Gabriel-SagardMontréal

Rent takes more of local pay in Gabriel-Sagard than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 29% of household income

Owners put the median home at $548,000, above both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Nearly a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Commuters in Gabriel-Sagard travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 32 min on average

Health in Gabriel-Sagard beats 92% of Canadian towns

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Région de Montréal

People in the region live to 83.4 on average: 85.5 for women and 81.2 for men in 2022/2024. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 14% of the region’s adults on average, below both Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 54%, behind the 57% for Quebec. For Gabriel-Sagard itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.0 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Wildfire low, radon 6.8%: how Gabriel-Sagard stands on hazards

Radon tests for the Montreal health region

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.20 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fire seldom reaches Gabriel-Sagard: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). No flood study for Gabriel-Sagard is on the national inventory.

Crime runs heavier where Gabriel-Sagard 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). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.4 violent incidents are reported each year. The force’s area logs 29.1 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Montréal service area, with Gabriel-Sagard one part of it.

Summer afternoons in Gabriel-Sagard are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns

Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 14 October: 167 days without it. A normal January brings 52 cm of snow, the most of any month. Some 217 cm of snow falls in a typical year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to October: 103 mm on average.

More people in Gabriel-Sagard speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 56%

41% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Under 15: 14% of residents. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town.

In Gabriel-Sagard, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Into December, the normals move to −1°C and −9°C. A normal November brings 84 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −14°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

More visits per person served than four in five Quebec’s town libraries: Montréal public library counts 6.5

Montréal public library serves the whole of Montréal, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,948,747 people, Gabriel-Sagard among them.

The nearest provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), is 8.9 km from Gabriel-Sagard

National parks are all over 100 km off. Within 10 km, 2% of the land is protected, below Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike.

4 school boards share Gabriel-Sagard

Of the 136, 16 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Counting a 3 km margin, Gabriel-Sagard has 95 elementary schools, 34 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade.

An older town: 53% of Gabriel-Sagard’s homes predate 1961