L'Anse-Saint-JeanQuebec
1,310 residents make their home in this town in Quebec. Statistics Canada places it in the Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord census division.
Is L'Anse-Saint-Jean a good place to live?
Homes are affordable (A−). Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
L'Anse-Saint-Jean has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. 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 L'Anse-Saint-Jean grades
Each subject compares L'Anse-Saint-Jean with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
L'Anse-Saint-Jean has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes L'Anse-Saint-Jean stand out
The 3 things L'Anse-Saint-Jean does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Anse-Saint-Jean.
A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in L'Anse-Saint-Jean than in 82% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work took 25 min, below both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). 86% of commuters drove to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 25 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 86% | 90% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Rent takes less of local pay in L'Anse-Saint-Jean than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% of household income
79% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 6% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 6% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 13% | 18% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 79% | 70% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
Summers stay cool in L'Anse-Saint-Jean: July afternoons reach 22.3°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
L'Anse-Saint-Jean sees January nights of −16.6°C on average. Snowfall adds up to 281 cm a year, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). October is the wettest month, with 124 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal December brings 66 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 22.3°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Snowfall a year | 281 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 1,124 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −16.6°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Grandes-Bergeronnes)
L'Anse-Saint-Jean’s health region reports 66% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%
Smoking is rarer than in the province: 11% of adults, against 12% for Quebec. A baby born in the region can expect 81.8 years, 83.2 for a girl and 80.4 for a boy (2022/2024). Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is 48 km from the average resident of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, and 100% live more than 30 km away. L'Anse-Saint-Jean shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 66% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.8 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
For safety, L'Anse-Saint-Jean gets a B+
Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 11.4 per 1,000 a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence across its police area runs at 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 11.4 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 49 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 10.2 | 12.4 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: Fjord-du-Saguenay MRC
Protected areas cover 26% of the country around L'Anse-Saint-Jean
No national park lies within 100 km. Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 29, above both Quebec’s towns (10) and Canadian towns (4). Within 5 km lie 7 beaches, unnamed on the map.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 26% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 29 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
20% of L'Anse-Saint-Jean’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
5.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 49.0% of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Here the census found 665 men and 640 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.
| L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 54% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 32% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 28% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 53% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
2 schools in and around L'Anse-Saint-Jean: 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Marie-MédiatriceIn L'Anse-Saint-JeanElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École primaire et secondaire FréchetteIn L'Anse-Saint-JeanAll grades | All grades | – | French public |
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.
L'Anse-Saint-Jean in November: highs near 3°C, lows near −3°C
A normal December brings highs of −4°C, lows of −11°C. Precipitation in November averages 78 mm. Snowfall in a normal November: 22 cm. The year peaks in July (22°C) and bottoms out in January (−17°C).
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −6°C | −14°C | 217 mm |
| Spring | 6°C | −2°C | 268 mm |
| Summer | 21°C | 11°C | 326 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | 2°C | 312 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Grandes-Bergeronnes); the forecast is on the Weather page
L'Anse-Saint-Jean spends more per resident than 98% of Québec’s local municipalities do
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
L'Anse-Saint-Jean has one public library, Bibliothèque Publique De L'Anse-Saint-Jean
From the centre of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, it is 5.6 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
L'Anse-Saint-Jean is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Gouvernement du Québec
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean health region
Radon topped the guideline in 2.8% of tested homes, below Quebec’s towns (8.2%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.18 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.18 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 2.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Everything we know about L'Anse-Saint-Jean
About L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Town in Quebec
Statistics Canada treats L'Anse-Saint-Jean as a single census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings keeps to that line.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,310 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord
- Census subdivision
- 2494210
Questions about L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Is L'Anse-Saint-Jean growing?
It grew from 1,201 people in 2016 to 1,301 in 2021, up 8.3%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,310.
How old are the people of L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
At 57.2, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 13% of the population and seniors 32%.
What kind of homes are in L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
72% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2 people; 33% are one person living alone.
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).