Port-CartierQuebec

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

6% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 72% of households.

Violent crime weighs more where Port-Cartier is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 210

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

Violent incidents in its police area came to 28.8 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 16.7 property crimes are reported each year.

Port-Cartier has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 19.7°C

Frosty days number 205 in a normal year, above both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). On a January night, the temperature in Port-Cartier falls to about −20.1°C. Rain and snow peak in October, at 118 mm.

Around Port-Cartier, 61% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, about level with Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 79.4, with women at 82.1 and men at 77.0. At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 12% for Quebec. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.5 km from the average resident of Port-Cartier, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Hazards in Port-Cartier are mild: low wildfire and earthquake risk, and 4.7% of area homes above the radon guideline

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

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.052 per $1,000 of buildings, lower than Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). Little of the land around Port-Cartier has burned: 1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.03% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Trips to work from Port-Cartier are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 16 min on average

The car took 94% of commuters, higher than both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

What November brings in Port-Cartier: −6°C at night, 2°C by day

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 112 mm. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −14°C. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Port-Cartier forecast.

Port-Cartier spends more per resident than 94% of Québec’s local municipalities

The mayor of Port-Cartier is Danielle Beaupré, who sits with 6 councillors.

Bibliotheque Le Manuscrit De Port-Cartier draws 1.5 visits per person served, behind 84% of Quebec’s town libraries

Bibliotheque Le Manuscrit De Port-Cartier has one location for the 6,483 people it serves.

Within 10 km of Port-Cartier: 44 public protected areas

Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The largest named area nearby is Proposed lac Pasteur Biodiversity Reserve, 63,512 ha, 4.0 km away. The closest provincial park is Gaspésie National Park (Québec), 85 km from the edge of town. National parks are all over 100 km off.

23% of Port-Cartier’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

6.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents.

The schools around Port-Cartier answer to 3 boards

Its 3 km reach takes in 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, all of Port-Cartier’s schooling. In English: one of the 6 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%.