AdstockQuebec
With 3,203 residents, it is a town in Quebec. It is part of Les Appalaches, a census division.
Is Adstock a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Prices are modest for what you get (A). With an A overall, Adstock is better than 87% of Canadian towns. Its place in the ranking is #135 of 499 in Quebec. Health outcomes beat most towns (A−). Natural hazards weigh more here (C). The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the Sûreté du Québec unit's figure for the whole MRC. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Adstock grades
Each subject compares Adstock with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Adstock stand out
The 3 things Adstock does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Adstock.
Rent takes less of local pay in Adstock than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 10% of household income
Owners make up 84% of households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 9% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 10% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 9% | 13% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 84% | 70% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
Adstock has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.5°C
A normal winter brings 358 cm of snow, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). December is the snowiest month, with 81 cm on average. The coldest nights come in January, when Adstock averages a low of −16.1°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 358 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 1,324 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 177 | 161 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Thetford Mines)
More adults feel healthy around Adstock: 59% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)
13% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Life expectancy in the region is 82.8 years (84.4 for women, 81.3 for men, 2022/2024). What sets Adstock apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 12 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches, with Adstock one part of it.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 59% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.8 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Adstock’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 13% of area homes over the radon guideline
The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.045 for each $1,000 of buildings, about level with Canadian towns ($0.030) and below Quebec’s towns ($0.14). The national flood inventory has no study for Adstock. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Chaudiere-Appalaches health region, Adstock included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 13% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.045 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Adstock is graded a B for safety
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Appalaches MRC
For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.6 violent incidents are reported each year. Across its police area, there are 15.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 56, near Quebec’s towns (56) and lower than Canadian towns (67).
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 15.6 | 12.4 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Adstock skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns
0.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Both official languages: 25% of residents, lower than Quebec’s towns (44%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
46.7% of Adstock’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 1,355 women and 1,545 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Adstock | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 58% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 26% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 60% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Adstock in November: highs near 3°C, lows near −4°C
A normal November brings 91 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 28 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −16°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Thetford Mines forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −14°C | 309 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −2°C | 305 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 12°C | 396 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | 2°C | 315 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Thetford Mines); the forecast is on the Weather page
Pascal Binet is mayor of Adstock
The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Adstock is Mégantic—L’Érable—Lotbinière, and Luc Berthold (Conservative Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Adstock is Bibliotheque De L'Amitie, 14 km away
The next is Bibliothèque Luc-Lacourcière (Saint-Victor), 19 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Commuters in Adstock have a short way to work, 23 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
The car took 93% of commuters, about level with Quebec’s towns (90%) and above Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 23 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 93% | 90% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
Frontenac National Park (Québec) begins where Adstock ends
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Protected areas cover 5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Within its own boundary, nearly a tenth of the town is protected. 3 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Le litoral and La Tourbière.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 5% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Adstock and its edges hold 8 schools: 7 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
The nearest secondary school is 16 km away, above both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, 10% of schools are.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École aux Quatre-VentsIn AdstockElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Polyvalente de Thetford MinesNearest secondary school, 2.9 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Adstock | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 16 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Why no schools grade in Quebec? The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Everything we know about Adstock
Famous people from around Adstock
No notable person born in Adstock is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Simon Gamache: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY 3.0 · Jean-Marie Beaudet: Conrad Poirier, Public domain
About Adstock
Town in Quebec
Adstock is a municipality in Quebec, read by TownRatings as Statistics Canada draws it: one census subdivision, so its figures cover the whole municipality.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 3,203 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Les Appalaches
- Census subdivision
- 2431056
Adstock’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adstock | 3,203 | — | A | A | B | A− |
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | 2,575 | 12 | A+ | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| La Guadeloupe | 1,927 | 15 | — | A | B+ | B+ |
| Thetford Mines | 27,155 | 17 | A− | B+ | B | A |
| Saint-Victor | 2,344 | 19 | — | A+ | A− | A− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Adstock
Do people in Adstock speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 75.2% know French alone, and 25% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
Who are the people of Adstock?
2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 2% have an Indigenous identity and 1% are immigrants.
What kind of homes are in Adstock?
Single-detached houses make up 94% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 31% of households are one person, and the average is 2.3.
Is Adstock growing?
It grew from 2,806 people in 2016 to 2,903 in 2021, up 3.5%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 3,203.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).