Saint-PlacideQuebec

Commuters in Saint-Placide travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 36 min on average

The car took 93% of commuters, close to Quebec’s towns (90%) and above Canadian towns (89%).

Saint-Placide is graded an A for health

Residents have 18 km to cover to reach a hospital, above Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.2, with women at 83.7 and men at 80.8. Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 60% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec.

Saint-Placide is graded a D for hazard risk

Radon is higher than usual: 10% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.17 per $1,000 of buildings, close to Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and above Canadian towns ($0.030). Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Figures for radon tests are published for the Laurentides health region as a whole, not for Saint-Placide alone.

Measured against local pay, Saint-Placide costs more to live in than four in five Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the Montréal metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took 22% of household income, above Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. 76% of households own their home.

The force covering Saint-Placide records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 129

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Deux-Montagnes MRC

The index for the force that serves it came to 83, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Across its police area, there are 20.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Where it is policed, 13.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Saint-Placide has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns

Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 23, above both Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4). The closest provincial park is Oka National Park (Québec), 6.6 km from the edge of town. National parks are all over 100 km off.

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

The most precipitation falls in October: 120 mm in a normal year. Snowfall adds up to 218 cm a year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Snow peaks in January: 56 cm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 12 May and returns around 3 October: 143 days without it.

More people in Saint-Placide speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 46%

Visible minorities make up 2.4% of the population, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up 5% of residents, above Quebec’s towns (2.6%) but below Canadian towns (6.4%).

Saint-Placide in November: highs near 5°C, lows near −2°C

Into December, the normals move to −2°C and −10°C. Snow is normal by November, about 17 cm over the month. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 93 mm. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January.

The council of Saint-Placide is led by its mayor, Daniel Laviolette

Across Quebec, 44 of the 78 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Saint-Placide has one public library, Bibliothèque De Saint-Placide

It stands 0.9 km from the centre of Saint-Placide.

Saint-Placide’s teenagers travel 8 km to the nearest high school

Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, close to Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

The registers list 2 historic places in Saint-Placide, one at the top

Counted by designation, there are a municipal citation. Maison Adolphe-Basile-Routhier, begun in 1841, is the oldest by its record. Before 1961 is when 31% of the homes went up, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).