Les ÉboulementsQuebec

Les Éboulements’s grade for health: an A+

Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de la Capitale-Nationale

The survey finds 62% of adults in very good or excellent health, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). Life expectancy in the region is 82.9 years (84.7 for women, 81.1 for men, 2022/2024). At 9.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Les Éboulements’ is long: 14 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Les Éboulements faces more hazards than 87% of Canadian towns

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.34 per $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Fire seldom reaches Les Éboulements: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.001% a year). In Health Canada’s survey, 8.8% of homes tested in Les Éboulements’ area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Capitale-Nationale health region, Les Éboulements included.

A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Les Éboulements than in 90% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 23 min getting to work, on average.

Les Éboulements’s grade for safety: an A−

Property crime in its police area ran at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). The index for the force that serves it came to 45, below both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67).

Summers stay cool in Les Éboulements: July afternoons reach 24.2°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal December brings 83 cm of snow, the most of any month. Snowfall adds up to 349 cm a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to October: 99 mm on average.

Rent takes less of local pay in Les Éboulements than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

Just over four in five households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly one in ten households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Les Éboulements is older than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 52.8

Immigrants make up 0.7% of residents, lower than both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). 27% speak both English and French, lower than Quebec’s towns (44%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%).

Les Éboulements in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −3°C

A typical November adds 30 cm of snow. Expect about 72 mm of rain and snow over November. Over the year, July is warmest at 24°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Charlevoix forecast, on the Weather page.

Fewer than 81% of Québec’s local municipalities spend as much per resident as Les Éboulements

Les Éboulements’ council has 6 councillors and is led by Emmanuel Deschênes, the mayor.

Bibliothèque Felix-Antoine-Savard is Les Éboulements’s public library

The library is 1.9 km from the centre of Les Éboulements.

37% of the land within 10 km of Les Éboulements is protected

For a provincial park, Grands-Jardins National Park (Québec) lies 19 km off. Within 100 km there is no national park. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage de Cap-aux-Oies.

No high school in or near Les Éboulements: the closest is 12 km off

Young children have 2.2 km to the nearest elementary school, above Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

History in Les Éboulements goes back to 1751: Chapelle de procession de Saint-Nicolas

The record has a municipal citation. The registers put 3 historic places inside its boundary, 2 of them of the highest rank. Just over a third of its homes were built before 1961, above Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Add one just outside the town.