FatimaLongueuil
Some 6,213 people live in this neighbourhood, in Longueuil. It is one of 24 neighbourhoods of Longueuil.
Is Fatima a good place to live?
Fatima’s standout strength is health (A). Its overall grade, B, puts it better than nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. It ranks #295 of 499 in Quebec. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A+). The trade-off is cost of living (D). Hazard risk is higher than most (C−). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Fatima grades
Each subject compares Fatima with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Fatima stand out
The 3 things Fatima does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fatima.
Fatima scores better for health than nine in ten Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 55% very good or excellent, 57% for Quebec. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 11% of adults, against 12% for Quebec. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.5, women 84.2 and men 80.8 (2022/2024). The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, near Quebec’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (17%).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 55% | 56% | 52% |
| Smokers | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.5 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Région de la Montérégie
Renting in Fatima eats 23% of household income, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, near Quebec’s towns (13%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $348,000, above Quebec’s towns ($300,000) but below Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 23% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 13% | 13% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Montréal metro area
Wildfire low, radon 8.2%: how Fatima stands on hazards
Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over 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 Fatima has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. No flood study for Fatima is on the national inventory. Fatima shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Monteregie health region.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.23 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 8.2% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
For safety, Fatima gets a B
Violent incidents in its police area came to 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year, below Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18.1 property crimes are reported each year. Fatima doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Longueuil service area.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 18.1 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 9.2 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 70 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 54 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Summer afternoons in Fatima are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Snow peaks in January: 52 cm in a normal year. Frost comes on 146 days a year, below Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. A normal October brings 103 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Between the last spring frost, 29 April, and the first in autumn, 14 October, lie 167 days.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 217 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.7°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 146 | 161 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 1,041 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))
Step out of Fatima into Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 6.6%, higher than both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Within 10 km are 26 protected areas. For a swim, Plage de Longueuil is the beach within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 6.6% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Fatima is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 51% speak both languages
One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. Visible minorities make up 19% of the population, higher than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Also worth knowing: over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.0% of Fatima’s residents are women
3,175 women and 3,050 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.
| Fatima | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 65% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 16% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 62% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Fatima: −2°C at night, 6°C by day
A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Then December: −1°C by day, −9°C at night. November normally sees 84 mm of precipitation. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Longueuil forecast.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −12°C | 243 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 1°C | 253 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 15°C | 268 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 5°C | 277 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Council seats in Longueuil are spread thin, 14,130 residents each, more than in 99% of Quebec municipalities
As a neighbourhood of Longueuil, Fatima answers to the city council and its mayor, Catherine Fournier.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Bibliotheque - Fatima is Fatima’s public library
Fatima is served by Bibliotheque - Fatima, the library of all of Longueuil, so the figures here are the city’s, for 267,524 people.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Working-age people in Fatima have jobs more often than in 82% of Canadian towns
Commutes averaged 27 min, near both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 27 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
5 boards run the schools in and around Fatima
Counting a 3 km margin, Fatima has 33 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade. Of the 42, 2 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 3.2 km off, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Marie-Victorin (Longueuil) (Marie-Victorin-de-l'Herbier)In FatimaElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École Jacques-RousseauNearest secondary school, 0.8 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | French public |
| École Saint-Mary's EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Nearest secondary school | 3.2 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · The schools grade is given only where results are open; in Quebec, the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Fatima’s record starts in 1690 with Maison Michel-Dubuc
Before 1961 is when 14% of the homes went up, lower than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). All told, the heritage lists hold 1 historic place within the town.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Maison Michel-Dubuc 1690
| Heritage | Fatima | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 14% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Fatima
Montréal Insectarium and 29 more in and around Fatima
The best-known places to visit in and around Fatima come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
MuseumMontréal Insectarium4.5 km outside town, to the southwest · 350K visitors a year (2011)
GardenMontréal Botanical Garden5 km outside town, to the southwest
ZooMontreal Biodome3.9 km outside town, to the southwest
CathedralCo-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue1.3 km outside town, to the south
Theme parkLa Ronde4 km outside town, to the south
AttractionMontreal Tower4.1 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Montréal Insectarium: Creator: James David Rogers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Botanical Garden: GarrettRock at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montreal Biodome: storem, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue: JasonParis from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- La Ronde: Matt Biddulph, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montreal Tower: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Fatima
Neighbourhood in Longueuil
No official boundary marks Fatima off from the rest of Longueuil: TownRatings draws it from the census’s dissemination areas and takes its name from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 6,213 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Longueuil
- Census subdivision
- 2458227
Fatima’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatima | 6,213 | — | B | D | B | A |
| Collectivité Nouvelle | 3,587 | 1.3 | A | B | B | A |
| Bellerive | 4,393 | 2.6 | B+ | C− | B | A |
| Guybourg | 3,554 | 3 | C− | D | C | A |
| Centre | 6,627 | 3.2 | B | D | B | A |
| Carillon / Saint-Pie-X | 5,457 | 3.4 | C+ | D− | B | A |
| Vieux-Longueuil | 15,414 | 3.8 | B− | D− | B | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Fatima
Do people in Fatima speak French?
French is the common language here. 51% of residents also speak English (the median of Canadian towns: 8%), and 46.9% speak French but not English.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).