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Trips to work from Sainte-Lucie take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 37 min on average

Renting in Sainte-Lucie eats 28% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Montréal metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 21% of households, above both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $452,000, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Sainte-Lucie scores better for health than nine in ten Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the Région de Montréal: health survey and life expectancy

Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, below both Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Life expectancy in the region is 83.4 years (85.5 for women, 81.2 for men, 2022/2024). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.8 km from the average resident of Sainte-Lucie, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

Wildfire low, radon 6.8%: how Sainte-Lucie stands on hazards

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Montréal

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.20 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Fire seldom reaches Sainte-Lucie: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). No flood study for Sainte-Lucie is on the national inventory. Nobody publishes radon tests for Sainte-Lucie alone, so this card uses the figure for the Montreal health region.

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

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

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 116, above both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 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.

July in Sainte-Lucie runs hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns

Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 14 October: 167 days without it. Frosty days number 146 in a normal year, below Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. October is the wettest month, with 103 mm of rain and snow on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.

More of Sainte-Lucie belongs to a visible minority than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 71%

15% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%). Both official languages: 41% of residents, below Quebec’s towns (44%) but above Canadian towns (7.5%).

Expect November days around 6°C in Sainte-Lucie, nights around −2°C

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −1°C and lows near −9°C. In November, the normal is 84 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 16 cm over the month. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Laval forecast, on the Weather page.

Montréal public library draws 6.5 visits per person served, ahead of 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, Sainte-Lucie among them.

The nearest provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), is 9.1 km from Sainte-Lucie

Within 100 km there is no national park. Protected areas cover 2% of the land within 10 km, below Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike.

The schools around Sainte-Lucie answer to 5 boards

In English: 17 of the 160 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%.

32% of Sainte-Lucie’s homes were built before 1961