ClarendonQuebec

For hazard risk, Clarendon gets a D

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

Seismic risk runs high: $0.11 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. More homes than usual carry radon here, 13% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from MRC de Pontiac.

Most households in Clarendon own their home: 88%, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

8% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to nearly a fifth of the median household income, about level with Quebec’s towns (18%) and below Canadian towns (20%).

More of Clarendon’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 86% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 30 min.

More smokers around Clarendon: 17% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%

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%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 80.7, women 82.2 and men 79.1 (2022/2024). Across the region, 55% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%). For Clarendon itself the measure is access, and it lags: 5.6 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Clarendon doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Région de l'Outaouais.

For safety, Clarendon gets a B

Measured across Pontiac MRC: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 16.9 violent incidents are reported each year. Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 12.5 per 1,000 a year, below both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2).

January in Clarendon bites harder than in 81% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow peak in June, at 99 mm. Frost comes on 178 days a year, above both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 19 September, lie 118 days. A normal January brings 53 cm of snow, the most of any month.

33% of Clarendon’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

23% of residents are 65 or over. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 6.1% of residents, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15.

Clarendon has 3 English-language schools among its 8

Teenagers have 5.5 km to go to the closest secondary school, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. In or within 3 km of Clarendon: 5 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools.

In Clarendon, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −4°C nights

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −3°C and lows near −11°C. About 16 cm of snow falls in a normal November. A normal November brings 74 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −17°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July.

Edward Walsh is mayor of Clarendon

44 of the 78 MPs from Quebec belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

Clarendon has no public library of its own; the nearest is Shawville-Clarendon Library, 5.9 km away

The next is Bibliothèque De Bristol (Bristol), 18 km away.

Clarendon touches Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area

National parks are all over 100 km off. 7.1 km from town is Ottawa River Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The largest is Île du Grand Calumet White-Tailed Deer Yard: 674 ha, 6.5 km from the edge of town. 6 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Norway Bay Beach.

An older town: 50% of Clarendon’s homes predate 1961