PohénégamookQuebec

Rent takes less of local pay in Pohénégamook than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% of household income

79% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 6% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Households in Pohénégamook earn less than those in 84% of Canadian towns

91% of commuters took the car to work at the census. The average trip to work takes 26 min.

Hazard risk in Pohénégamook is higher than in 87% of Canadian towns

More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.084 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Pohénégamook on the national inventory. Pohénégamook doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region.

Pohénégamook scores better for health than 86% of Canadian towns

Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 60%, above both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). A baby born in the region can expect 81.7 years, 83.1 for a girl and 80.3 for a boy (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.4 km from the average resident of Pohénégamook, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Pohénégamook has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.5°C

There are 176 days of frost in a typical year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Snow peaks in December: 66 cm in a normal year. The most precipitation falls in October: 99 mm in a normal year.

Pohénégamook’s grade for safety: a B

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 54, close to Quebec’s towns (56) and below Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 12.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 13.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

14% of Pohénégamook’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 0.8% of the population, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). 0.4% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

A normal November in Pohénégamook runs from −3°C to 3°C

Expect around 22 cm of snow in November. A normal December brings highs of −4°C, lows of −10°C. November normally sees 72 mm of precipitation. The year peaks in July (23°C) and bottoms out in January (−16°C).

Benoît Morin leads Pohénégamook as mayor

The Liberal Party of Canada has 44 of the 78 MPs elected in Quebec.

Pohénégamook has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque De Rivière-Bleue, 14 km away

Pohénégamook has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

Lac-Morrisson Rare Forest Ecosystem reaches Pohénégamook

Within 100 km there is no national park. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The largest named area nearby is 01151R014 Biological Refuge, 169 ha, 6.9 km away. The closest provincial park is Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec), 25 km from the edge of town.

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

Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 5.1 km off, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

Before 1961: 50% of the homes in Pohénégamook