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Trips to work from Hautes-Plaines are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 21 min on average

86% of commuters drove, below Quebec’s towns (90%) and close to Canadian towns (89%).

Hautes-Plaines faces more hazards than 88% of Canadian towns

More homes than usual carry radon here, 13% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Flood mapping exists: a study by Ville de Gatineau. Seismic risk runs high: $0.12 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Hautes-Plaines doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Outaouais health region.

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

Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de l'Outaouais

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 80.7, lower than both Quebec’s towns (82.5) and Canadian towns (81.5). What sets Hautes-Plaines apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Shelter costs push only 9% of Hautes-Plaines’s households past 30% of income, fewer than the 18% of the typical Canadian town

Shared with the rest of the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Households that own their home make up 68%. Owners put the median home at $400,000, higher than Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and near Canadian towns ($406,000).

Hautes-Plaines has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns

Most of the snow comes in January, about 45 cm. Gardeners get 158 frost-free days, from 30 April to 6 October. Snowfall adds up to 185 cm a year, between Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to June: 95 mm on average.

Few places match Hautes-Plaines for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Rideau Canal National Historic Site (19,972 ha) is the biggest, 4.2 km from town. Count 33 protected areas within 10 km of town. 100 km separate the town from Thousand Islands National Park, its nearest national park. Some protected land is inside the neighbourhood: 9.8% of its area.

Hautes-Plaines is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 74% speak both languages

15% of residents are 65 or over. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.8% of residents, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in Hautes-Plaines: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

December follows at −2°C by day and −9°C by night. Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. July brings the warmest days, 27°C; January the coldest nights, −14°C.

Council seats in Gatineau are spread thin, 15,310 residents each, more than in 99% of Quebec municipalities

As a neighbourhood of Gatineau, Hautes-Plaines answers to the city council and its mayor, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette.

Gatineau public library draws 8.4 visits per person served, ahead of 89% of Quebec’s town libraries

Hautes-Plaines is served by Gatineau public library, the library of all of Gatineau, so the figures here are the city’s, for 302,616 people.

Hautes-Plaines earns a B− for safety

Its police area recorded 14.9 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 20.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. 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, Hautes-Plaines included.

Hautes-Plaines’s schools come under 3 different boards

The 3 km around Hautes-Plaines counts 17 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade. Of the 29, 3 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec).