SenneterreQuebec

Renting in Senneterre costs 13% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

5% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 89%.

Senneterre is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Gouvernement du Québec

Of the homes tested for radon, 4.3% were over 200 Bq/m³, below Quebec’s towns (8.2%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Earthquake risk in Senneterre is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. The burn rate around Senneterre is 0.05% a year (2.1% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band.

Commuters in Senneterre travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average

The force covering Senneterre records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 184

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Vallée-de-l'Or MRC

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 29.2 violent incidents are reported each year. The index for the force that serves it came to 104, above both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 25.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Winter nights bite in Senneterre: January lows of −22.2°C, colder than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Frosty days number 202 in a normal year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 31 May and returns around 16 September: 107 days without it. A July afternoon in Senneterre typically reaches 23.8°C.

3 schools in and around Senneterre: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

The closest elementary school is 15 km away, above Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

An older town: 27% of people in Senneterre are 65 or over, more than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

One measure of family life: 12% of residents are under 15. Immigrants make up 0.8% of residents, below both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Senneterre touches 08451R022 Biological Refuge

Parks and reserves take up 1.4% of the ground within 10 km, lower than both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). National parks are all over 100 km off. For a provincial park, Aiguebelle National Park (Québec) lies 82 km off. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

What November brings in Senneterre: −7°C at night, 1°C by day

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Val-d'Or forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −6°C and lows near −16°C. Expect about 75 mm of rain and snow over November. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −22°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.

Per resident, Senneterre spends less than 97% of Québec’s local municipalities

Abitibi-Est is the riding Senneterre votes in for the National Assembly of Québec, and its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

No public library stands in Senneterre: the closest, Bibliothèque De Belcourt, is 15 km away

The next is Bibliothèque De Barraute (Barraute), 30 km away.

People in Senneterre’s health region live to 79.5 on average, 2.0 years short of the typical Canadian town

Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 57% very good or excellent, 57% for Quebec. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Senneterre’s is long: 12 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Senneterre alone, so this card uses the figure for the Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue.