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Dupéré scores better for health than nine in ten Canadian towns

In the health survey, 54% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, below Quebec’s towns (56%) but above Canadian towns (52%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.4, with women at 85.5 and men at 81.2. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Dupéré is well placed: 2.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Région de Montréal, Dupéré included.

Measured against local pay, Dupéré costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, close to Quebec’s towns (13%) and below Canadian towns (18%). Rent took a fifth of household income, about level with Canadian towns (20%) and above Quebec’s towns (18%).

Trips to work from Dupéré take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

Wildfire low, radon 6.8%: how Dupéré stands on hazards

Shared with the rest of the Montreal health region: radon tests · Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Montréal

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.20 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fire seldom reaches Dupéré: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.001% a year). No flood study for Dupéré is on the national inventory.

Violent crime weighs more where Dupéré is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 116

The index for the force that serves it came to 80, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Violence across its police area runs at 15.4 per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 29.1 property crimes are reported each year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Montréal service area as a whole, not for Dupéré alone.

Afternoon heat in Dupéré beats that of 78% of Canadian towns

The most precipitation falls in October: 103 mm in a normal year. Snowfall adds up to 217 cm a year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 14 October: 167 days without it. Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.

Dupéré is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 51% speak both languages

Visible minorities make up just over a third of the population, higher than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents.

A normal November in Dupéré runs from −2°C to 6°C

A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −1°C and lows near −9°C. A normal November brings 84 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Laval forecast, on the Weather page.

Montréal has one council seat for every 29,470 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Quebec

Dupéré is in La Pointe-de-l'Île, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Mario Beaulieu of the Bloc Québécois.

Montréal public library logs 6.5 visits per person served, more than four in five Quebec’s town libraries

Dupéré is served by Montréal public library, the library of all of Montréal, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,948,747 people.

Dupéré has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns

The nearest provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), is 3.3 km away. 23 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. National parks are all over 100 km off. One beach is mapped within 5 km: Plage de Longueuil.

Dupéré’s schools come under 3 different boards

Of the 46, 3 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Taken together, Dupéré and its 3 km edge hold 34 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade.