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Laval-Ouest is graded a D for hazard risk

Radon is higher than usual: just over a tenth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.21 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, above Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. Flood mapping exists: a study by Gouvernement du Québec. Laval-Ouest doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Laval health region. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Laval, with Laval-Ouest one part of it.

Laval-Ouest is graded an A for health

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Région de Laval

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 84.1 years at birth, 85.7 for women and 82.4 for men. Closer to home, a hospital sits 2.9 km from the average resident of Laval-Ouest, about the norm of 3.7 km. Across the region, 53% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole reaches 57%. On average 16% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, higher than Quebec’s towns (15%) yet lower than Canadian towns (17%).

Trips to work from Laval-Ouest take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 32 min on average

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

Laval-Ouest is graded a C+ for cost of living

Measured across the Montréal metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners make up 78% of households, about level with Canadian towns (74%) and above Quebec’s towns (70%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, higher than Quebec’s towns (13%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%).

Laval-Ouest is graded a B for safety

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 17.1 per 1,000 a year, near Quebec’s towns (16.6) and lower than Canadian towns (31.2). The index for the force that serves it came to 56, about level with Quebec’s towns (56) and below Canadian towns (67).

Summer arrives in force in Laval-Ouest, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns

Frost comes on 146 days a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm. Between the last spring frost, 29 April, and the first in autumn, 14 October, lie 167 days. October is the wettest month, with 103 mm of rain and snow on average.

Protected land around Laval-Ouest beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

For a swim, Plage Martin is the nearest of 5 beaches within 5 km. The nearest provincial park, Oka National Park (Québec), is 9.7 km away. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. 35 protected areas lie within 10 km.

Laval-Ouest is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 56% speak both languages

Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Quebec’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%).

In Laval-Ouest, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

Then December: −1°C by day, −9°C at night. About 16 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 84 mm of precipitation. Across the year, normals run from −14°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Council seats in Laval are spread thin, 20,070 residents each, more than in 99% of Quebec municipalities

The city spans several ridings of the National Assembly of Québec, and without open boundaries this page can’t say which one Laval-Ouest is in.

Laval-Ouest is graded a C for civic life grade

The library figures on this page are Laval’s: Bibliothèque Philippe-Panneton serves all 458,981 people of the city, Laval-Ouest among them.

3 school boards share Laval-Ouest

3 of the 28 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec. Its 3 km reach takes in 21 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade, all of Laval-Ouest’s schooling. Secondary school means a trip of 2.2 km at the nearest, above both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).