Du ParcGatineau
Of Gatineau’s 17 neighbourhoods, this is one. It is a neighbourhood of 10,168 residents in Gatineau.
Is Du Parc a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Buying in is costly (C−). It also trails on hazard risk (D). Its best grade is for walkability (A). Residents are healthier than most (B+). Overall, that makes a B−, good for #351 of 499 in Quebec. On that grade it does better than 48% of Canadian towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B for jobs & income.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. 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 Du Parc grades
Each subject compares Du Parc with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Du Parc stand out
The 3 things Du Parc does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Du Parc.
Hazard risk in Du Parc is higher than in 88% of Canadian towns
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Outaouais health region
Radon is higher than usual: 13% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Municipalité de Pontiac. Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.12 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Du Parc doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Gatineau.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 13% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.12 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Housing and transport take only 21% of household income in Du Parc, against 29% in the typical Canadian town
The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area
64% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, higher than Quebec’s towns (13%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 64% | 70% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 13% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 21% | 18% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
17% of adults smoke in the health region around Du Parc, against 12% for the typical Canadian town
Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 80.7, below both Quebec’s towns (82.5) and Canadian towns (81.5). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. For Du Parc itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.5 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.7 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 55% | 56% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy published for the Région de l'Outaouais, not by town
Household incomes in Du Parc are higher than in 65% of Canadian towns
On average, the journey to work lasts 25 min.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 25 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Few places match Du Parc for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The closest provincial park is Burnt Lands Provincial Park, 34 km from the edge of town. 1.6 km out lies the largest, Rideau Canal National Historic Site, at 19,972 ha. Protected areas take in nearly a third of the neighbourhood itself. A drive of 95 km reaches Thousand Islands National Park, the nearest national park.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 14% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 18 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Afternoon heat in Du Parc beats that of 78% of Canadian towns
The most precipitation falls in June: 95 mm in a normal year. There are 147 days of frost in a typical year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). A normal January brings 45 cm of snow, the most of any month. The frost-free season runs from 30 April to 6 October, 158 days.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 185 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.7°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 147 | 161 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 938 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Ottawa (City))
Du Parc is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 72% speak both languages
Visible minorities make up 22% of the population, higher than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.
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 50.8% of Du Parc
Women numbered 5,160 and men 5,000 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.
| Du Parc | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 67% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 8.7% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 76% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
In Du Parc, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights
Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. A normal December brings highs of −2°C, lows of −9°C. Expect about 72 mm of rain and snow over November. July brings the warmest days, 27°C; January the coldest nights, −14°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −12°C | 191 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 1°C | 223 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 15°C | 275 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 4°C | 249 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Ottawa (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Gatineau has one council seat for every 15,310 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Quebec
Du Parc is part of a city split between ridings for the National Assembly of Québec; with no open riding map, its own isn’t named.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
More visits per person served than 89% of Quebec’s town libraries: Gatineau public library counts 8.4
Du Parc is served by Gatineau public library, the library of all of Gatineau, so the figures here are the city’s, for 302,616 people.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
For safety, Du Parc gets a B−
The violent index for its police area came to 100, above Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Violence across its police area runs at 14.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 20.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Gatineau service area, Du Parc included.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 20.9 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 14.9 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 100 | 88 | 86 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Du Parc has 21 English-language schools among its 46
Schooling here is split between 6 boards, above Quebec’s towns (2) and Canadian towns (3) alike. The largest is Glebe Collegiate Institute, with 1,315 students. Counting a 3 km margin, Du Parc has 30 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools, 6 schools for every grade and 3 alternative or adult schools.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Park/Summit AS Public School EnglishLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades 7–8 | Elementary · Grades 7–8 | 620 | English public |
| Glebe Collegiate Institute EnglishLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 1,315 | English public |
| École Pierre Elliott Trudeau EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec.
The registers list 5 historic places in Du Parc, 2 at the top
Its oldest building on the record is Saint James cemetery, from 1820. At the 2021 census, 15% of homes dated from before 1961, lower than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Riverview 1865
- Édifices E.-B.-Eddy 1883
- Stable 1910
- Château Monsarrat 1930
| Heritage | Du Parc | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 15% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Du Parc
National Gallery of Canada and 55 more in and around Du Parc
A first look at Du Parc’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.
Art galleryNational Gallery of Canada1.8 km outside town, to the east · 237K visitors a year (2014)
Big drawMuseumCanadian Museum of History1.1 km outside town, to the east · 1.3M visitors a year
MuseumCarleton University3.9 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumCanadian War Museum300 m outside town, to the east
MuseumCanadian Museum of Nature2.5 km outside town, to the east
Big drawMuseumCanadian Children's Museum1 km outside town, to the east · 500K visitors a yearPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- National Gallery of Canada: Wladyslaw [Disk.], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Museum of History: Wojciech Dittwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carleton University: Harleyd613, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian War Museum: Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Museum of Nature: RealGrouchy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Children's Museum: Wojciech Dittwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Du Parc
No notable person born in Du Parc is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Daniel Lanois: Juan Manuel Parra, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Philippe Falardeau: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Derick Brassard: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Caroline Calvé: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Du Parc
Neighbourhood in Gatineau
Du Parc is a neighbourhood of Gatineau, built by TownRatings from Statistics Canada’s smallest census areas and named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 10,168 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Gatineau
- Census subdivision
- 2481017
Du Parc’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Du Parc | 10,168 | — | B− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Lac-des-Fées | 10,075 | 2.1 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Du Plateau | 29,234 | 3.2 | B− | C | B− | B |
| Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 3.2 | A+ | B− | A− | A+ |
| Centre-Ville | 12,981 | 3.4 | C− | D | B− | B+ |
| Hintonburg-Mechanicsville Ontario | 10,966 | 3.4 | B | D− | C | A+ |
| Les Golfs | 15,842 | 3.7 | B+ | B | B− | B |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Du Parc
Do people in Du Parc speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 17.2% know French alone, and 72% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
How old are the people of Du Parc?
Its median age is 41.2, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2. Under-15s are 15% of residents; over-65s, 18%.
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).