Sept-ÎlesQuebec

Trips to work from Sept-Îles are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 16 min on average

91% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

33% of Sept-Îles itself is protected land

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 24%, above both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). 94 km separate the town from Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, its nearest national park. Count 64 protected areas within 10 km of town. Swimmers have 15 beaches within 5 km, Plage Monaghan the nearest.

Rent takes less of local pay in Sept-Îles than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

Measured across the Sept-Îles metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

The owner-occupied share of households is 66%. Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

The force covering Sept-Îles records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 210

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

Violent incidents in its police area came to 28.8 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Across its police area, there are 16.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Sept-Îles has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 19.7°C

The thermometer drops below freezing on 205 days a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Sept-Îles sees January nights of −20.1°C on average. October is the wettest month, with 118 mm of rain and snow on average.

Wildfire moderate, radon 4.7%: how Sept-Îles stands on hazards

Seismic risk in Sept-Îles sits near the middle: $0.050 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Wildfire is a moderate presence around Sept-Îles: 2.6% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.07% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. No one has filed a flood map for Sept-Îles on the national inventory. Figures for radon tests are published for the Cote-Nord health region as a whole, not for Sept-Îles alone.

Very good or excellent health for 61% of adults around Sept-Îles; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de la Côte-Nord

The survey counts 15% of adults as smokers, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Women in the region live to 82.1 and men to 77.0, 79.4 years taken together (2022/2024). What sets Sept-Îles apart within its region is distance, and at 4.6 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

A normal November in Sept-Îles runs from −6°C to 2°C

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Sept-Îles. A normal November brings 112 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of −5°C and lows of −14°C.

Sept-Îles spends more per resident than 91% of Québec’s local municipalities

Benoit Méthot is mayor of Sept-Îles, with 9 councillors on the council.

Sept-Îles’s public library works from 3 branches

Sept-Îles public library serves 24,373 people.

30% of Sept-Îles’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

8.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Over-65s are 21% of the population.

Around Sept-Îles, 13 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade: 18 schools in all

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, near Quebec’s towns (2) and lower than Canadian towns (3).