Lac des Habitants
48.7979° N, 71.4166° W
Lac des Habitants, Quebec. 48.7979° N, 71.4166° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-des-habitants/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- États trophiques des lacs (RSVL), Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP), Données Québec.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Lac des Habitants covers 1.08 km², Quebec. It lies 1.1 km northeast of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire.
- Area
- 1.08 km²
- Shoreline
- 9.3 km
- Water clarity
- 2.5 mSecchi depth, 2025
- Elevation
- 181 m
Today on the water
7.3 °C
Observed at Alma, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT
Wind from the west: the west shore is the sheltered side.
| Time | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 15 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| Temp. °C | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.
Weather: Alma (local forecast), as of 3:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:25 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:57 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:07 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:39 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:46 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:25 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 2 years between 2024 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 2.5 m.
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