Saint-EustacheQuebec

Few places match Saint-Eustache for health: it beats almost every Canadian town

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Saint-Eustache is well placed: 1.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 60%, above both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). Across the region, life runs to 82.2 years on average: women 83.7, men 80.8, in 2022/2024. Saint-Eustache doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Région des Laurentides.

Saint-Eustache’s grade for hazard risk: a D

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Laurentides health region

One flood study covers the town, by Gouvernement du Québec. More homes than usual carry radon here, 10% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.20 per $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030).

Measured against local pay, Saint-Eustache costs more to live in than 79% of Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, higher than Quebec’s towns (13%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 69% of households.

Saint-Eustache has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

4.1 km from town is Oka National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. CPCAD lists 42 protected areas within 10 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Swimmers have 7 beaches within 5 km, Plage de Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac the nearest.

Saint-Eustache’s grade for safety: a B

Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 18.8 per 1,000 residents a year, above Quebec’s towns (16.6) but below Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime is recorded at 13.8 per 1,000 residents a year.

Summer afternoons in Saint-Eustache are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns

January is the snowiest month, with 52 cm on average. Some 217 cm of snow falls in a typical year, close to Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 14 October, 167 days. For the wettest month, look to October: 103 mm on average.

Saint-Eustache has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 76% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 27 min, about level with both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). By car: that was how just over nine in ten commuters travelled at the census.

Saint-Eustache in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C

A normal December brings highs of −1°C, lows of −9°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 84 mm. November usually brings some 16 cm of snow. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −14°C.

Marc Lamarre is mayor of Saint-Eustache

In the National Assembly of Québec, Saint-Eustache belongs to Deux-Montagnes; who holds it as MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t on an open record, so no one is named.

More visits per person served than 82% of Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque Guy-Bélisle counts 6.3

Bibliothèque Guy-Bélisle has one location for the 47,499 people it serves.

Saint-Eustache is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 51% speak both languages

Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. Immigrants make up one in ten residents, above Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.

The schools around Saint-Eustache answer to 3 boards

Of the 50, 5 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Its 3 km reach takes in 39 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade, all of Saint-Eustache’s schooling.

Saint-Eustache’s oldest designated place, Légaré Mill, dates from 1762

The lists give 8 historic places here, 4 in the top tier. At the 2021 census, 11% of homes dated from before 1961, below Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.