L'Isle-aux-CoudresQuebec
Population 1,083: a town in Quebec. Statistics Canada places it in the Charlevoix census division.
Is L'Isle-aux-Coudres a good place to live?
Health is its strong suit (A+). It also does well on safety (A−). Homes were valued at a median $220,000 at the 2021 census, 3.5 times the typical household’s income. Hazard risk is higher than most (D). Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; L'Isle-aux-Coudres has its subject grades alone.
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.
What makes L'Isle-aux-Coudres stand out
The 3 things L'Isle-aux-Coudres does most differently from other towns.
How L'Isle-aux-Coudres grades
Each subject compares L'Isle-aux-Coudres with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; L'Isle-aux-Coudres has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Isle-aux-Coudres.
L'Isle-aux-Coudres scores better for health than almost every Canadian town
The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Région de la Capitale-Nationale
One in ten adults smoke, daily or now and then, below Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Across the region, 62% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. People in the region live to 82.9 on average: 84.7 for women and 81.1 for men in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital is 10 km from the average resident of L'Isle-aux-Coudres, further than the usual 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | 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 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
On hazards, L'Isle-aux-Coudres comes out behind 88% of Canadian towns
Measured across the Capitale-Nationale health region: radon tests
L'Isle-aux-Coudres’ survey area, 8.8% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. Little of the land around L'Isle-aux-Coudres has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year. Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.39 per $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.39 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 8.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
L'Isle-aux-Coudres earns an A− for safety
The index for the force that serves it came to 45, below both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 10.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across Charlevoix MRC, with L'Isle-aux-Coudres one part of it.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 10.6 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 45 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
L'Isle-aux-Coudres has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.2°C
Snow peaks in December: 83 cm in a normal year. Some 349 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Rain and snow peak in October, at 99 mm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 349 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 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (La Pocatière)
24% of L'Isle-aux-Coudres’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than Quebec’s towns (1.5%) yet lower than 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
51.8% of L'Isle-aux-Coudres’ residents are women
Here the census found 535 men and 575 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.
| L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.7% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 49% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 44% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 23% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 47% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Fewer households are stretched by shelter costs in L'Isle-aux-Coudres: 5% spend 30%+ of income, against 18% in the typical Canadian town
Owners make up 80% of households, above both Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%). Rent took 16% of household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 5% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 16% | 18% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 80% | 70% | 74% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $220,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
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.
Trips to work from L'Isle-aux-Coudres are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 22 min on average
91% of commuters took the car to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 22 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 91% | 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.
What November brings in L'Isle-aux-Coudres: −3°C at night, 4°C by day
About 30 cm of snow falls in a normal November. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −10°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 72 mm. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| 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 |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (La Pocatière); the forecast is on the Weather page
L'Isle-aux-Coudres has a council seat for every 150 residents, fewer than 94% of municipalities in Quebec
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
L'Isle-aux-Coudres has one public library, Bibliothèque Pour La Suite Du Monde
From the centre of L'Isle-aux-Coudres, it is 1 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
École de la Rose-des-Vents is the only school in and around L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Elementary school is 4.9 km away at the nearest, above Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École de la Rose-des-VentsIn L'Isle-aux-CoudresAll grades | All grades | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest elementary school | 4.9 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
| Nearest secondary school | 4.9 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
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.
Protected areas cover 65% of the country around L'Isle-aux-Coudres
No national park lies within 100 km. CPCAD lists 15 protected areas within 10 km. 30 km from town is Grands-Jardins National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. For a swim, Plage de Cartier is the nearest of 4 beaches within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 65% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 12 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
L'Isle-aux-Coudres’s oldest designated place, Maison Bouchard, dates from 1728
The registers list 7 historic places inside the town, every one with the highest designation. Just over a quarter of its homes were built before 1961, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 26% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Les Moulins de l'Isle-aux-Coudres and 3 more in and around L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Sights in L'Isle-aux-Coudres and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
MuseumSaint-Joseph-de-la-Rive Shipyard3.5 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumCidres Et Vergers Pedneault - Pomiculture Économuséein townMuseumMuseumPapeterie Saint-Gilles - Paper Making Économusée3.6 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive Shipyard: Malimage, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Everything we know about L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Famous people from around L'Isle-aux-Coudres
One notable person was born in L'Isle-aux-Coudres; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Simone Mary Bouchard: Unknown author, Public domain
L'Isle-aux-Coudres’ neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Isle-aux-Coudres | 1,083 | — | — | B | A− | A+ |
| Les Éboulements | 1,661 | 7.1 | — | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Baie-Saint-Paul | 7,760 | 11 | A | C+ | A− | A+ |
| Saint-Hilarion | 1,221 | 18 | — | A− | A− | A+ |
| Petite-Rivière-Saint-François | 1,150 | 18 | — | A− | A− | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Do people in L'Isle-aux-Coudres speak French?
French is the common language here.
What kind of homes are in L'Isle-aux-Coudres?
Mostly 88% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 1.9 people on average, and 40% have just one.
How old are the people of L'Isle-aux-Coudres?
62.4 is the median age, 45.2 the median among Canadian towns; 44% of residents are 65 or over and 7% under 15.
Has L'Isle-aux-Coudres grown?
It went from 1,143 people in 2016 to 1,116 in 2021, down 2.4%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,083.
About L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Town in Quebec
Every figure TownRatings gives for L'Isle-aux-Coudres 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
- 1,083 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Charlevoix
- Census subdivision
- 2416023
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).