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Bienville gets an A for health

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

A hospital lies 9.0 km from the typical home, above Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. At 11%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 55% very good or excellent, 57% for Quebec. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 82.5 years at birth, 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men.

Bienville’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.2% of area homes over the radon guideline

The radon tests numbers here cover the Monteregie health region · Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Longueuil

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.23 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Little of the land around Bienville has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Household incomes in Bienville are higher than in 88% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 30 min getting to work, on average. Nearly nine in ten commuters drove, near both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Bienville gets a B for safety

Measured across the Longueuil service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Its police area recorded 9.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18.1 property crimes are reported each year.

Precipitation in Bienville tops that of 74% of Canadian towns: 1,041 mm a year

Frosty days number 149 in a normal year, below Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. A normal October brings 103 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Also worth knowing: most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm. The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 26.6°C in Bienville.

Rent is light in Bienville: a year of it is 16% of the median income, where the typical Canadian town needs 20%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, between Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 85% of households.

More people in Bienville speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 57%

Nearly a quarter of residents belong to a visible minority, higher than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.8% of residents, lower than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

In Bienville, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

By December, a normal day reaches −1°C and a night falls to −9°C. Snow is normal by November, about 16 cm over the month. Expect about 84 mm of rain and snow over November. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −14°C in January.

Council seats in Longueuil are spread thin, 14,130 residents each, more than in 99% of Quebec municipalities

Local government for Bienville is Longueuil’s, with Catherine Fournier as mayor.

Bienville has no public library of its own; the nearest is Reseau Des Bibliotheques De Longueuil, 3.4 km away

Bienville is served by Longueuil public library, the library of all of Longueuil, so the figures here are the city’s, for 267,524 people.

Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec) is 6.7 km from Bienville

9.2 km out lies the largest, Bassin de la Prairie (Grand Herbier) Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 903 ha. Protected areas cover 4.1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Count 21 protected areas within 10 km of town.

3 school boards share Bienville

The 3 km around Bienville counts 15 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools. Of the 17, 2 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). From the town centre, high school starts 2.6 km away, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.