Saint-DamienQuebec

Commuters in Saint-Damien travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 33 min on average

Saint-Damien is a town of owners: 85% of households own their home, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 15% of household income, below both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Saint-Damien is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Gouvernement du Québec

NRCan expects $0.051 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Saint-Damien, near the typical $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, just 3.9% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Fire seldom reaches Saint-Damien: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). Saint-Damien doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Lanaudiere health region.

34% of Saint-Damien’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up 3.6% of residents, higher than Quebec’s towns (2.6%) yet lower than Canadian towns (6.4%).

A hospital trip from Saint-Damien means 34 km on average, in a straight line

Age-standardised, 56% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s towns (56%) and above Canadian towns (52%). People in the region live to 82.0 on average: 83.7 for women and 80.3 for men in 2022/2024.

Saint-Damien earns a B for safety

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 14.7 per 1,000 a year, below both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). The force’s area logs 10.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Saint-Damien has colder winter nights than three in four Canadian towns

A normal December brings 56 cm of snow, the most of any month. Some 213 cm of snow falls in a typical year, close to Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). A July afternoon in Saint-Damien typically reaches 26.6°C.

2 schools in and around Saint-Damien: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

From the town centre, high school starts 12 km away, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Young children have 5.1 km to the nearest elementary school, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

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

Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. In November, the normal is 75 mm of rain and snow. Into December, the normals move to −2°C and −10°C. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −16°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

Pierre Charbonneau leads Saint-Damien as mayor

Of the 78 Commons seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44.

Bibliothèque De Saint-Damien is Saint-Damien’s public library

From the centre of Saint-Damien, it is 5 km away.

The Sentier National passes Saint-Damien

15 km from town is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. 9 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage du Manoir. The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 40 km. Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 17, higher than both Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4).