Saint-AmableQuebec

The police who cover Saint-Amable record less serious crime than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 37

Measured across the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Its police area recorded 8.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 10.8 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Saint-Amable’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.2% of area homes over the radon guideline

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.19 for each $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). The national flood inventory has no study for Saint-Amable.

Very good or excellent health for 55% of adults in Saint-Amable’s health region

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Saint-Amable’s is long: 17 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Smoking is rarer than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 12% for Quebec. Across the region, life runs to 82.5 years on average: women 84.2, men 80.8, in 2022/2024. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de la Montérégie, with Saint-Amable one part of it.

Saint-Amable has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each

A trip to work takes 29 min on average. 94% of commuters drove, above Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

35% of Saint-Amable’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

6.2% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, about level with Canadian towns (6.4%) and above Quebec’s towns (2.6%). Visible minorities make up 6.6% of the population, between Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

In Saint-Amable, just 14% of households give 30% or more of their income to shelter; the typical Canadian town has 18%

80% of households own their home, above Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Saint-Amable doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Montréal metro area.

Saint-Amable is wetter than 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 26.6°C, about level with Quebec’s towns (26.5°C) and above Canadian towns (25.5°C). For the wettest month, look to August: 114 mm on average. Snow peaks in December: 49 cm in a normal year. Winter lows in Saint-Amable average −16.0°C in January.

The 5 schools of Saint-Amable: 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

Expect November days around 5°C in Saint-Amable, nights around −3°C

The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −10°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 12 cm. In November, the normal is 90 mm of rain and snow. ECCC’s forecast for Saint-Amable is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Per resident, Saint-Amable spends less than 97% of Québec’s local municipalities

Simon Lacoste leads Saint-Amable as mayor, alongside 6 councillors.

Saint-Amable has one public library, Bibliotheque Jacqueline-Gemme

It sits 0.6 km from the centre of Saint-Amable.

6.9 km from Saint-Amable to Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)

Count 32 protected areas within 10 km of town. fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Verchères) Water Fowl Gathering Area (2,095 ha) is the biggest, 8.5 km from town. The protected share within 10 km is 4.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Within 100 km there is no national park.