NantesQuebec

For health, Nantes gets an A

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Région de l'Estrie

Lives here run to 82.9 years on average, about level with Quebec’s towns (82.5) and above Canadian towns (81.5). What sets Nantes apart within its region is distance, and at 4.7 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 57% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%.

Rent takes less of local pay in Nantes than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

81% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Trips to work from Nantes are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 17 min on average

95% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

For safety, Nantes gets a B+

Property crime in its police area ran at 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). The index for the force that serves it came to 48, below both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67).

Nantes has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.5°C

Snow peaks in February: 65 cm in a normal year. Snowfall adds up to 287 cm a year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. July is the wettest month, with 115 mm of rain and snow on average.

Nantes’ hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 7.3% of area homes over the radon guideline

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Estrie health region

For earthquakes Nantes is middling, $0.040 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Nantes is on the national inventory.

What November brings in Nantes: −4°C at night, 5°C by day

A normal November brings 80 mm of rain and snow. Then December: −2°C by day, −11°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 24 cm over the month. Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −16°C by night.

Daniel Gendron heads the council of Nantes as mayor

For the National Assembly of Québec, Nantes votes in Mégantic; open data doesn’t yet say who its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) is.

Nantes has no public library of its own; the nearest is Médiathèque Nelly-Arcan, 4.5 km away

No library board reports for Nantes alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

Nantes and its edges hold 5 schools: 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

From the town centre, high school starts 2.8 km away, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

Frontenac National Park (Québec) is 8.2 km from Nantes

For a swim, Plage de la Baie-des-Sables is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km. Within 100 km there is no national park. Of the country within 10 km, 1.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.

18% of Nantes’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 2.9% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Children are 17% of the town. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.