Laurentian ValleyOntario

Violent crime weighs less on Laurentian Valley than on Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 44

Property crime accounts for 16 incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime runs at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year.

Trips to work from Laurentian Valley are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 22 min on average

Winter nights bite in Laurentian Valley: January lows of −17.9°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

A normal January brings 49 cm of snow, the most of any month. Snowfall adds up to 199 cm a year, above both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to June: 96 mm on average.

More smokers around Laurentian Valley: 16% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%

Shared with the rest of the Renfrew County and District Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect nearly a fifth of the region’s adults on average, above both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). A baby born in the region can expect 81.0 years, 83.0 for a girl and 78.7 for a boy (2022/2024). In the health survey, 50% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. For Laurentian Valley itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Laurentian Valley is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by MRC de Pontiac

Radon around Laurentian Valley is ordinary for Canada: 8% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.11 for each $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Wildfire is rare near Laurentian Valley: 1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.04% a year.

Renting in Laurentian Valley costs 15% of household income, less than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

9% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 88%. Laurentian Valley doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Pembroke metro area.

5 of the 16 schools around Laurentian Valley teach in French

Families can pick among four systems here: English or French, public or Catholic. Of its 12 tested schools, 4 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 6 in the bottom two. Also worth knowing: 8 of the 16 are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario. The 3 km around Laurentian Valley counts 11 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, 5,115 students between them.

What November brings in Laurentian Valley: −4°C at night, 5°C by day

Expect about 77 mm of rain and snow over November. The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −12°C nights. November usually brings some 25 cm of snow. ECCC’s forecast for Pembroke is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Laurentian Valley’s MP is Cheryl Gallant (Conservative Party of Canada), for Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke

Voters in Laurentian Valley chose Steve Bennett as mayor in October 2022, for a 7-seat council.

Laurentian Valley has no public library of its own; the nearest is Pembroke Public Library, 4.6 km away

After it comes Petawawa Public Library (Petawawa), 12 km away.

More of Laurentian Valley’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 10%

Visible minorities make up 2.3% of the population, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.

Laurentian Valley touches Deacon Escarpment Conservation Reserve

No national park lies within 100 km. 4.1 km from town is Foy Property Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map.