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Renting in Longue-Pointe eats 27% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $448,000, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Health in Longue-Pointe beats 93% of Canadian towns

Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, lower than both Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). In the health survey, 54% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Quebec’s 57%. Life expectancy in the region is 83.4 years (85.5 for women, 81.2 for men, 2022/2024). For Longue-Pointe itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.9 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Longue-Pointe shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Région de Montréal.

Wildfire low, radon 6.8%: how Longue-Pointe stands on hazards

Source area for radon tests: the Montreal health region

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.20 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Wildfire is rare near Longue-Pointe: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.002% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Longue-Pointe on the national inventory. Longue-Pointe doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Montréal.

Crime runs heavier where Longue-Pointe 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. Across its police area, there are 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Longue-Pointe has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns

A normal October brings 103 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Gardeners get 167 frost-free days, from 29 April to 14 October. Snowfall adds up to 217 cm a year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). January is the snowiest month, with 52 cm on average.

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

Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents. 14% are under 15, below Quebec’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike.

Expect November days around 6°C in Longue-Pointe, nights around −2°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. Precipitation in November averages 84 mm. December follows at −1°C by day and −9°C by night. ECCC’s forecast for Montréal is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

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

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

2.7 km from Longue-Pointe to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

National parks are all over 100 km off. 28 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Add to that, 6.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Within 5 km is one beach, Plage de Longueuil.

Schools in Longue-Pointe: 3 boards, side by side

In or within 3 km of Longue-Pointe: 57 elementary schools, 18 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade. 6 of the 77 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec.

In Longue-Pointe, 37% of homes go back before 1961