ClermontQuebec

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Statistics Canada places it in the Charlevoix-Est census division. A town in Quebec, home to 3,117 people.

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Population

3,117

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

51.2

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

49%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Clermont a good place to live?

Strong in places, weak in others. Health is its strong suit (A+). Clermont grades A overall and ranks #75 of 499 in Quebec. Set against the rest, it does better than 93% of Canadian towns. What counts against it is hazard risk (D). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety 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.

StrongestA⁺Health ACost of livingWeakestDHazard risk

How Clermont grades

Each subject compares Clermont 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 grading works

HealthGraded on how healthy residents areA⁺Open →Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Hazard riskAmong the weakest of the towns comparedDOpen →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentB⁺Open →SafetyGraded on crime per residentBOpen →WalkabilityAbout average among the towns comparedBOpen →

SchoolsWe don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Clermont stand out

The 3 things Clermont does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.4 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $160,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Health

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on health

Its health grade: A+.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

29% are 65 or over

Half of Canadian towns are above 19%, half below

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clermont.

HealthHealth A⁺

For health, Clermont is ahead of almost every Canadian town

62%very good or excellent healthA⁺Health Grade

A hospital lies 7.2 km from the typical home, above Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Across the region, 62% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. A baby born in the region can expect 82.9 years, 84.7 for a girl and 81.1 for a boy (2022/2024). At 9.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. Clermont shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Région de la Capitale-Nationale.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Clermont62%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	62%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	14%	15%	17%
Smokers	9.6%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	82.9	82.5	81.5

82.9

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

7.2 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

9.6%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.9 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageClermont’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey62% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care7.2 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.9 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.7, men 81.1 Conditions and habits14% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

HousingCost of living A

Rent takes less of local pay in Clermont than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

$160,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). 68% of households own their home.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Clermont$160,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	8%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	15%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	68%	70%	74%

$580

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$775

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageClermont’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$580 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $160,000, against the median household income Owners and renters68% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

Hazard risk in Clermont is higher than in 87% of Canadian towns

Moderatewildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

Measured across the Capitale-Nationale health region: radon tests

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Gouvernement du Québec. Fire reaches the land around Clermont now and then: 3.9% within 25 km since 1986 (0.10% a year), below the high band. Radon around Clermont is ordinary for Canada: nearly a tenth of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.37 per $1,000 of building value, above Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Clermont8.8%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.37	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	8.8%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.37

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Moderate

wildfire band

8.4 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageClermont’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

WildfireModerate wildfire band · 3.9% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodOne flood study on record Earthquakes$0.37 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon8.8% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Climate

Clermont has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.2°C

24.2°CJuly afternoons

Snow totals 281 cm over the year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). A normal December brings 66 cm of snow, the most of any month. The most precipitation falls in October: 99 mm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.7°C

Spring8.0°C

Summer23.1°C

Autumn11.4°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	281 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	24.2°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	170	161	159
January night low	−15.3°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

281 cm

of snow a year

170

days with frost a year

129

days with precipitation a year

Full pageClermont’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 24.2°C, January lows −15.3°C Rain and snow906 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow281 cm of snow a year Weather station41 km to the station · La Pocatière

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (La Pocatière)

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁺

Trips to work from Clermont are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 17 min on average

5%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 94% of commuters went by car.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van94%

Walk5%

Census 2021	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	17 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	94%	90%	89%

$65,500

median household income, 2020

worked from home, May 2021

43%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageClermont’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

UnemploymentOf the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work5% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to420 commuters · The biggest flow out: to La Malbaie

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

Who lives here

15% of Clermont’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

51.2median age

Visible minorities make up 0.3% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3% of residents, above both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

ClermontQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

29%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree22%

Postsecondary qualification49%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 51.4% of Clermont

1,575 women and 1,490 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.

Who lives in Clermont
	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	15%	17%	16%
15 to 64	57%	62%	64%
65+	29%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	22%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	49%	59%	56%

Full pageClermont’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French15% speak both · 86% speak French but not English Ages51.2 median age · 29% are 65 or over Households1,430 households · 2.1 people per household Immigrants0% belong to a visible minority

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

SafetySafety B

Clermont’s grade for safety: a B

57Crime Severity Index

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Charlevoix-Est MRC

Violent incidents in its police area came to 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.2 property crimes are reported each year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202362

202455

202554

2023–2025	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	14.2	16.6	31.2
Violent crime	16.9	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

56%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageClermont’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety57 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Clermont’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Clermont safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Weather

In Clermont, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −3°C nights

4°Ca normal November afternoon

The year peaks in July (24°C) and bottoms out in January (−15°C). Next comes December, with normal highs of −3°C and lows of −10°C. November usually brings some 22 cm of snow. A normal November brings 72 mm of rain and snow.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November4°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−13°C	205 mm
Spring	8°C	−2°C	205 mm
Summer	23°C	12°C	247 mm
Autumn	11°C	3°C	249 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

72 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageClermont’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (La Pocatière); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Luc Cauchon is mayor of Clermont

Across Quebec, 44 of the 78 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Full pageClermont’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentGabriel Hardy Provincial legislatureCharlevoix--Côte-de-Beaupré

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

Clermont’s public library is Bibliothèque La Chute De Mots

From the centre of Clermont, it is 0.5 km away.

Full pageClermont’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong2.9 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Clermont touches 03351R021 Biological Refuge

4.1%of the land within 10 km protected

Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes (174,227 ha) is the biggest, 5.7 km from town. The nearest provincial park, Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, is 14 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 4.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Within 100 km there is no national park.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Clermont4.1%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	4.1%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	10	10	4

14 km

to Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

Full pageClermont’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas10 protected areas within 10 km · Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes National & provincial parks14 km to a provincial park · Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Schools

The nearest high school to Clermont is 7.1 km away

2schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École L'Écho des trois montagnes (Laure-Gaudreault)In ClermontElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 2 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	7.1 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

7.1 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageClermont’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school2 elementary schools Language0 of 2 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Clermont?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · In Quebec, no schools grade. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

History

1 historic place on the heritage registers in Clermont

1historic place

Homes from before 1961 make up 32% of the stock, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

Site patrimonial de la Montagne de la Croix 1949

1949

oldest construction date on the record

32%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Clermont	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	32%	21%	18%

Full pageClermont’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registersOne historic place inside the town Older homes32% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Clermont have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Clermont

15pages on Clermont

The big questions

SafetyBCrime Severity Index 57 Housing & costAHomes 2.4 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthA⁺Life expectancy 82.9 in its region Work & commuteB⁺53% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: moderate

Out and about

Outdoors4.1% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 24°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 51.2 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Descente Malbaie and 5 more within 40 km

One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Clermont; with it, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

AttractionAttractionDescente Malbaie3.9 km outside town, to the west

MuseumMusée de Charlevoix9.6 km southeast

CathedralSaint Anne's Cathedral, La Pocatière39 km southeast

MuseumMusée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul35 km south

MuseumSaint-Joseph-de-la-Rive Shipyard28 km south

National parkNational park · SépaqHautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park32 km northwest

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Musée de Charlevoix: ChristianT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint Anne's Cathedral, La Pocatière: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive Shipyard: Malimage, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Clermont

One notable person was born in Clermont; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

Ann-Renée DesbiensCanadian ice hockey player · born 1994

Laure ConanCanadian writer · born in La Malbaie · 1845–1924

Pierre DuchesneLieutenant Governor of Quebec · born in La Malbaie · born 1940

Martial AsselinCanadian politician · born in La Malbaie · 1924–2013

Alexis LapointeCanadian distance runner · born in La Malbaie · 1860–1924

Laure GaudreaultTeacher, journalist and Quebec unionist · born in La Malbaie · 1889–1975

Photo credits

Ann-Renée Desbiens: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Laure Conan: Unknown author, Public domain · Alexis Lapointe: Unknown author, Public domain · Laure Gaudreault: Not mentioned in the source, Public domain

About Clermont

Town in Quebec

Every figure TownRatings gives for Clermont covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Quebec.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 3,117 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Charlevoix-Est
Census subdivision: 2415035

Clermont’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Saint-Aimé-des-LacsLa MalbaieClermont

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Clermont	3,117	—	A	A	B	A⁺
Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs	1,169	6.9	—	B⁺	B	A⁺
La Malbaie	8,293	7.2	A⁻	A⁻	B	A⁺

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Clermont

How old are the people of Clermont?

Its median age is 51.2, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.

Do people in Clermont speak French?

French comes first: 85.5% speak it alone, while 15% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).

Is Clermont growing?

It went from 3,085 people in 2016 to 3,065 in 2021, down 0.6%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 3,117.

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).