appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Guelph beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
Royal City Park still orients Guelph. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
February 2023 in Guelph: Speed River Trail. River corridor trail via Riverside Park, part of the wider Speed and Downtown Trail network that orients daily walks and rides.
Municipal facts credit a University of Guelph team led by Dr. Gary Johnston with creating the Yukon Gold potato.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
Walk or drive through Guelph long enough and Market Square comes up. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Downtown, Market Square sits between City Hall and the shops on Carden Street, spanning Wilson to Wyndham with an outdoor skating rink that becomes a wading pool in warm months and a glass pavilion for warming up. It is a modern reading of the old Market Place district that once hosted the Provincial Winter Fair, and it still works as the meet-up before a walk along the limestone streets municipal history credits to local quarries.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Guelph sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.
Building-permit value for Guelph comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.
Open the Guelph permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Royal City Park is a reason people stay fond of Guelph.
January 2023 in Guelph: Royal City Park. Trailhead for the Silvercreek Trail toward Centennial and W.E. Hamilton parks, carrying the Royal City name into the park system.
The Ontario Veterinary College, noted in city facts, was founded in 1862.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Guelph draws municipal drinking water from Deep limestone/dolomite bedrock aquifers and Arkell Spring Grounds / Glen Collector (shallow groundwater), treated at Distributed well treatment and point-of-entry facilities.
Ask where Guelph drinking water begins and the answer is Arkell Spring Grounds / Glen Collector (shallow groundwater), then Distributed well treatment and point-of-entry facilities. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
About 19-22 operational municipal wells citywide plus the Glen Collector; treatment typically includes chlorination and, at selected sites, UV, iron sequestration, or manganese removal. Some sources are classified GUDI-WEF.
See the Guelph water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Guelph still answers to the Royal City, a nickname the municipal history page traces to John Galt naming the 1827 Canada Company town for
Market Square still orients Guelph. Civic square between City Hall and Carden Street with rink, wading pool, and glass pavilion. The downtown meet-up for festivals and ordinary evenings alike.
Market Square's skating rink and wading pool were built with help from the volunteer Rink Rats fundraising committee.
More on Guelph: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.