Pointe-LebelQuebec

Pointe-Lebel is a town of owners: 91% of households own their home, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

6% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Summers stay cool in Pointe-Lebel: July afternoons reach 21.3°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Frosty days number 194 in a normal year, above Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. In January, overnight lows in Pointe-Lebel settle at −18.8°C. Snow peaks in January: 72 cm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 29 May and returns around 21 September: 114 days without it.

Commuters in Pointe-Lebel have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

Very good or excellent health for 61% of adults around Pointe-Lebel; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Expected years of life at birth: 79.4, below both Quebec’s towns (82.5) and Canadian towns (81.5). The region has more smokers than Quebec, 15% of adults to 12%. What sets Pointe-Lebel apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Région de la Côte-Nord, Pointe-Lebel included.

Violent crime weighs more where Pointe-Lebel is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 134

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

Its police area recorded 20.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 70 over 2023–25, above Quebec’s towns (56) and close to Canadian towns (67).

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

6.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Under 15: 15% of residents. Over-65s are 22% of the population.

Pointe-Lebel in November: highs near 3°C, lows near −5°C

Into December, the normals move to −4°C and −13°C. Snow is normal by November, about 31 cm over the month. Expect about 87 mm of rain and snow over November. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −19°C nights in January to 21°C afternoons in July.

The council of Pointe-Lebel is led by its mayor, Lise Arsenault

Federally, Pointe-Lebel sits in Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Marilène Gill of the Bloc Québécois.

Pointe-Lebel has one public library, Bibliothèque De Pointe-Lebel

From the centre of Pointe-Lebel, it is 2.2 km away.

Around Pointe-Lebel, 34% of the land is set aside for nature

Bic National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 86 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. CPCAD lists 13 protected areas within 10 km. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

Wildfire low, radon 4.7%: how Pointe-Lebel stands on hazards

Source area for radon tests: the Cote-Nord health region

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.11 per $1,000 of buildings, below Quebec’s towns ($0.14) but above Canadian towns ($0.030). Fire seldom reaches Pointe-Lebel: since 1986, 1.5% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.04% a year). No flood study for Pointe-Lebel is on the national inventory.

In and around Pointe-Lebel, 8 schools: 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade

No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, one in ten schools are. The nearest secondary school is 4.6 km away, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.