Sacré-CoeurLongueuil

For health, Sacré-Coeur is ahead of 94% of Canadian towns

On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 55% very good or excellent, 57% for Quebec. The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, just over one in ten adults to 12%. Across the region, life runs to 82.5 years on average: women 84.2, men 80.8, in 2022/2024. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, about level with Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%).

Rent takes more of local pay in Sacré-Coeur than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 26% of household income

Measured across the Montréal metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

19% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $372,000, between Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Household incomes in Sacré-Coeur are lower than in 85% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 29 min, above both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Hazards in Sacré-Coeur: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 8.2% of tested homes

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). Fire seldom reaches Sacré-Coeur: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). No flood study for Sacré-Coeur is on the national inventory.

Sacré-Coeur is graded a B for safety

The violent index for its police area came to 70, lower than both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). Violence across its police area runs at 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Across its police area, there are 18.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Sacré-Coeur has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns

A normal winter brings 217 cm of snow, about level with Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 14 October: 167 days without it. January is the snowiest month, with 52 cm on average. October is the wettest month, with 103 mm of rain and snow on average.

Visible minorities make up more of Sacré-Coeur than of Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 35%

20% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike.

In Sacré-Coeur, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −1°C and lows near −9°C. Precipitation in November averages 84 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Longueuil forecast, 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, Sacré-Coeur answers to the city council and its mayor, Catherine Fournier.

No public library stands in Sacré-Coeur: the closest, Bibliotheque municipale Georges-d'Or, is 0.8 km away

The library figures on this page are Longueuil’s: Longueuil public library serves all 267,524 people of the city, Sacré-Coeur among them.

The nearest provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), is 5.4 km from Sacré-Coeur

Within 100 km there is no national park. 22 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Biggest among them: Bassin de la Prairie (Grand Herbier) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 903 ha, 8.6 km off. The protected share within 10 km is 6.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.

12 of the 58 schools around Sacré-Coeur are independent

Of the 58, 10 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Its 3 km reach takes in 38 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade, all of Sacré-Coeur’s schooling. Boards running schools in the area: 2, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).