Val D'Or is a community of 32,388 people located in Abitibi-Tamiscamingue region of Quebec, situated near several other towns and cities. It is 6 hours northwest of Montreal and over 6 hours from St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu. Winter activities include snowshoeing, skiing, and skidooing, while summer features a humour festival, concerts, and fours wheeling. Wildlife includes bears, deer, moose, caribou, wolves, and birds. There are French elementary and high schools, an English school, CEGEP, university, and healthcare services like a CLSC and hospital. The climate is cold and snowy in winter with over