Saint-SulpiceMontréal

For health, Saint-Sulpice is ahead of 91% of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.4, women 85.5 and men 81.2 (2022/2024). The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 14% of adults, 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%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.9 km from the average resident of Saint-Sulpice, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Saint-Sulpice alone, so this card uses the figure for the Région de Montréal.

Rent takes more of local pay in Saint-Sulpice than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 23% of household income

Measured across the Montréal metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

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

Trips to work from Saint-Sulpice take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average

Hazards in Saint-Sulpice: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.8% of tested homes

Little of the land around Saint-Sulpice has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.20 per $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No flood study for Saint-Sulpice is on the national inventory.

For the force that serves Saint-Sulpice, the Crime Severity Index is 80, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Montréal service area

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 116, above Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Its police area records 15.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 29.1 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Saint-Sulpice has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns

Frosty days number 146 in a normal year, below Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Between the last spring frost, 29 April, and the first in autumn, 14 October, lie 167 days. For the wettest month, look to October: 103 mm on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.

More people in Saint-Sulpice speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 63%

28% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.

In Saint-Sulpice, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

Then December: −1°C by day, −9°C at night. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Precipitation in November averages 84 mm. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Laval forecast.

Montréal public library logs 6.5 visits per person served, more than 84% of 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, Saint-Sulpice among them.

Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is 11 km from Saint-Sulpice

Within 10 km, 1.5% of the land is protected, below both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. The 10 km around town hold 14 protected areas. 8.9 km out lies the largest, fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Verte) Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 320 ha.

Schools in Saint-Sulpice: 6 boards, side by side

17 of the 139 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec.