Saint-JérômeQuebec

For health, Saint-Jérôme gets an A+

People in the region live to 82.2 on average: 83.7 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 60%, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). For Saint-Jérôme itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Saint-Jérôme doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Région des Laurentides.

Rent takes more of local pay in Saint-Jérôme than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 26% of household income

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Montréal metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 21% of households, above both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $300,000, near Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and lower than Canadian towns ($406,000).

Flood mapping exists for Saint-Jérôme: 3 on record, latest by Gouvernement du Québec

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.15 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. More homes than usual carry radon here, 10% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Little of the land around Saint-Jérôme has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year. Figures for radon tests are published for the Laurentides health region as a whole, not for Saint-Jérôme alone.

Households in Saint-Jérôme have lower incomes than those in 83% of Canadian towns

The car took 91% of commuters, close to both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%). Getting to work takes 27 min on average.

Violent crime weighs more on Saint-Jérôme than on Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 130

Violent incidents came to 19.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Each year brings 20.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents.

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Jérôme than on 88% of Canadian towns: 1,178 mm a year

Between the last spring frost, 12 May, and the first in autumn, 3 October, lie 143 days. Rain and snow peak in October, at 120 mm. Some 218 cm of snow falls in a typical year, about level with Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Snow peaks in January: 56 cm in a normal year.

The nearest provincial park to Saint-Jérôme is Oka National Park (Québec), 27 km away

Of the country within 10 km, 1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. No national park lies within 100 km. 16 protected areas lie within 10 km. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

A normal November in Saint-Jérôme runs from −2°C to 5°C

November normally sees 93 mm of precipitation. About 17 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: −2°C by day, −10°C at night. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January.

Saint-Jérôme has two public libraries, Bibliotheque Du Frere-Marie-Victorin (Secteur Bellefeuille) and Bibliothèque Marie-Antoinette Faucher (Secteur Saint-Jerôme)

Saint-Jérôme public library serves 84,403 people from 2 branches.

39% of Saint-Jérôme’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents. 5.8% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, above Quebec’s towns (2.6%) but below Canadian towns (6.4%). Children are 16% of the town.

44 schools serve Saint-Jérôme, 27 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade

Boards running schools in the area: 2, near Quebec’s towns (2) and lower than Canadian towns (3).

The registers list 7 historic places in Saint-Jérôme, one at the top

Hôtel de ville de Saint-Jérôme, begun in 1874, is the oldest by its record. The record has 5 municipal citations and a heritage railway station. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1961 make up 13% of the stock, below Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.