Rivière-du-LoupQuebec

Rivière-du-Loup gets a D for hazard risk

Little of the land around Rivière-du-Loup has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.004% a year. More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.28 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030).

Rivière-du-Loup scores better for health than 90% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent

Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 60% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Chronic conditions run at 15% of adults, age-standardised, above Quebec’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%). Women in the region live to 83.1 and men to 80.3, 81.7 years taken together (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.8 km from the average resident of Rivière-du-Loup, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

Summers stay cool in Rivière-du-Loup: July afternoons reach 22.5°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −15.5°C, below both Quebec’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). A normal December brings 66 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in October, at 124 mm.

Rivière-du-Loup gets a B+ for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 48, below Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.3 property crimes are reported each year. On top of that, its police area records 10.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Within 10 km of Rivière-du-Loup, 36% of the land is protected

Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 28, above Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4) alike. 4.2 km from town is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, the nearest provincial park. No national park lies within 100 km. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.

Commuters in Rivière-du-Loup have a short way to work, 14 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

90% of commuters drove, close to both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Rivière-du-Loup and its edges hold 16 schools: 12 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools

No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, 10% of schools are.

In Rivière-du-Loup, November normally means 3°C afternoons and −3°C nights

A typical November adds 22 cm of snow. Then December: −4°C by day, −10°C at night. Precipitation in November averages 78 mm. Over the year, July is warmest at 23°C by day and January coldest at −16°C by night.

Rivière-du-Loup has one council seat for every 2,950 residents, more than 93% of municipalities in Quebec

Rivière-du-Loup’s council has 6 councillors and is led by Mario Bastille, the mayor.

More visits per person served than 79% of Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque municipale Françoise-Bédard counts 5.5

A single building, Bibliothèque municipale Françoise-Bédard, serves 20,667 people.

Older residents shape Rivière-du-Loup: 28% are 65 or over, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

3.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Under 15: 14% of residents.

In Rivière-du-Loup, just 12% of households give 30% or more of their income to shelter; the typical Canadian town has 18%

Shared with the rest of the Rivière-du-Loup metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

A year’s rent came to 16% of the median household income, lower than both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%).

13 historic places in Rivière-du-Loup, 4 of them top designations

Homes from before 1961 make up nearly a quarter of the stock, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Domaine seigneurial Fraser, begun in 1829, is the oldest by its record. The record has 9 municipal citations.