Canada
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
242km²
Area
94km
Coastline
78m
Highest point
380,000
People
2km
To the mainland
When to go to Île Jésus
Best to visit from June to September.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Quebec; site of the city of Laval
Île Jésus is an island in Canada. It belongs to Hochelaga Archipelago. It covers 242 km², with 94 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 78 m. About 380,000 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 2 km away.
Getting there
- Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 16 km in a straight lineCar hire at YUL airport (Montréal)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesTraverse Laval - Île-Bizard
- 2 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Île Jésus.
- 2beachesPlage Lajeunesse
- 16viewpointsBelvédère and 15 more
- 2ferry terminalsLaval -Île Bizard, Île Bizard-Laval
- 6marinasYacht Club Laval Sur Le Lac, Commodore Yacht Club, Marina Venise and 3 more
- 1waterfalls
- 1dive centresLa Boutique du Plongeur
- 1surf spotsMaeva Surf
- 1waymarked walking routes
- 1campsitesCamping Au Plateau 5 Étoiles
- 20hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 448restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 34 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 94 %0–50 m
- 6 %50–200 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Laval438,366 people
- Chomedey94,030 people
- Val-des-Arbres40,974 people
- Duvernay37,460 people
- Laval-des-Rapides36,933 people
- Saint-Vincent-de-Paul15,194 people
- Pont-Viau14,187 people
- Duvernay-Est14,000 people
- Bois-des-Filion8,383 people
- Saint-Elzéar1,057 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Night low (°C) | -16 | -15 | -8 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | -2 | -11 |
| Rain (mm) | 72 | 68 | 76 | 95 | 93 | 109 | 95 | 98 | 88 | 114 | 81 | 98 |
| Wet days | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Wind (km/h) | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q292060) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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