All things you need to know about living in Orio Canavese
Orio Canavese, in the province of Torino, is home to 1 Belgians: 0.14% of its 732 residents.
ISTAT counts 43 residents with a foreign citizenship in Orio Canavese, 5.87% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is Belgians (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Torino scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and density and importance of museums' heritage.
It scores in the bottom quarter for PM10 Annual average concentration.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 28.7°C (84°F) and winters a low of -0.2°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Orio Canavese sees about 24 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,013mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 118 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Orio Canavese at about €675 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 17.3 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Belgians in Orio Canavese rose from 0 to 1.
Orio Canavese population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 21 | 2.87% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.14% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.14% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.14% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.14% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 688 | 93.99% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 21 | 2.87% |
| Born outside the EU | 23 | 3.14% |
Belgians over time
Quality of life in Torino
Full BES profile for Torino →Torino on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Orio Canavese is far below the Torino average of €1,512/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
17.3 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Seismic zone
Orio Canavese is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: Ospedale Civico Chivasso, about 18.9 km / 19 minutes by road from Orio Canavese (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Civico Chivasso (DEA level I), about 18.9 km / 19 minutes by road from Orio Canavese (the main town).
Nearest airport: Turin Airport (TRN), about 41.2 km / 30 minutes by road from Orio Canavese (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Alimentari Torreano, about 0.3 km / 1 minute by road from Orio Canavese (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: La Farmacia di Orio di Naturetika S.a.S. del Dott. Daraio Andrea e C., about 0.7 km / 1 minute by road from Orio Canavese (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Candia Canavese, about 3.3 km / 5 minutes by road from Orio Canavese (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Orio Canavese, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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