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Rent takes more of local pay in La Visitation than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $600,000, above Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.

Few places match La Visitation for health: it beats 94% of Canadian towns

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

Smoking takes in 13% of adults, age-standardised, above both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.4, women 85.5 and men 81.2 (2022/2024). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Measured from where La Visitation’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

Commuters in La Visitation travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 35 min on average

Wildfire low, radon 6.8%: how La Visitation stands on hazards

The radon tests numbers here cover the Montreal health region · Measured across the city of Montréal: earthquake risk

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.20 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, above Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. Burn scars are few around La Visitation, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). No one has filed a flood map for La Visitation on the national inventory.

The force covering La Visitation records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 116

The index for the force that serves it came to 80, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.4 violent incidents are reported each year. Its police area records 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. La Visitation doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Montréal service area.

July in La Visitation runs hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns

A normal January brings 52 cm of snow, the most of any month. Frost comes on 146 days a year, below Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 14 October, 167 days. Rain and snow peak in October, at 103 mm.

La Visitation is 12 km from Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

Within 10 km are 13 protected areas. No national park lies within 100 km. Of the country within 10 km, 1.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.

More people in La Visitation speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 54%

37% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.

What November brings in La Visitation: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −14°C. Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −9°C. Expect around 16 cm of snow in November. November normally sees 84 mm of precipitation.

Montréal public library draws 6.5 visits per person served, ahead of 84% of Quebec’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Montréal’s: Montréal public library serves all 1,948,747 people of the city, La Visitation among them.

5 boards run the schools in and around La Visitation

In English: 13 of the 118 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%. Counting a 3 km margin, La Visitation has 77 elementary schools, 37 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade.

An older town: 41% of La Visitation’s homes predate 1961

On the registers the town counts 3 historic places, one at the top. Its oldest building on the record is Maison du Pressoir, from 1806. The list takes in 2 municipal citations.