NormandinQuebec

Renting in Normandin costs 12% of household income, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers 77% of households.

Very good or excellent health for 66% of adults around Normandin; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.8, women 83.2 and men 80.4 (2022/2024). At 11%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. Chronic conditions run at 15% of adults, age-standardised, higher than Quebec’s towns (15%) yet lower than Canadian towns (17%). Measured from where Normandin’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 22 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Normandin alone, so this card uses the figure for the Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean.

Winter nights bite in Normandin: January lows of −23.4°C, colder than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Most of the snow comes in December, about 55 cm. The thermometer drops below freezing on 203 days a year, above both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Normandin sees July afternoons of 23.9°C on average.

Commuters in Normandin have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

By car: that was how 84% of commuters travelled at the census.

Hazards in Normandin: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 2.8% of tested homes

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.10 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fire seldom reaches Normandin: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.003% a year). No one has filed a flood map for Normandin on the national inventory. Normandin doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean health region.

Normandin earns a C+ for safety

Measured across Maria-Chapdelaine MRC: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent crime in the area its police cover: 17.1 per 1,000 people a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 107, above both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). Across its police area, there are 17.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

6 schools serve Normandin, 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

Normandin in November: highs near 2°C, lows near −7°C

In November, the normal is 71 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 39 cm over the month. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Dolbeau-Mistassini forecast, on the Weather page.

Per resident, Normandin spends more than 79% of Québec’s local municipalities

Jacinthe Doucet leads Normandin as mayor, alongside 6 councillors.

Bibliothèque Municipale De Normandin and Bibliothèque Publique De Saint-Edmond-Les-Plaines are Normandin’s two public libraries

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

The outdoors around Normandin

Count 9 protected areas within 10 km of town. 3.8 km out lies the largest, Proposed rivière Ashuapmushuan Aquatic Reserve, at 27,660 ha. Of the land within 10 km, 1.1% has protected status, below both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). National parks are all over 100 km off.

13% of Normandin’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 0.5% of the population, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). 0.7% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Normandin

Before 1961 is when 36% of the homes went up, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). A further one sits a short way past the edge of town.