L'AvenirQuebec

For hazard risk, L'Avenir gets an A−

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.061 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, lower than Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). No one has filed a flood map for L'Avenir on the national inventory.

Very good or excellent health for 61% of adults around L'Avenir; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec

On average 14% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, near Quebec’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (17%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.6 years at birth, 83.3 for women and 79.9 for men.

Only 9% of households in L'Avenir spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town

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

Owners make up just over four in five households, above Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, near Quebec’s towns (18%) and lower than Canadian towns (20%).

The force covering L'Avenir records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 125

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18 violent incidents are reported each year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 72 over 2023–25, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 19.5 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. L'Avenir shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of Drummond MRC.

More rain and snow fall on L'Avenir than on 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm a year

July is the wettest month, with 109 mm of rain and snow on average. Snowfall adds up to 229 cm a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in December, about 60 cm.

L'Avenir has 0.1% protected land within 10 km

Within 100 km there is no national park. 33 km from town is Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park.

Expect November days around 6°C in L'Avenir, nights around −2°C

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 80 mm. November usually brings some 14 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −9°C. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −14°C.

Each seat on L'Avenir’s council speaks for just 210 residents, fewer than in 78% of Quebec municipalities

Federally, L'Avenir sits in Drummond, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Martin Champoux of the Bloc Québécois.

L'Avenir has two public libraries, Bibliothèque De L'Avenir (Joseph-Charles St-Amant) and Bibliothèque Joseph-Charles-Saint-Amant

No library board reports for L'Avenir alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

With 0.3 jobs for each resident in work, most of L'Avenir commutes out

The car took 93% of commuters, near Quebec’s towns (90%) and higher than Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work took 26 min, about level with both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

28% of L'Avenir’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. Visible minorities make up 0.8% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. 17% of residents are children under 15.

The nearest high school to L'Avenir is 7.3 km away