L'Isle-VerteQuebec

A town of 1,427 in Quebec. It is part of Rivière-du-Loup, a census division.

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Photo: Nicogag · Public domain

Population

1,427

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

61%

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 L'Isle-Verte a good place to live?

Safety is its strong suit (B+). It also does well on health (B+). Hazard risk is higher than most (D). The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living and C+ for jobs & income.

With fewer than 2,500 residents, L'Isle-Verte gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

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.

WeakestDHazard risk

What makes L'Isle-Verte stand out

The 3 things L'Isle-Verte does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

1% are immigrants

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.6 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $140,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

The median of Canadian towns: 10%

58% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

How L'Isle-Verte grades

Each subject compares L'Isle-Verte 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

With fewer than 2,500 residents, L'Isle-Verte gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

Hazard riskIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedDOpen →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentB⁺Open →HealthResidents are healthier than in most townsB⁺Open →WalkabilityAhead of most towns comparedB⁺Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnBOpen →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workC⁺Open →

SchoolsNo schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Isle-Verte.

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

L'Isle-Verte faces more hazards than nine in ten Canadian towns

In Health Canada’s survey, 14% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Burn scars are few around L'Isle-Verte, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.005% a year). No one has filed a flood map for L'Isle-Verte on the national inventory.

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

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

L'Isle-Verte14%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.15	$0.14	$0.030

$0.15

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

Low

wildfire band

18 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageL'Isle-Verte’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.15 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon14% 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 · Not measured by town: radon tests (the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region)

Climate

L'Isle-Verte has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.5°C

A normal December brings 66 cm of snow, the most of any month. Snow totals 281 cm over the year, higher than 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.

22.5°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.7°C

Spring6.5°C

Summer21.3°C

Autumn9.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
July afternoon high	22.5°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
Days with frost a year	176	161	159

281 cm

of snow a year

176

days with frost a year

137

days with precipitation a year

Full pageL'Isle-Verte’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 22.5°C, January lows −15.5°C Rain and snow1,124 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow281 cm of snow a year Weather station28 km to the station · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin)

SafetySafety B⁺

L'Isle-Verte’s grade for safety: a B+

Property crime in its police area ran at 14.3 per 1,000 residents a year, below Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Where it is policed, 10.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

48Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202349

202451

202545

2023–2025	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	14.3	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	48	56	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	72	88	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

56%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageL'Isle-Verte’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety48 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime L'Isle-Verte’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is L'Isle-Verte safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Data for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 covers Rivière-du-Loup MRC

HealthHealth B⁺

Around L'Isle-Verte, 60% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent

On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Women in the region live to 83.1 and men to 80.3, 81.7 years taken together (2022/2024). For L'Isle-Verte itself the measure is access, and it lags: 19 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

60%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

L'Isle-Verte60%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	60%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	81.7	82.5	81.5

81.7

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

19 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

17 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageL'Isle-Verte’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey60% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care19 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 17 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.1, men 80.3 Conditions and habits15% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

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

Outdoors

L'Isle-Verte is ringed by protected land: 39% within 10 km

Swimmers have 3 beaches within 5 km, Batture de l'Île Ronde the nearest. A provincial park, Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, lies 9.6 km away. The 10 km around town hold 36 protected areas. National parks are all over 100 km off.

39%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

L'Isle-Verte39%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	39%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	27	10	4

9.6 km

to Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageL'Isle-Verte’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas36 protected areas within 10 km · Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes National & provincial parks9.6 km to a provincial park · Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

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

HousingCost of living B

More households own their home in L'Isle-Verte than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns: 83%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 12% of households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

$140,000median home value, 2021BCost of living Grade

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

L'Isle-Verte$140,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Households owning their home	83%	70%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	12%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	18%	18%	20%

$580

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$584

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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Owners and renters83% own their home Cost of living2.6 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $140,000, against the median household income Renting$580 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census

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.

Work & commuteJobs & income C⁺

Commuters in L'Isle-Verte have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

93% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van93%

Walk7%

Public transit2%

Census 2021	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	22 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	93%	90%	89%

$55,200

median household income, 2020

16%

worked from home, May 2021

30%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment5.3% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work8% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to155 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Rivière-du-Loup

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

16% of L'Isle-Verte’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 1.5% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Over-65s are a quarter of the population.

50median age

L'Isle-VerteQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

25%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree20%

Postsecondary qualification61%

Women and men · all residents

49.4% of L'Isle-Verte’s residents are women

685 men and 670 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.

Who lives in L'Isle-Verte
	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	16%	17%	16%
15 to 64	59%	62%	64%
65+	25%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	20%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	61%	59%	56%

Full pageL'Isle-Verte’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French16% speak both · 83% speak French but not English Ages50 median age · 25% are 65 or over Households645 households · 2.1 people per household Immigrants1% are immigrants · 2% belong to a visible minority

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

Weather

In L'Isle-Verte, November normally means 3°C afternoons and −3°C nights

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Trois-Pistoles. November usually brings some 22 cm of snow. A normal December brings highs of −4°C, lows of −10°C. Expect about 78 mm of rain and snow over November.

3°Ca normal November afternoon

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

November3°C

December−4°C

January−7°C

February−6°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−6°C	−13°C	217 mm
Spring	6°C	−2°C	268 mm
Summer	21°C	11°C	326 mm
Autumn	10°C	2°C	312 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

78 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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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 (Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Each seat on L'Isle-Verte’s council speaks for just 200 residents, fewer than in 79% of Quebec municipalities

L'Isle-Verte is in Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Bernard Généreux of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Full pageL'Isle-Verte’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Who runs itMunicipality Provincial legislatureRivière-du-Loup--Témiscouata

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

L'Isle-Verte’s public library is Bibliothèque De L'Isle-Verte

It stands 0.2 km from the centre of L'Isle-Verte.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong1.4 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

No high school in or near L'Isle-Verte: the closest is 17 km off

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

3schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Chanoine-CôtéIn L'Isle-VerteElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 3 schools →

Schools within 3 km	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	17 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
School boards	2	2	3

17 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school3 elementary schools Language0 of 3 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec The boards2 school boards · Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup Questions“What schools are there in L'Isle-Verte?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Ungraded on schools in Quebec, because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

History

In L'Isle-Verte, 60% of homes go back before 1961

The record has 2 municipal citations and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Its oldest building on the record is Moulin du Petit-Sault, from 1823. Inside the town the registers count 7 historic places; 4 are top designations. 3 more stand just outside, within 5 km of the town’s edge.

7historic places

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations4

Other federal designations1

Provincial and local listings2

Among them

Louis Bertrand House 1853
L'Isle-Verte Court House 1859
Moulin du Petit-Sault 1823
La Décollation-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church 1846

1823

oldest construction date on the record

60%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

historic places just outside the town

National Historic Sites

Heritage	L'Isle-Verte	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	60%	21%	18%

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Older homes60% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%On the registers7 historic places inside the town Highest designations4 top designations · Louis Bertrand House Questions“How many historic places does L'Isle-Verte have?”

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

Nearby attractions

L'Isle-Verte Court House and 2 more in and around L'Isle-Verte

Sights in L'Isle-Verte and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

MuseumL'Isle-Verte Court Housein town

MuseumLouis Bertrand Housein town MuseumMuseumMusée Du Squelettein town

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

Photo credits (2)

L'Isle-Verte Court House: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Louis Bertrand House: Nicogag, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Keep exploring

Everything we know about L'Isle-Verte

15pages on L'Isle-Verte

The big questions

SafetyB⁺Crime Severity Index 48 Housing & costBHomes 2.6 × income Property pricesSchools3 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 81.7 in its region Work & commuteC⁺58% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors39% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 50 History7 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Famous people from L'Isle-Verte

6 notable people were born in L'Isle-Verte.

See all 6 →

Charles Arthur GauvreauCanadian politician · 1860–1924

Gérard FilionCanadian businessman and journalist · 1909–2005

Joseph-Alfred DionCanadian politician · 1897–1957

Charles BertrandCanadian politician · 1824–1896

Georges PréfontaineCanadian biologist and physician · 1897–1986

Jean Soucy1915–2003

L'Isle-Verte’s neighbours

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

Saint-ArsèneNotre-Dame-des-NeigesTrois-PistolesCacounaL'Isle-Verte

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
L'Isle-Verte	1,427	—	—	B	B⁺	B⁺
Saint-Arsène	1,269	12	—	A	B⁺	A⁻
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges	1,146	14	—	B⁺	B⁺	A
Trois-Pistoles	3,123	17	A⁻	B	B⁺	A
Cacouna	1,888	17	—	A	B⁺	A⁻

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

Questions about L'Isle-Verte

What kind of homes are in L'Isle-Verte?

Single-detached houses make up 82% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 36% of households are one person, and the average is 2.1.

Is L'Isle-Verte growing?

Yes: the census counted 1,294 in 2016 and 1,356 in 2021, a rise of 4.8%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,427.

Is L'Isle-Verte a young town or an old one?

Its median age is 50, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.

About L'Isle-Verte

Town in Quebec

TownRatings counts L'Isle-Verte as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in Quebec; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.

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

Population: 1,427 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Rivière-du-Loup
Census subdivision: 2412043

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).