Notre-Dame-du-Mont-CarmelQuebec

Most households in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel own their home: 88%, more than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 14% of the median household income, lower than both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%). 7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Violent crime weighs less where Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 52

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 39 over 2023–25, below Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Its police area records 9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel alone, so this card uses the figure for Chenaux MRC.

Very good or excellent health for 61% of adults around Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel; the typical Canadian town: 52%

The average trip from home to a hospital is 7.8 km, higher than both Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). People in the region live to 81.6 on average: 83.3 for women and 79.9 for men in 2022/2024. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 2.7 km away on average and 0.6 of them within 3 km of a typical home.

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel earns an A− for hazard risk

Shared with the rest of the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region: radon tests

Fire seldom reaches Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.098 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel gets more snow than 90% of Canadian towns: about 274 cm a year

Rain and melted snow add up to 1,101 mm a year, above Quebec’s towns (1,041 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm) alike. Most of the snow comes in December, about 69 cm. Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel sees July afternoons of 25.1°C on average.

With 0.2 jobs for each resident in work, most of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel commutes out

On average, the journey to work lasts 27 min.

La Mauricie National Park is 20 km from Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel

The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 1, lower than both Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4). Within its own boundary, just over a fifth of the town is protected. Protected areas cover 5.7% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. The closest provincial park is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 87 km from the edge of town.

In Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −1°C nights

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Shawinigan forecast, on the Weather page. In November, the normal is 88 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 24 cm over the month. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −9°C.

97% of Québec’s local municipalities spend more per resident than Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel

Federally, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel sits in Saint-Maurice—Champlain, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by François-Philippe Champagne of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel has one public library, Bibliothèque Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel

Bibliothèque Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel serves 6,585 people from a single building.

The nearest high school to Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is 7.6 km away

Boards running schools in the area: 2, close to Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3). From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 2.2 km off, higher than both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

25% of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

19% of residents are children under 15. Visible minorities make up 0.4% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.