Saint-SulpiceQuebec

Violent crime weighs less where Saint-Sulpice is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 59

Violent incidents in its police area came to 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Its police area records 10.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Saint-Sulpice alone, so this card uses the figure for the L'Assomption service area.

Saint-Sulpice has just 13% of households spending at least 30% of income on shelter, where the typical Canadian town has 18%

Owners make up 79% of households, above Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. A year’s rent came to 19% of the median household income, about level with Canadian towns (20%) and above Quebec’s towns (18%).

56% of adults around Saint-Sulpice rate their health very good or excellent

Closer to home, a hospital is 16 km from the average resident of Saint-Sulpice, further than the usual 3.7 km. The survey counts 14% of adults as smokers, above Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 82.0 years at birth, 83.7 for women and 80.3 for men.

Protected land around Saint-Sulpice beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

For a national park, La Mauricie National Park is 91 km away. A provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), lies 16 km away. Within 10 km are 29 protected areas.

Wet weather: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Sulpice, more than on 82% of Canadian towns

A July afternoon in Saint-Sulpice typically reaches 26.6°C. In January the thermometer sinks to −16.0°C overnight, lower than both Quebec’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). A normal August brings 114 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in December, about 49 cm.

Commuters in Saint-Sulpice travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 33 min on average

In Saint-Sulpice, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −3°C nights

A typical November adds 12 cm of snow. Then December: −2°C by day, −10°C at night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 90 mm. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s L'Assomption forecast.

Saint-Sulpice’s mayor: Steve Mador

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

Bibliothèque Municipale de St-Sulpice is Saint-Sulpice’s public library

It sits 0.2 km from the centre of Saint-Sulpice.

Saint-Sulpice is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Gouvernement du Québec

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.16 for each $1,000 of buildings, close to Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and above Canadian towns ($0.030). In Health Canada’s survey, just 3.9% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Little of the land around Saint-Sulpice has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. Saint-Sulpice doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Lanaudiere health region.

4 boards run the schools in and around Saint-Sulpice

In or within 3 km of Saint-Sulpice: 15 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools. Of the 18, one teaches in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 4.5 km off, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

35% of Saint-Sulpice’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

3.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Over-65s are 18% of the population.

Saint-Sulpice: 2 historic places, every one with the highest designation

Go back to 1830 and you reach Chapelle de procession Notre-Dame-de-Pitié, the oldest of them.