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For hazard risk, Sainte-Dorothée gets a D

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

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.21 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. In Health Canada’s survey, just over one in ten homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.

Sainte-Dorothée’s region outlives the typical Canadian town by 2.6 years: life expectancy 84.1

Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 53% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Chronic conditions run at 16% of adults, age-standardised, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Measured from where Sainte-Dorothée’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 5.3 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Sainte-Dorothée doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Région de Laval.

Household incomes in Sainte-Dorothée top those of 95% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 29 min. 88% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

Protected land around Sainte-Dorothée beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 10 km are 45 protected areas. The closest provincial park is Oka National Park (Québec), 8.3 km from the edge of town. National parks are all over 100 km off.

For safety, Sainte-Dorothée gets a B

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Laval service area

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 17.1 property crimes are reported each year. The index for the force that serves it came to 56, close to Quebec’s towns (56) and below Canadian towns (67).

Renting in Sainte-Dorothée costs 14% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

83% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, higher than Quebec’s towns (13%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%). Sainte-Dorothée shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Montréal metro area.

Summer afternoons in Sainte-Dorothée are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns

Some 217 cm of snow falls in a typical year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). A normal January brings 52 cm of snow, the most of any month. Gardeners get 167 frost-free days, from 29 April to 14 October. For the wettest month, look to October: 103 mm on average.

More people in Sainte-Dorothée speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 72%

30% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.2% of residents, below Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

A normal November in Sainte-Dorothée runs from −2°C to 6°C

Expect around 16 cm of snow in November. The month after, December, normally sees −1°C afternoons and −9°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 84 mm. The year peaks in July (27°C) and bottoms out in January (−14°C).

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 Sainte-Dorothée is in.

Bibliothèque Yves-Thériault draws 7.3 visits per person served, ahead of 87% of Quebec’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Laval’s: Bibliothèque Yves-Thériault serves all 458,981 people of the city, Sainte-Dorothée among them.

The schools around Sainte-Dorothée answer to 5 boards

In or within 3 km of Sainte-Dorothée: 54 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade. Of the 73, 15 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec).