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Rent takes more of local pay in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

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

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, above Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $348,000, between Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Households in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul earn less than those in 94% of Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 30 min on average.

Few places match Saint-Vincent-de-Paul for health: it beats 93% of Canadian towns

Measured from where Saint-Vincent-de-Paul’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.1 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. At 11%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, about level with Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 55% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%.

Wildfire low, radon 8.2%: how Saint-Vincent-de-Paul stands on hazards

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Monteregie health region

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.23 for each $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Little of the land around Saint-Vincent-de-Paul has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Longueuil, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul included.

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul’s grade for safety: a B

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 70, below Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Its police area records 9.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The force’s area logs 18.1 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Summer arrives in force in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow peak in October, at 103 mm. Between the last spring frost, 29 April, and the first in autumn, 14 October, lie 167 days. Some 217 cm of snow falls in a typical year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.

Visible minorities make up more of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul than of Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 29%

18% are under 15, higher than both Quebec’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%). Over-65s are 18% of the population.

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C

By December, a normal day reaches −1°C and a night falls to −9°C. Precipitation in November averages 84 mm. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Also worth knowing: over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −14°C by night.

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliotheque municipale Georges-d'Or, 1.1 km away

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

Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is 6.3 km from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

7.8 km out lies the largest, Bassin de la Prairie (Grand Herbier) Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 903 ha. Of the country within 10 km, 5.6% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Within 100 km there is no national park. CPCAD lists 19 protected areas within 10 km.

Independent schools are common around Saint-Vincent-de-Paul: 13 of 62

Of the 62, 12 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Taken together, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and its 3 km edge hold 39 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade. Schooling here is split between 2 boards, close to Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).