Saint-FlavienQuebec

On hazards, Saint-Flavien comes out behind 90% of Canadian towns

Seismic risk runs high: $0.12 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Saint-Flavien on the national inventory. Saint-Flavien doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Chaudiere-Appalaches health region.

Renting in Saint-Flavien costs 13% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

One in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 75%.

Crime runs lighter where Saint-Flavien is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 43

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Lotbinière MRC

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 10.3 per 1,000 a year, below Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 73, below both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86).

More of Saint-Flavien’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 93% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 22 min, below Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike. 92% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

Saint-Flavien sits a long way from hospital care: 33 km for the average resident

Expected years of life at birth: 82.8, near Quebec’s towns (82.5) and higher than Canadian towns (81.5). Across the region, 59% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%).

Wet weather: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Flavien, more than on 87% of Canadian towns

Saint-Flavien sees January nights of −16.7°C on average. A normal winter brings 253 cm of snow, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to July: 119 mm on average. Between the last spring frost, 10 May, and the first in autumn, 5 October, lie 148 days.

What November brings in Saint-Flavien: −4°C at night, 4°C by day

November normally sees 91 mm of precipitation. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −11°C. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Also worth knowing: over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −17°C by night.

Per resident, Saint-Flavien spends less than 73% of Québec’s local municipalities

The mayor of Saint-Flavien is Normand Côté, who sits with 6 councillors.

Saint-Flavien has two public libraries, Bibliothèque La Bouquinerie (Dosquet) and Bibliothèque La Flavietheque

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Saint-Flavien in particular.

Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 62 km away, is the closest provincial park to Saint-Flavien

The largest named area nearby is Land set aside Seigneurie-de-Joly, 1,822 ha, 2.3 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.5% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 87 km. CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km.

20% of Saint-Flavien’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

2.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.

No high school in or near Saint-Flavien: the closest is 13 km off