Ferme-NeuveQuebec

Household incomes in Ferme-Neuve are lower than in 95% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, in line with Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Health in Ferme-Neuve beats 88% of Canadian towns

Women in the region live to 83.7 and men to 80.8, 82.2 years taken together (2022/2024). By their own account, three in five adults here are in very good or excellent health, above both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). For Ferme-Neuve itself the measure is access, and it lags: 18 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Hazards in Ferme-Neuve: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 10% of tested homes

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.084 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, lower than Quebec’s towns ($0.14) yet higher than Canadian towns ($0.030). The national flood inventory has no study for Ferme-Neuve.

In Ferme-Neuve, just 9% of households give 30% or more of their income to shelter; the typical Canadian town has 18%

Rent took 17% of household income, below both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%). Home ownership covers 75% of households.

The force covering Ferme-Neuve records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 131

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Antoine-Labelle MRC

Its police area recorded 20.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 16.7 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Winter nights bite in Ferme-Neuve: January lows of −17.4°C, colder than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Frost comes on 181 days a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 132 frost-free days, from 16 May to 26 September. A normal October brings 96 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

Ferme-Neuve skews older, with 28% of residents 65 or over, more than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.9% of residents, above both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The under-15s are 13% of the population here.

Ferme-Neuve has 41 public protected areas within 10 km

Some protected land is inside the town: 8.2% of its area. No national park lies within 100 km. 51 km from town is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage_Windigo.

Ferme-Neuve in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −5°C

Expect about 72 mm of rain and snow over November. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −12°C. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Mont-Laurier forecast, on the Weather page.

Ferme-Neuve spends more per resident than 78% of Québec’s local municipalities

Diane Sirard is mayor of Ferme-Neuve, with 6 councillors on the council.

Bibliothèque De Ferme-Neuve is Ferme-Neuve’s public library

From the centre of Ferme-Neuve, it is 0.2 km away.

Ferme-Neuve’s teenagers travel 16 km to the nearest high school

Ferme-Neuve: 4 historic places on Canada’s heritage registers

La Concerne, begun in 1850, is the oldest by its record. Before 1961 is when 29% of the homes went up, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).