Cap-SantéQuebec

Cap-Santé scores better for health than 94% of Canadian towns

Smoking is rarer than in the province: one in ten adults, against 12% for Quebec. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 62%, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). People in the region live to 82.9 on average: 84.7 for women and 81.1 for men in 2022/2024. For Cap-Santé itself the measure is access, and it lags: 20 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

More of Cap-Santé’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 92% of Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 24 min on average.

Renting in Cap-Santé costs 13% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

Households that own their home make up 89%. 7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

For safety, Cap-Santé gets an A−

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 45 over 2023–25, below both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Property crime in the area its police cover: 10.9 per 1,000 people a year. Add to that, for every 1,000 residents of its police area, 9.8 violent incidents are reported each year. Cap-Santé doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from Portneuf MRC.

Hazards in Cap-Santé: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 8.8% of tested homes

The radon tests numbers here cover the Capitale-Nationale health region

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.12 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Cap-Santé on the national inventory.

More of the land around Cap-Santé is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns

The nearest provincial park, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), is 50 km away. 69 km separate the town from La Mauricie National Park, its nearest national park. The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 25, above Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4) alike. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

Winter nights bite in Cap-Santé: January lows of −16.9°C, colder than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Most of the snow comes in December, about 59 cm. The thermometer drops below freezing on 175 days a year, above both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to July: 133 mm on average.

Expect November days around 5°C in Cap-Santé, nights around −3°C

Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Then December: −3°C by day, −11°C at night. Expect about 82 mm of rain and snow over November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Donnacona forecast.

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier turned out at 69% in 2021, higher than 89% of Canada’s ridings

The mayor of Cap-Santé is Tommy Lefebvre, who sits with 6 councillors.

Cap-Santé’s public library is Bibliothèque Municipale De Cap-Sante

It sits 2 km from the centre of Cap-Santé.

Around Cap-Santé, 9 elementary schools and 1 secondary school: 10 schools in all

Secondary school means a trip of 5 km at the nearest, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Schooling here is split between 2 boards, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

31% of Cap-Santé’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, higher than both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.

History in Cap-Santé goes back to 1720: Pagé - Rinfret House / Beaudry House

The registers list 4 historic places inside the town, every one with the highest designation. 24% of its homes were built before 1961, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).