Ville-MarieQuebec

Hazards in Ville-Marie are mild: low wildfire and earthquake risk, and 4.3% of area homes above the radon guideline

Measured across the Abitibi-Temiscamingue health region: radon tests

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.040 per $1,000 of buildings, below Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and close to Canadian towns ($0.030). Wildfire is rare near Ville-Marie: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.006% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Ville-Marie on the national inventory.

Violent crime weighs more where Ville-Marie is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 131

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

Violent incidents in its police area came to 20.3 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 19.7 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Ville-Marie has colder winters than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −21.4°C

Expect July highs of around 24.8°C in Ville-Marie. Frosty days number 195 in a normal year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 115 frost-free days, from 27 May to 20 September. Rain and snow peak in September, at 88 mm.

Life expectancy around Ville-Marie is 79.5 years, 2.0 less than for the typical Canadian town

Smoking takes in 15% of adults, age-standardised, above both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 57%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. What sets Ville-Marie apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.8 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

32% of Ville-Marie’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 4.6% of the population, higher than Quebec’s towns (3.5%) yet lower than Canadian towns (15%). 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

The nearest provincial park to Ville-Marie is W.J.B. Greenwood Provincial Park, 22 km away

There is one protected area within 10 km. Within 100 km there is no national park. 6.2 km out lies the largest, Île-Brisseau Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant Species, at 11 ha.

In Ville-Marie, November normally means 2°C afternoons and −6°C nights

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 57 mm. December follows at −5°C by day and −15°C by night. The year peaks in July (25°C) and bottoms out in January (−21°C). ECCC’s forecast for Temiskaming Shores is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Fewer of Abitibi—Témiscamingue voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 56%, behind 82%

Ville-Marie is in Abitibi—Témiscamingue, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois.

Ville-Marie has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque De Laverlochere, 15 km away

No library board reports for Ville-Marie alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

Fewer households own their home in Ville-Marie than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns: 60%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 10% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Commuters in Ville-Marie have a short way to work, 17 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

The car took 79% of commuters, below both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

No high school in or near Ville-Marie: the closest is 7.3 km off

One place in Ville-Marie, at the top of the registers

24% of its homes were built before 1961, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).