MaskinongéQuebec

The town, home to 2,457 people, lies in Quebec.

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Population

2,457

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 Maskinongé a good place to live?

Maskinongé’s best grade is for health (A−). It is strong on safety as well (A−). A median home here was worth $200,000 at the census, or 3.4 times what the middle household earns in a year. Incomes are on the low side (C).

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Maskinongé 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.

StrongestA⁻Health A⁻Safety

How Maskinongé grades

Each subject compares Maskinongé 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

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Maskinongé has its subject grades alone.

HealthGraded on how healthy residents areA⁻Open →SafetyLess crime than in most townsA⁻Open →Hazard riskAhead of most towns comparedB⁺Open →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentCOpen →WalkabilityMost errands need a carCOpen →Cost of livingWeaker than most of the towns comparedC⁺Open →

SchoolsIn Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Maskinongé stand out

The 3 things Maskinongé does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

1% walk, cycle or take transit

For the middle of Canadian towns, 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Immigrants

Who lives here

2% are immigrants

Next to 6%, the median among Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

6% unemployment

Of the labour force, against 10% for the median of Canadian towns

55% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maskinongé.

HealthHealth A⁻

Very good or excellent health for 61% of adults around Maskinongé; the typical Canadian town: 52%

61%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec

The average trip from home to a hospital is 8.0 km, above Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Lives in the region last 81.6 years on average (2022/2024): 83.3 for women, 79.9 for men.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Maskinongé61%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	61%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	14%	15%	17%
Smokers	13%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	81.6	82.5	81.5

81.6

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

8.0 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

17 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageMaskinongé’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey61% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care8.0 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 17 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.3, men 79.9 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

SafetySafety A⁻

The force covering Maskinongé records less serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 61

44Crime Severity Index

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 44 over 2023–25, below both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 12.6 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Violence across its police area runs at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202337

202451

202545

2023–2025	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	12.6	16.6	31.2
Violent Crime Severity Index	61	88	86
Crime Severity Index	44	56	67
Violent crime	9.3	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

51%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageMaskinongé’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety44 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Maskinongé’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Maskinongé 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 Maskinongé MRC

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁺

Flood mapping exists for Maskinongé: 1 on record, latest by Gouvernement du Québec

Lowwildfire bandB⁺Hazard risk Grade

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.13 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region, Maskinongé included.

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

Maskinongé0%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	0%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.13	$0.14	$0.030

$0.13

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

Low

wildfire band

15 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

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

FloodOne flood study on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.13 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon0% 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

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Maskinongé has lower household incomes than nine in ten Canadian towns

1%walk, cycle or take transit

The commute to work averages 24 min.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van97%

Walk1%

Census 2021	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	24 min	27 min	26 min

$59,600

median household income, 2020

14%

worked from home, May 2021

16%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Unemployment5.8% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work1% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to315 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Louiseville

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

Outdoors

Maskinongé has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

13%of the land within 10 km protected

Within 10 km are 75 protected areas. La Mauricie National Park is the closest national park, 44 km from town. For a provincial park, Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) lies 63 km off. The largest named area nearby is Îles de la Girodeau - Grande Île Water Fowl Gathering Area, 4,676 ha, 0.5 km away.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Maskinongé13%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	13%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	22	10	4

44 km

to La Mauricie National Park

63 km

to Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageMaskinongé’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas75 protected areas within 10 km · Îles de la Girodeau - Grande Île Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks44 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park

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

HousingCost of living C⁺

Maskinongé has just 8% of households spending at least 30% of income on shelter, where the typical Canadian town has 18%

$200,000median home value, 2021C⁺Cost of living Grade

Owners make up 71% of households, near both Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%). Rent took nearly a fifth of household income, between Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%).

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

Maskinongé$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	8%	13%	18%
Median home value, 2021	$200,000	$300,000	$406,000
Rent as a share of income	19%	18%	20%

$650

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$580

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Cost of living3.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Renting$650 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Owners and renters71% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.

Climate

Nights turn raw in Maskinongé each January, colder than in 77% of Canadian towns

25.7°CJuly afternoons

The most precipitation falls in July: 103 mm in a normal year. Some 213 cm of snow falls in a typical year, about level with Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in December, about 56 cm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.7°C

Spring10.0°C

Summer24.7°C

Autumn12.6°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	213 cm	217 cm	141 cm
January night low	−16.4°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C
July afternoon high	25.7°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Precipitation a year	948 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm

213 cm

of snow a year

128

days with precipitation a year

Full pageMaskinongé’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.7°C, January lows −16.4°C Rain and snow948 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow213 cm of snow a year Weather station31 km to the station · Nicolet

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

Who lives here

Maskinongé skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

51.2median age

Children under 15 make up 15%, below Quebec’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike. 20% speak both English and French, below Quebec’s towns (44%) but above Canadian towns (7.5%).

MaskinongéQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

26%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree25%

Postsecondary qualification49%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 47.7% of Maskinongé

In 2021 there were 1,105 women to 1,210 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.

Who lives in Maskinongé
	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	15%	17%	16%
15 to 64	59%	62%	64%
65+	26%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	25%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	49%	59%	56%

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

Ages51.2 median age · 26% are 65 or over Households1,085 households · 2.1 people per household Immigrants2% are immigrants · 4% belong to a visible minority English and French20% speak both · 80% speak French but not English

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

Weather

Maskinongé in November: highs near 5°C, lows near −3°C

5°Ca normal November afternoon

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Louiseville forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −10°C. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 75 mm.

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

November5°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−14°C	195 mm
Spring	10°C	−1°C	209 mm
Summer	25°C	14°C	284 mm
Autumn	13°C	3°C	260 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

75 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageMaskinongé’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 (Nicolet); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

In 2021, Berthier—Maskinongé went by only 937 votes, narrower than in 96% of ridings

Maskinongé’s council has 6 councillors and is led by Roger Michaud, the mayor.

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

Member of ParliamentYves Perron council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

Bibliothèque De Maskinonge and Bibliothèque De Saint-Justin are Maskinongé’s two public libraries

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Maskinongé in particular.

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

The libraries2 Libraries Places to belong0.4 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

The 4 schools of Maskinongé: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

4schools within 3 km

Secondary school means a trip of 6.1 km at the nearest, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, close to Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

School	Level	Students	System
École Belle-Vallée (Cerisiers, des)In MaskinongéElementary	Elementary	–	French public
École secondaire l'EscaleNearest secondary school, 2.7 kmSecondary	Secondary	–	French public

See all 4 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Maskinongé	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	6.1 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
School boards	2	2	3

6.1 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageMaskinongé’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school4 schools within 3 km · 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school Language0 of 4 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec The boards2 school boards · Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy Questions“What schools are there in Maskinongé?”

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.

History

Maskinongé’s record starts in 1765 with Maison Doucet

3historic places

At the 2021 census, 32% of homes dated from before 1961, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). All 3 historic places listed here are of the highest rank.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations3

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings0

Among them

Maison Doucet 1765
Ancien presbytère de Saint-Joseph-de-Maskinongé 1811
Magasin général Le Brun 1827

1765

oldest construction date on the record

32%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

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

Full pageMaskinongé’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers3 historic places inside the town Highest designations3 top designations · Maison Doucet Older homes32% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Maskinongé 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 Maskinongé

15pages on Maskinongé

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 44 Housing & costC⁺Homes 3.4 × income Property pricesSchools4 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 81.6 in its region Work & commuteC55% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors13% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 26°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 51.2 History3 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Fort Richelieu and 9 more within 40 km

Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Maskinongé; these are the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

FortFort Richelieu22 km south

CathedralAssumption Cathedral40 km northeast

CathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet32 km east

CathedralSt Charles Borromeo Cathedral40 km southwest

MuseumMusée d'art de Joliette40 km southwest

MuseumOld Trois-Rivières Prison40 km northeast

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

Photo credits (6)

Fort Richelieu: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Assumption Cathedral: Stéphane Batigne, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Charles Borromeo Cathedral: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'art de Joliette: Jaboileaumiss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Trois-Rivières Prison: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Maskinongé

8 notable people were born in Maskinongé.

See all 8 →

Antonin GalipeaultCanadian politician · 1879–1971

Jean-Baptiste LafrenièreCanadian pianist · 1874–1912

Joseph-Étienne GuinardCanadian missionary · 1864–1965

Robert LafrenièreCanadian politician · 1924–2012

Alexandre Bareil, dit LajoieCanadian politician · 1822–1862

Joseph-David DézielCanadian Catholic priest · 1806–1882

About Maskinongé

Town in Quebec

For Maskinongé, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Quebec, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

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

Population: 2,457 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census subdivision: 2451008

Maskinongé’s neighbours

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

LouisevilleSainte-UrsuleSaint-BarthélemyYamachicheSainte-Anne-de-SorelSaint-CuthbertMaskinongé

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Maskinongé	2,457	—	—	C⁺	A⁻	A⁻
Louiseville	7,570	6.4	B⁺	C	A⁻	A
Sainte-Ursule	1,363	9.6	—	C⁺	A⁻	A⁻
Saint-Barthélemy	2,115	10	—	B⁻	B	B
Yamachiche	2,801	15	A	B⁻	A⁻	A⁻
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel	2,770	19	A	A⁻	B	A
Saint-Cuthbert	1,865	19	—	C⁺	B	B

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

Questions about Maskinongé

Do people in Maskinongé speak French?

French is the common language here. 20% of residents also speak English (the median of Canadian towns: 8%), and 80.3% speak French but not English.

What kind of homes are in Maskinongé?

Mostly 73% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.1 people on average, and 33% have just one.

Is Maskinongé growing?

It grew from 2,319 people in 2016 to 2,323 in 2021, up 0.2%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 2,457.

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).