Saint-PascalQuebec

For hazard risk, Saint-Pascal gets a D

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.34 for each $1,000 of buildings, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Burn scars are few around Saint-Pascal, with 0.3% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.007% a year).

For health, Saint-Pascal is ahead of 91% of Canadian towns

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Saint-Pascal is well placed: 1.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Age-standardised, three fifths of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, above Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. Women in the region live to 83.1 and men to 80.3, 81.7 years taken together (2022/2024).

Crime runs lighter where Saint-Pascal is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 42

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 9.8 per 1,000 a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence across its police area runs at 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of Kamouraska MRC, Saint-Pascal included.

In Saint-Pascal, just 7% of households give 30% or more of their income to shelter; the typical Canadian town has 18%

A year’s rent came to 15% of the median household income, below both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%). Households that own their home make up 69%.

Saint-Pascal has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.2°C

Most of the snow comes in December, about 66 cm. Snow totals 281 cm over the year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to October: 99 mm on average.

17% of Saint-Pascal’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 1.5% of the population, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.8% of residents, below Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

Trips to work from Saint-Pascal are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 17 min on average

The car took 90% of commuters, about level with both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Protected land around Saint-Pascal beats 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 100 km there is no national park. 11 km from town is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, the nearest provincial park. The largest is Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes: 174,227 ha, 6.8 km from the edge of town. Count 22 protected areas within 10 km of town.

4 schools serve Saint-Pascal, 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

A normal November in Saint-Pascal runs from −3°C to 4°C

Next comes December, with normal highs of −3°C and lows of −10°C. November usually brings some 22 cm of snow. Expect about 72 mm of rain and snow over November. July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

Solange Morneau leads Saint-Pascal as mayor

From Quebec come 78 MPs, 44 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Saint-Pascal has two public libraries, Bibliothèque De Saint-Germain and Bibliothèque De Saint-Pascal

No library board reports for Saint-Pascal alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

Saint-Pascal: 2 historic places on Canada’s heritage registers

Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 36% of homes, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The earliest construction date, 1913, belongs to Canadian National Railway Station, Saint-Pascal, Quebec. Among the places are a heritage railway station and a municipal citation. A further 7 sit a short way past the edge of town.