François-PerraultMontréal
Population 15,462: a neighbourhood in Montréal. It is one of 77 neighbourhoods of Montréal.
Is François-Perrault a good place to live?
Prices are high against local incomes (D−). With a C− overall, François-Perrault is better than 18% of Canadian towns and ranks #489 of 499 in Quebec. Work and incomes lag (D−). Also worth knowing: it does especially well on health (A). Fewer journeys need a car (A+).
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 François-Perrault grades
Each subject compares François-Perrault 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 François-Perrault stand out
The 3 things François-Perrault does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in François-Perrault.
Commuters in François-Perrault travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 35 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 35 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.
Rent takes more of local pay in François-Perrault than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 30% of household income
The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Montréal metro area
The median home value was $448,000, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 30% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 26% | 13% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $448,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
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.
François-Perrault scores better for health than nine in ten Canadian towns
Measured across the Région de Montréal: health survey and life expectancy
Life expectancy in the region is 83.4 years (85.5 for women, 81.2 for men, 2022/2024). The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 14% of adults, below both Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole reaches 57%. Measured from where François-Perrault’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.8 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.4 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 56% | 52% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
François-Perrault’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.8% of area homes over the radon guideline
Radon tests for the Montreal health region
Wildfire is rare near François-Perrault: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.002% a year. NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.20 per $1,000 of building value, above Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. No one has filed a flood map for François-Perrault on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.20 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 6.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Earthquake risk published for the city of Montréal, not by town
Crime runs heavier where François-Perrault is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 80
The violent index for its police area came to 116, higher than both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 15.4 per 1,000 people a year. Across its police area, there are 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 116 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 80 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 15.4 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 29.1 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Area behind the Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures: the Montréal service area
Summer afternoons in François-Perrault are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns
The thermometer drops below freezing on 146 days a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 167 frost-free days, from 29 April to 14 October. A normal January brings 52 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to October: 103 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | François-Perrault | 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))
Visible minorities make up more of François-Perrault than of Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 57%
People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, lower than both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children are 17% of the town.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
48.2% of François-Perrault’s residents are women
Here the census found 7,460 women and 8,015 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.
| François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 70% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 24% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 56% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Expect November days around 6°C in François-Perrault, nights around −2°C
ECCC’s forecast for Laval is on the Weather page, hour by hour. A normal November brings 84 mm of rain and snow. The month after, December, normally sees −1°C afternoons and −9°C nights. Expect around 16 cm of snow in November.
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
At 6.5 visits per person served, Bibliothèque de Saint-Michel is busier than four in five Quebec’s town libraries
Bibliothèque de Saint-Michel serves the whole of Montréal, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,948,747 people, François-Perrault among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
8.0 km from François-Perrault to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
No national park lies within 100 km. Within 10 km are 17 protected areas. Parks and reserves take up 2.6% of the ground within 10 km, below Quebec’s towns (4.9%) but above Canadian towns (2.3%).
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 2.6% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Schools in François-Perrault: 3 boards, side by side
In English: 12 of the 103 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%. Within 3 km of François-Perrault are 75 elementary schools, 25 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Léonard-De VinciIn François-PerraultElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École de la Relève IndependentIn François-PerraultSecondary | Secondary | – | Independent |
| Ecole secondaire Perspectives I EnglishTeaches in EnglishSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Why no schools grade in Quebec? The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Before 1961: 40% of the homes in François-Perrault
| Heritage | François-Perrault | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 40% | 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 François-Perrault
Montréal Insectarium and 48 more in and around François-Perrault
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near François-Perrault, the best known first.
MuseumMontréal Insectarium2.4 km outside town, to the east · 350K visitors a year (2011)
GardenMontréal Botanical Garden1.9 km outside town, to the east
AttractionSaint-Leonard Cavern1.8 km outside town, to the northwest
Art galleryArt Mûr2.8 km outside town, to the south · 10K visitors a year
ZooMontreal Biodome3 km outside town, to the east
GardenAhuntsic Park4.4 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
- Saint-Leonard Cavern: Alain Beaudoin, Nathalie Vachon (Wikipedia Takes Montreal participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Mûr: Art mur, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montreal Biodome: storem, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ahuntsic Park: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around François-Perrault
No notable person born in François-Perrault is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Maxim Lapierre: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alexander Walker Ogilvie: William James Topley, Public domain · Christian Bégin: FriseIntense, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ghislain Briand: Clematisrg, CC BY-SA 4.0
About François-Perrault
Neighbourhood in Montréal
The edges of François-Perrault follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Montréal’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 15,462 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2466023
François-Perrault’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| François-Perrault | 15,462 | — | C− | D− | C | A |
| Étienne Desmarteaux | 16,603 | 1.3 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Gabriel-Sagard | 20,719 | 1.4 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Port-Maurice | 45,720 | 2 | C− | D− | C | A |
| René-Goupil | 11,663 | 2 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Louis-Hébert | 14,284 | 2.2 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Sainte-Lucie | 22,574 | 2.2 | C− | D− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about François-Perrault
Do people in François-Perrault speak French?
Almost everyone does. 46% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 42.9% speak French and no English.
Is François-Perrault a young town or an old one?
Its median age is 38.1, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.
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).