Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-CroixQuebec

Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s grade for health: an A+

Across the region, nearly two thirds of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, just over one in ten adults to 12%. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.8, women 83.2 and men 80.4 (2022/2024). Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, above Quebec’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%).

Rent takes less of local pay in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Households that own their home make up 77%.

Summers stay cool in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix: July afternoons reach 23.7°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

January nights in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix drop to −20.8°C on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 187 days a year, above Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. December is the snowiest month, with 55 cm on average. July is the wettest month, with 112 mm of rain and snow on average.

Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s grade for safety: a B+

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Lac-Saint-Jean-Est MRC

The force’s area logs 11.6 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 50 over 2023–25, lower than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67).

Household incomes in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix trail those of 67% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 25 min, below Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike. Driving is how 93% of commuters got to work at the census.

13% of Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

0.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 1.7% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix in November: highs near 2°C, lows near −5°C

Snow is normal by November, about 39 cm over the month. Precipitation in November averages 71 mm. By December, a normal day reaches −6°C and a night falls to −15°C. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January.

At 61%, 2021 turnout in Lac-Saint-Jean trailed 69% of the country’s ridings

For the National Assembly of Québec, Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix votes in Lac-Saint-Jean; open data doesn’t yet say who its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) is.

Bibliothèque de Métabetchouan and Bibliothèque Publique De Lac-À -La-Croix (Metabetchouan-Lac-À -La-Croix) are Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s two public libraries

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix in particular.

In and around Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix, 6 schools: 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

The nearest secondary school is 3 km away, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, near Quebec’s towns (2) and lower than Canadian towns (3).

10 beaches lie within 5 km of Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 1%, below both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). The closest provincial park is Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), 6.0 km from the edge of town. No national park lies within 100 km.

Hazards in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 2.8% of tested homes

Little of the land around Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year. NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.18 per $1,000 of building value, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. Nobody publishes radon tests for Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix alone, so this card uses the figure for the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean health region.