RagueneauQuebec

On hazards, Ragueneau comes out behind 96% of Canadian towns

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.094 per $1,000 of buildings, below Quebec’s towns ($0.14) but above Canadian towns ($0.030). With 0.30% of the land around it burning each year, Ragueneau sits in the high wildfire band (12% within 25 km since 1986). Radon is about average around Ragueneau: 4.7% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town.

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

A normal January night drops to −18.8°C, below Quebec’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C) alike. January is the snowiest month, with 72 cm on average. Frost usually lifts by 29 May and returns around 21 September: 114 days without it. For the wettest month, look to July: 111 mm on average.

Most households in Ragueneau own their home: 86%, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the Baie-Comeau metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took 16% of household income, below both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 4% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Ragueneau has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 90% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 24 min, lower than both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Around Ragueneau, 23% of the land is set aside for nature

Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 21, above Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4) alike. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The nearest provincial park, Bic National Park (Québec), is 75 km away. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

Older residents shape Ragueneau: 28% are 65 or over, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Visible minorities make up 1.5% of the population, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

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

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Manicouagan MRC

Its police area recorded 20.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above 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, higher than Quebec’s towns (56) and near Canadian towns (67).

Ragueneau in November: highs near 3°C, lows near −5°C

About 31 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Into December, the normals move to −4°C and −13°C. In November, the normal is 87 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Baie-Comeau forecast, on the Weather page.

Steve Berthiaume heads the council of Ragueneau as mayor

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

Ragueneau’s public library is Bibliothèque De Ragueneau

It stands 3 km from the centre of Ragueneau.

No high school in or near Ragueneau: the closest is 19 km off

An elementary school stands 3.1 km from the centre, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

More adults feel healthy around Ragueneau: 61% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

What sets Ragueneau apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 19 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 12% for Quebec. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 79.4, below Quebec’s towns (82.5) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike.