Grand-RemousQuebec

Grand-Remous’ household incomes are lower than in 94% of Canadian towns

87% of commuters drove, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and below Quebec’s towns (90%). Commutes averaged 26 min, close to both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Flood mapping exists for Grand-Remous: 1 on record, latest by Gouvernement du Québec

Shared with the rest of the Outaouais health region: radon tests

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.093 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). More homes than usual carry radon here, 13% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Violent crime weighs more where Grand-Remous is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 152

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 91 over 2023–25, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 27.4 per 1,000 people a year. The force’s area logs 20.8 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Only 8% of households in Grand-Remous spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town

79% of households own their home, higher than both Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%). A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, below both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Nights turn raw in Grand-Remous each January, colder than in 81% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow peak in October, at 96 mm. There are 181 days of frost in a typical year, above Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Gardeners get 132 frost-free days, from 16 May to 26 September.

An older town: 27% of people in Grand-Remous are 65 or over, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

Children are 13% of the town. 8.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

The nearest high school to Grand-Remous is 31 km away

An elementary school stands 4.7 km from the centre, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Boards running schools in the area: 2, close to Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

A normal November in Grand-Remous runs from −5°C to 4°C

At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −17°C. December follows at −3°C by day and −12°C by night. Expect about 72 mm of rain and snow over November. ECCC’s forecast for Mont-Laurier is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Grand-Remous’ mayor: Jocelyne Lyrette

For the National Assembly of Québec, Grand-Remous belongs to Gatineau, held by David Logue (Quebec Liberal Party) as MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature).

Grand-Remous has one public library, Bibliothèque De Grand-Remous

From the centre of Grand-Remous, it is 5.4 km away.

A hospital trip from Grand-Remous means 25 km on average, in a straight line

Measured across the Région de l'Outaouais: health survey and life expectancy

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, about level with Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 17% of adults, against 12% for Quebec. In the health survey, 55% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s 57%. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 80.7 years at birth, 82.2 for women and 79.1 for men.

Within 10 km of Grand-Remous: 34 public protected areas

OpenStreetMap shows 5 unnamed beaches within 5 km. 3.1 km out lies the largest, Proposed Montagne-du-Diable Biodiversity Reserve, at 6,619 ha. Within 10 km of the town, 3.8% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.