Global CityIntelligence

Canada / North America

Laval City Intelligence

Laval is the second-largest city in the Montreal metropolitan area, connected by its own Metro line, with a low-carbon Quebec grid, country-level healthcare framing, and cost framing tied to the Montreal region. Laval is a north america city of about ~440K in Canada. On the composite city-intelligence score, Laval sits around the indexed median (74/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~440K
View of Laval, Canada

Image credit: Image: Mario Hains / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use the Laval profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and energy context alongside Montreal, Quebec City, and Ottawa.

Overall74/100
Affordability68/100
Air quality78/100
Energy84/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

74/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Laval data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Laval city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score74/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living68/100Laval's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality78/100Laval's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy84/100Laval's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety74/100Laval's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed79/100Laval's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk73/100Laval's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience73/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Emergency and public safety in Laval

Local public safety guidance for Laval, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Canada emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch in most regions of Canada.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Laval, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Canada emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Laval

Healthcare context for Laval, with national-level information from Canada where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Laval, see the Canada healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Canadian Institute for Health Information

National source of comparable Canadian health-system data and analysis recognised by federal and provincial governments.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Laval

Local mobility context for Laval, with national-level context from Canada where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Laval, see the Canada transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Laval. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Laval

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Laval will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Laval air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Laval modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Laval

Laval's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Laval

Laval's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Laval

Laval's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Laval

Laval's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Laval

Laval's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Laval

Laval's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Laval

Cost of living estimates for Laval — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Visual guide to Laval

Source-attributed visual context for Laval using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Laval

Weekend trip planning checklist for Laval — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Laval

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Laval

Estimate a monthly budget for Laval using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Laval

Plan a trip budget for Laval using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Laval

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Laval. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Montreal, Canada

Same region · about 16 km from Laval. Explore Montreal's city intelligence profile.

Longueuil, Canada

Same region · about 25 km from Laval. Explore Longueuil's city intelligence profile.

Cornwall, Canada

Same region · about 99 km from Laval. Explore Cornwall's city intelligence profile.

Trois-Rivières, Canada

Same region · about 126 km from Laval. Explore Trois-Rivières's city intelligence profile.

Sherbrooke, Canada

Same corridor · about 146 km from Laval. Explore Sherbrooke's city intelligence profile.

Gatineau, Canada

Coastal cluster · about 148 km from Laval. Explore Gatineau's city intelligence profile.

Ottawa, Canada

Same region · about 153 km from Laval. Explore Ottawa's city intelligence profile.

Quebec City, Canada

Same region · about 238 km from Laval. Explore Quebec City's city intelligence profile.

Kingston, Canada

Same region · about 262 km from Laval. Explore Kingston's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Laval — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Laval — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Laval profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and energy context alongside Montreal, Quebec City, and Ottawa. Its standout dimensions are energy (84/100) and internet speed (79/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (68/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Canada country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Laval appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.