L'Ascension-de-Notre-SeigneurQuebec

Renting in L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur costs 12% of household income, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners make up 84% of households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%).

Very good or excellent health for 66% of adults around L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Measured from where L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 17 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, 11% of adults to 12%. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.8, women 83.2 and men 80.4 (2022/2024). Chronic conditions run at 15% of adults, age-standardised, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur alone, so this card uses the figure for the Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean.

L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.7°C

Frost usually lifts by 17 May and returns around 2 October: 137 days without it. Snowfall adds up to 271 cm a year, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). In January, overnight lows in L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur settle at −20.8°C. Snow peaks in December: 55 cm in a normal year.

L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

93% of commuters took the car to work at the census. The average trip to work took 26 min, in line with Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur is graded a B+ for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Lac-Saint-Jean-Est MRC

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 11.6 per 1,000 a year, below both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 50 over 2023–25, below Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike.

In L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, November normally means 2°C afternoons and −5°C nights

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 71 mm. About 39 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −6°C and lows near −15°C. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −21°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.

The council of L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur is led by its mayor, Louis Ouellet

Federally, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur sits in Jonquière, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Mario Simard of the Bloc Québécois.

L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque Publique Saint-Coeur-De-Marie, 6.9 km away

The next is Bibliothèque De Delisle (Alma), 11 km away.

Wildfire low, radon 2.8%: how L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur stands on hazards

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.19 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur on the national inventory. Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean health region, with L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur one part of it.

Common-law couples: 29% of residents 15 and over in L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur

Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Quebec’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.

The nearest provincial park, Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), is 5.7 km from L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur

Of the country within 10 km, 5.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The largest named area nearby is Rivière-Péribonka Land set aside, 21,834 ha, 9.9 km away. The 10 km around town hold 8 protected areas. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.

No high school in or near L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur: the closest is 6.1 km off