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

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Montréal metro area

The median home value was $500,000, above both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Commuters in Savane travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

Health in Savane beats 92% of Canadian towns

Homes here are 1.0 km from a hospital on average, below Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Women in the region live to 85.5 and men to 81.2, 83.4 years taken together (2022/2024). Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole reaches 57%. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de Montréal, with Savane one part of it.

Wildfire low, radon 6.8%: how Savane stands on hazards

NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.20 per $1,000 of building value, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Fire seldom reaches Savane: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.001% a year). No flood study for Savane is on the national inventory.

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

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 116, above both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). Violence across its police area runs at 15.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

January nights in Savane drop to −13.5°C (Quebec towns −14.7°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

For the wettest month, look to October: 103 mm on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 146 days a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 14 October: 167 days without it. A July afternoon in Savane typically reaches 26.7°C.

More of the land around Savane is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 10 km are 25 protected areas. Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 15 km. Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area (3,183 ha) is the biggest, 6.8 km from town.

Visible minorities make up more of Savane than of Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 76%

Both official languages: 45% of residents, about level with Quebec’s towns (44%) and above Canadian towns (7.5%). Over-65s are 13% of the population. The share of residents under 15 is 17%.

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

Into December, the normals move to −1°C and −9°C. In November, the normal is 84 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 16 cm over the month. Across the year, normals run from −14°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

At 6.5 visits per person served, Bibliothèque publique juive is busier than four in five Quebec’s town libraries

Bibliothèque publique juive serves the whole of Montréal, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,948,747 people, Savane among them.

Around Savane, 61 schools of 163 teach in English

Independent schools number 69 of 163, above the 9% in Quebec. No single board runs them all: there are 3. Within 3 km of Savane are 85 elementary schools, 42 secondary schools and 36 schools for every grade.

Before 1961: 33% of the homes in Savane