Saint-LucienQuebec

Saint-Lucien is graded an A− for hazard risk

Measured across the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region: radon tests

Seismic risk runs high: $0.099 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Saint-Lucien is on the national inventory.

Saint-Lucien’s health region reports 61% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%

A baby born in the region can expect 81.6 years, 83.3 for a girl and 79.9 for a boy (2022/2024). Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is 14 km from the average resident of Saint-Lucien, further than the usual 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec, with Saint-Lucien one part of it.

Saint-Lucien has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.1 for each

On average, the journey to work lasts 28 min.

Saint-Lucien is a town of owners: 91% of households own their home, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

The force covering Saint-Lucien records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 125

Violent incidents in its police area came to 18 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). The force’s area logs 19.5 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Saint-Lucien and its edges hold 2 schools: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 5.8 km off, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Teenagers have 7.7 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Saint-Lucien is wetter than 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year

A normal July brings 109 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snowfall adds up to 229 cm a year, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in December, about 60 cm.

From Saint-Lucien, Mont-Orford National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (44 km)

The 10 km around town hold 3 protected areas. The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 90 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map.

What November brings in Saint-Lucien: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −14°C by night. Precipitation in November averages 80 mm. Then December: −1°C by day, −9°C at night. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Drummondville forecast.

Less is spent per resident in Saint-Lucien than in 96% of Québec’s local municipalities

Saint-Lucien is in Drummond--Bois-Francs for the National Assembly of Québec, whose current MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) no open source we can use records yet.

No public library stands in Saint-Lucien: the closest, Bibliothèque Publique De Drummondville, is 11 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque Joseph-Charles-Saint-Amant (L'Avenir), 12 km away.

24% of Saint-Lucien’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 0.6% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.