Dolbeau-MistassiniQuebec

Dolbeau-Mistassini earns an A+ for health

Measured from where Dolbeau-Mistassini’s residents live, a hospital is 2.7 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Smoking is rarer than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 12% for Quebec. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 66%, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). Lives in the region last 81.8 years on average (2022/2024): 83.2 for women, 80.4 for men.

Renting in Dolbeau-Mistassini costs 13% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Home ownership covers 67% of households. 9% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Winter nights bite in Dolbeau-Mistassini: January lows of −23.4°C, colder than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

There are 203 days of frost in a typical year, above Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Dolbeau-Mistassini sees July afternoons of 23.9°C on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 55 cm. Rain and snow peak in July, at 112 mm.

Flood mapping exists for Dolbeau-Mistassini: 2 on record, latest by Gouvernement du Québec

Measured across the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean health region: radon tests

Burn scars are few around Dolbeau-Mistassini, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.004% a year). In Health Canada’s survey, just 2.8% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Seismic risk runs high: $0.13 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

17% of Dolbeau-Mistassini’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

0.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 1.4% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Dolbeau-Mistassini earns a C+ for safety

Violent incidents in its police area came to 17.1 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 17.6 property crimes are reported each year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of Maria-Chapdelaine MRC, Dolbeau-Mistassini included.

5 schools serve Dolbeau-Mistassini, 3 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools

A normal November in Dolbeau-Mistassini runs from −7°C to 2°C

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Dolbeau-Mistassini. Expect around 39 cm of snow in November. Precipitation in November averages 71 mm.

Each seat on Dolbeau-Mistassini’s council stands for 1,940 residents, more than in 87% of Quebec municipalities

Dolbeau-Mistassini has 6 councillors and a mayor, Rémi Rousseau.

Fewer visits per person served than 81% of Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque de Dolbeau-Mistassini counts 1.6

A single building, Bibliothèque de Dolbeau-Mistassini, serves 13,746 people.

Dolbeau-Mistassini borders Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)

Swimmers have 12 beaches within 5 km, Plage Dolbeau the nearest. National parks are all over 100 km off. The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 19, above both Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4). 5.4% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).

Trips to work from Dolbeau-Mistassini are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 19 min on average

Driving is how 91% of commuters got to work at the census.

Dolbeau-Mistassini: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers

Just beyond the boundary, the registers place 2 more. Nearly a quarter of its homes were built before 1961, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).