Notre-Dame-des-NeigesQuebec

On hazards, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges comes out behind 90% of Canadian towns

In Health Canada’s survey, 14% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.10 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Notre-Dame-des-Neiges on the national inventory.

Health in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges beats 86% of Canadian towns

Women in the region live to 83.1 and men to 80.3, 81.7 years taken together (2022/2024). The survey finds three in five adults in very good or excellent health, above Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges live 4.1 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

Commuters in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges have a short way to work, 16 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

94% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Summers stay cool in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges: July afternoons reach 22.3°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Winter lows in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges average −16.6°C in January. Snow totals 281 cm over the year, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Also worth knowing: a normal October brings 124 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in December, about 66 cm.

Most households in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges own their home: 93%, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

10% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to 16% of the median household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

For safety, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges gets a B+

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

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 52 over 2023–25, lower than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 11.7 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Within 10 km of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, 41% of the land is protected

For a swim, Banc de l'Île aux Basques is the nearest of 5 beaches within 5 km. 12 km from town is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, the nearest provincial park. Within 10 km are 28 protected areas. No national park lies within 100 km.

23% of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.8% of residents, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges runs from −3°C to 3°C

By December, a normal day reaches −4°C and a night falls to −11°C. Snow is normal by November, about 22 cm over the month. In November, the normal is 78 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −17°C nights in January to 22°C afternoons in July.

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges has a council seat for every 160 residents, fewer than 92% of municipalities in Quebec

For the National Assembly of Québec, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges votes in Rivière-du-Loup--Témiscouata; open data doesn’t yet say who its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) is.

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges’s public library is Bibliothèque De Sainte-Francoise

The library is 9.2 km from the centre of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges.

7 schools in and around Notre-Dame-des-Neiges: 5 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade

The closest elementary school is 2.5 km away, above Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

In Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, 39% of homes go back before 1961

The oldest dated place, Manoir Rioux-Belzile, goes back to 1803. Inside the town the registers count 4 historic places; 3 are top designations. On the list: a municipal citation. Just beyond the boundary, the registers place one more.