EntrelacsQuebec
It grew by 14% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses. Population 1,124: a town in Quebec.
Is Entrelacs a good place to live?
Entrelacs’s standout strength is health (B). The local economy is weaker than most (D). At $300,000, the median home value in 2021 came to 5.2 times local household income. Walkability is weaker too (D−).
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. With fewer than 2,500 residents, Entrelacs gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the Sûreté du Québec unit's figure for the whole MRC. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Entrelacs grades
Each subject compares Entrelacs with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Entrelacs gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Entrelacs stand out
The 3 things Entrelacs does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Entrelacs.
Trips to work from Entrelacs take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 38 min on average
By car: that was how 97% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 38 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 97% | 90% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Most households in Entrelacs own their home: 86%, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
A year’s rent came to 22% of the median household income, above Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. 14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Quebec’s towns (13%) but below Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 86% | 70% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 22% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 14% | 13% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
A quiet place for hazards: low wildfire, little earthquake risk, and 3.9% of tested homes over the radon guideline in Entrelacs’ area
Little of the land around Entrelacs has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Entrelacs on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 3.9% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.060 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Area behind the radon tests figures: the Lanaudiere health region
A median age of 59.6: Entrelacs is older than 99% of Canadian towns
2.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Both official languages: 43% of residents, near Quebec’s towns (44%) and higher than Canadian towns (7.5%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 46.9% of Entrelacs
560 men and 495 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 7.6% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 58% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 34% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 14% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 58% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Winter nights bite in Entrelacs: January lows of −18.3°C, colder than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns
Some 218 cm of snow falls in a typical year, about level with Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Between the last spring frost, 28 May, and the first in autumn, 15 September, lie 110 days. Most of the snow comes in January, about 56 cm. The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 25.3°C in Entrelacs.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days with frost a year | 196 | 161 | 159 |
| January night low | −18.3°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 1,178 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| Snowfall a year | 218 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (St-Jovite)
Very good or excellent health for 56% of adults in Entrelacs’ health region
Smokers make up 14% of the region’s adults, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Life expectancy in the region is 82.0 years (83.7 for women, 80.3 for men, 2022/2024). For Entrelacs itself the measure is access, and it lags: 23 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| Very good or excellent health | 56% | 56% | 52% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.0 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Région de Lanaudière
Entrelacs gets a B for safety
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Matawinie MRC
Property crime in its police area ran at 14.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Where it is policed, 10.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 10.8 | 12.4 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Entrelacs in November: highs near 5°C, lows near −5°C
In November, the normal is 93 mm of rain and snow. Then December: −3°C by day, −13°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 17 cm over the month. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −18°C in January.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −16°C | 262 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −4°C | 262 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 10°C | 327 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | 0°C | 327 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (St-Jovite); the forecast is on the Weather page
Entrelacs’s council outspends 95% of Québec’s local municipalities, per resident
Bertrand is the riding Entrelacs votes in for the National Assembly of Québec, and its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Bibliothèque De Entrelacs is Entrelacs’s public library
The library is 1 km from the centre of Entrelacs.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Few places match Entrelacs for protected land nearby: more than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
For a swim, Plage municipale is the beach within 5 km. Biggest among them: Forêt-Ouareau Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, 5,337 ha, 0.8 km off. The closest provincial park is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 19 km from the edge of town. 89 km separate the town from La Mauricie National Park, its nearest national park.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 11% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 9 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Entrelacs’s teenagers travel 19 km to the nearest high school
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École primaire au Gré-des-VentsIn EntrelacsElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Entrelacs | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 19 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Towns in Quebec aren’t in the schools rankings: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Everything we know about Entrelacs
Ski Montcalm and 6 more within 40 km
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Entrelacs; these are the best known within 40 km.
MuseumCanadiana Village22 km east
Historic house · Parks CanadaSir Wilfrid Laurier35 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of St Jerome, Saint-Jérôme38 km south
Ski hillMont-Avalanche32 km southwestSki hillSki hillSki Morin Heights33 km southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Canadiana Village: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier: Benoit Rochon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St Jerome, Saint-Jérôme: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mont-Avalanche: D7g8d, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Entrelacs
No notable person born in Entrelacs is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
About Entrelacs
Town in Quebec
Every figure TownRatings gives for Entrelacs covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Quebec.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,124 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Matawinie
- Census subdivision
- 2462053
Entrelacs’ neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrelacs | 1,124 | — | — | D | B | B |
| Chertsey | 5,678 | 9 | C− | C | B | B |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 10 | C+ | C | B | A |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides | 1,651 | 14 | — | D | B+ | A |
| Val-David | 5,920 | 19 | B− | D | B+ | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Entrelacs
Do people in Entrelacs speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 55% know French alone, and 43% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
Is Entrelacs growing?
It added people: 928 in 2016, 1,054 in 2021, 13.6% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,124.
What kind of homes are in Entrelacs?
Mostly 92% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 1.8 people on average, and 43% have just one.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).