Val-BélairQuébec

Health in Val-Bélair beats almost every Canadian town

Women in the region live to 84.7 and men to 81.1, 82.9 years taken together (2022/2024). In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, above both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). At 9.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. What sets Val-Bélair apart within its region is distance, and at 4.4 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Working-age people in Val-Bélair have jobs more often than in 90% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 23 min. Driving is how 92% of commuters got to work at the census.

A flood study covers Val-Bélair: 3 on the national inventory, the newest from Ville de Québec

Radon is about average around Val-Bélair: nearly a tenth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.14 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Val-Bélair doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Capitale-Nationale health region. Val-Bélair shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Québec.

Val-Bélair has just 7% of households spending at least 30% of income on shelter, where the typical Canadian town has 18%

A year’s rent came to 16% of the median household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Home ownership covers nearly three quarters of households. For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Québec metro area, Val-Bélair included.

Wet weather: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Val-Bélair, more than on 87% of Canadian towns

July afternoons reach 25.0°C on average, below Quebec’s towns (26.5°C) and Canadian towns (25.5°C) alike. For the wettest month, look to July: 119 mm on average. Gardeners get 148 frost-free days, from 10 May to 5 October. On a January night, the temperature in Val-Bélair falls to about −16.7°C.

A town of families: 22% of people in Val-Bélair are under 15, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

People 65 and over make up just over a tenth of the town, below Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. 39% speak both English and French, lower than Quebec’s towns (44%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%).

A normal November in Val-Bélair runs from −4°C to 4°C

November usually brings some 24 cm of snow. December follows at −3°C by day and −11°C by night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 91 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Vanier is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

More visits per person served than 90% of Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque de Québec counts 8.5

Bibliothèque de Québec serves the whole of Québec, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 594,443 people, Val-Bélair among them.

From Val-Bélair, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (23 km)

The largest named area nearby is Plage Saint-Laurent Water Fowl Gathering Area, 250 ha, 9.7 km away. Parks and reserves take up 1.7% of the ground within 10 km, lower than both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). 94 km separate the town from La Mauricie National Park, its nearest national park. Within 5 km lie 12 beaches, unnamed on the map.

For safety, Val-Bélair gets a B−

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Québec service area

Violent incidents in its police area came to 15.1 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 22.1 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

The schools around Val-Bélair answer to 3 boards

Taken together, Val-Bélair and its 3 km edge hold 17 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade. One of the 22 teaches in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec.