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Crime runs heavier where Akwesasne is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 120

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Haut-Saint-Laurent MRC

Its police area records 18.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The violent index for its police area came to 141, higher than both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 13.1 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Very good or excellent health for 55% of adults in Akwesasne’s health region

For Akwesasne itself the measure is access, and it lags: 12 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, 11% of adults to 12%. Lives in the region last 82.5 years on average (2022/2024): 84.2 for women, 80.8 for men. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Région de la Montérégie, Akwesasne included.

Akwesasne’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.2% of area homes over the radon guideline

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Monteregie health region

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.22 for each $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No one has filed a flood map for Akwesasne on the national inventory.

Akwesasne has warmer summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.3°C

Winter lows in Akwesasne average −11.8°C in January. There are 140 days of frost in a typical year, below Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Rain and snow peak in October, at 100 mm. Snow peaks in January: 51 cm in a normal year.

What November brings in Akwesasne: freezing at night, 7°C by day

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Cornwall forecast, on the Weather page. A normal November brings 82 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −12°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Akwesasne’s MP is Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc Québécois), for Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon

Of the 78 Commons seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44.

Akwesasne has no public library of its own; the nearest is Cornwall Public Library, 14 km away

The next is SDG Library - Williamstown Branch (South Glengarry), 15 km away.

Protected land at Akwesasne’s edge: Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area

A provincial park, Dupont Provincial Park, lies 39 km away. The nearest national park is Thousand Islands National Park, 96 km away. Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map.