Sainte-Marcelline-de-KildareQuebec

Trips to work from Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

A quiet place for hazards: low wildfire, little earthquake risk, and 3.9% of tested homes over the radon guideline in Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare’s area

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.064 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Lanaudiere health region, Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare included.

56% of adults around Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare rate their health very good or excellent

Residents have 15 km to cover to reach a hospital, above both Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.0, with women at 83.7 and men at 80.3.

Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare is wetter than four in five Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year

Some 202 cm of snow falls in a typical year, between Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Rain and snow peak in August, at 114 mm. Most of the snow comes in December, about 49 cm. On a January night, the temperature in Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare falls to about −16.0°C.

Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare’s grade for safety: a B

Measured across Matawinie MRC: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.7 property crimes are reported each year. Its police area recorded 10.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12).

From Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare, Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (33 km)

The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 72 km. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.

In Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −3°C nights

A typical November adds 12 cm of snow. Into December, the normals move to −2°C and −10°C. Expect about 90 mm of rain and snow over November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Joliette forecast, on the Weather page.

Émilie Boisvert is mayor of Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare

Of the 78 Commons seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44.

No public library stands in Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare: the closest, Bibliothèque Louise-Amélie-Panet, is 6.8 km away

The next is Bibliothèque du Docteur-Jacques-Olivier (Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez), 10 km away.

35% of Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

21% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%). Visible minorities make up 0.8% of the population, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

More households own their home in Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns: 82%

Rent took 17% of household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, above Quebec’s towns (13%) but below Canadian towns (18%).

Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare’s teenagers travel 11 km to the nearest high school