Pointe-de-Sainte-FoyQuébec

Health in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy beats almost every Canadian town

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Région de la Capitale-Nationale

Smokers make up 9.6% of the region’s adults, below Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike; by contrast, in the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.9, with women at 84.7 and men at 81.1. What sets Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy apart within its region is distance, and at 3.1 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Home ownership in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy, 50%, runs below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 23% of the median household income, above both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%). The median home value was $320,000, between Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Wildfire low, radon 8.8%: how Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy stands on hazards

Shared with the rest of the city of Québec: earthquake risk

Seismic risk runs high: $0.14 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy is on the national inventory. Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Capitale-Nationale health region.

Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy is wetter than 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year

The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 25.1°C in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy. A normal winter brings 331 cm of snow, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Rain and snow peak in July, at 119 mm. Most of the snow comes in December, about 89 cm.

Commuters in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 47% speak both languages

18% of residents belong to a visible minority, higher than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1% of residents, below both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 4°C in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy, nights around −3°C

By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −10°C. Expect about 91 mm of rain and snow over November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Lévis forecast.

At 8.5 visits per person served, Québec public library is busier than 90% of Quebec’s town libraries

Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy is served by Québec public library, the library of all of Québec, so the figures here are the city’s, for 594,443 people.

Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 37 km away, is the closest provincial park to Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy

Count 15 protected areas within 10 km of town. 7.0 km out lies the largest, Pointe Saint-Nicolas Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 346 ha. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 4.8% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. National parks are all over 100 km off.

Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy is graded a B− for safety

Violence across its police area runs at 15.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 22.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 63, above Quebec’s towns (56) but below Canadian towns (67). For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Québec service area, Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy included.

3 school boards share Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy

Its 3 km reach takes in 17 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, all of Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s schooling. In English: one of the 28 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%.

Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s record starts in 1754 with Maison Routhier

Before 1961 is when 5.7% of the homes went up, below Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Inside the town there is 1 historic place, a top designation.