The average annual premium will be $873 in the region, which represents an increase of 5.66 per cent between 2020 and 2021. The provincial average is more around $775. This amount is up by 5.87 per cent.

This data, obtained by HelloSafe, are coming from the general results of the Rapport statistique sur l’assurance automobile 2021, which is published each year by the Groupement des Assureurs Automobiles (GAA) du Québec.

High Risks

Laval (9.76 per cent) is also the second region with the highest frequency of car claims in Quebec, behind Montreal (11.87 per cent).

The average cost associated with these is estimated at $5,386, which also places Laval in second place in the ranking by region. For comparison, Lanaudière ($4,777) and the Laurentides ($4,497) are both under the $5,000 mark. HelloSafe adds that the average cost of an car claim increased by 7.52 per cent between 2020 and 2021. (N.P.)

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That situation can be seen in all regions of Quebec, except that of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, where French registered a gain of 1.1 per cent.

Compared to Montreal

After the Nord-du-Québec, Laval recorded the biggest drop of percentage points (-three per cent), ahead of  Montreal and the Outaouais, where French fell by 2.4 per cent.

At 68.9 per cent, Laval is ranked 15th in the ranking of regions, behind the Nord-du-Québec (31.1 per cent) and Montreal (58.4 per cent).

Slowing Down in Quebec

The demographic weight of people speaking French predominantly at home in Quebec has been decreasing since 2001, says the agency in charge of the population census in the country.

In 20 years, this weight has gone from 81.1 to 77.5 per cent. In the 2016 census, the proportion of Quebecers whose home language was French was 79 per cent. That said, in 2021, 85.5 per cent of Quebec’s population said they were speaking French at home at least regularly.

Between 2016 and 2021, the proportion of the population whose mother tongue was French dropped below 75 per cent, going from 77.1 to 74.8 per cent. During the same period, Quebecers having French as their first official language went from 83.7 to 82.2 per cent, while 93.7 per cent of Quebec residents said, in 2021, they could hold a conversation in French, down 0.8 per cent from five years earlier.

Finally, at the last census, the number of people for whom English is the first official language spoken It passed the milestone of one million people, representing 13 per cent of Quebec’s population.

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Laval had previously lost 5-0 at the stadium of parc Paul-Marcel-Maheu, in the first game of that best-of-three series.

The Pirates were entering a new cycle after three consecutive seasons with a positive record. This season, they had a rather difficult year on the field. The team went 14-28, good for fourth and second-to-last in the West Division.

Things haven’t improved in the last part of the regular schedule. Laval’s team finished the season losing eight of its last 10 games, including the last five.

Individually

Offensively, Gabriel Laroche led the Pirates in batting average (.508) and home runs (four). Frédéric Achard-Groleau is the one who had the most hits (38) and RBIs (26).

No pitcher on the team concluded the 2022 season with more than three wins.

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It’s the best seasonal performance of Laval’s team since its debut in the K9 Frisbee Toss & Fetch circuit, which regroups nearly 130 teams from around twenty countries.

“The team really evolved a lot in three years,” said Nathalie Magnan founding member of Laval’s club. It’s been very good this season, and some talented rookies have joined us. Our ranking is the best in Quebec and Canada. Only four teams from the United States moved past us.”

At Toss & Fetch, players have 2 rounds of 60 seconds to throw as many frisbees as possible to their dog. The farther the object is caught, the more points the team gets.

Results obtained are sent to the league organizers, who then establish the weekly ranking, and determine the winners at the end of the fifth week of competition.

Participants

In the spring of 2022, Laval’s team had members, which represents an increase of 10 compared to the summer of 2020. People participating are aged from 12 to 87. They’re given a disability, as in golf, to avoid being discouraged when they’re starting.

“There are many grandparents coming with their family,” specifies Magnan. “There are even players from elsewhere who are coming to play with us.”

According to the team’s founder, Anne-Marie Gauvin and her dog Zoé are one of the pairs that stood out last season. They joined the team in the winter, and have already been moved up an individual category due to their good performance.

Goals

The Toss & Fetch summer season kicked off in June. Laval residents hope to have as good a season as the previous one.

“I’m expecting a similar ranking,” said Magnan. “Montreal’s team, which didn’t play last season, will be back. They’re matching us, and I think it will be a great rivalry.”

Laval’s squad also has her sights set on the Worldwide Championship, which will be competed over a single day next September. Expectations will be high in an attempt to bring home a first world title.

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