CrémazieMontréal
It is a neighbourhood of 29,907 residents in Montréal. Montréal is split into 77 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Crémazie a good place to live?
Housing is expensive (D−). Overall, Crémazie earns a C−, which places it #452 of 499 in Quebec. Set against the rest, it does better than 22% of Canadian towns. Its standout strength is health (A). Jobs and pay trail most towns (D).
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. 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 Crémazie grades
Each subject compares Crémazie 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 TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Crémazie stand out
The 3 things Crémazie does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crémazie.
Renting in Crémazie eats 27% of household income, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
22% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $600,000, above both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 27% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 22% | 13% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $600,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
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. · Area behind the rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures: the Montréal metro area
For health, Crémazie is ahead of 92% of Canadian towns
Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de Montréal
Women in the region live to 85.5 and men to 81.2, 83.4 years taken together (2022/2024). On average 14% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, lower than both Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. For Crémazie itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.4 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 56% | 52% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Trips to work from Crémazie take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 32 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 32 min | 27 min | 26 min |
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.
Crémazie’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.8% of area homes over the radon guideline
NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.20 per $1,000 of building value, above Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. Burn scars are few around Crémazie, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). No one has filed a flood map for Crémazie on the national inventory. Crémazie shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Montreal health region. Crémazie doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Montréal.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.20 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 6.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
The force covering Crémazie records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 116
The index for the force that serves it came to 80, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 15.4 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area records 29.1 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 the Montréal service area, with Crémazie one part of it.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 116 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 80 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 15.4 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 29.1 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
July in Crémazie runs hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
October is the wettest month, with 103 mm of rain and snow on average. Snow totals 217 cm over the year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). January is the snowiest month, with 52 cm on average. The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 14 October, 167 days.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 217 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.7°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 146 | 161 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 1,041 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))
More people in Crémazie speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 65%
13% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 12% of the town, below Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
50.5% of Crémazie’s residents are women
14,820 men and 15,095 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Crémazie | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 75% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 13% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 73% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Crémazie in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C
Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. A normal December brings highs of −1°C, lows of −9°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 84 mm. The year peaks in July (27°C) and bottoms out in January (−14°C).
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −12°C | 243 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 1°C | 253 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 15°C | 268 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 5°C | 277 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Bibliothèque Le Prevost draws 6.5 visits per person served, ahead of 84% of Quebec’s town libraries
Bibliothèque Le Prevost serves the whole of Montréal, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,948,747 people, Crémazie among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Crémazie is 10 km from Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Verte) Water Fowl Gathering Area (320 ha) is the biggest, 7.9 km from town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.8% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 3 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
39 of the 159 schools around Crémazie are independent
3 boards run its schools. Of the 159, 25 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). Its 3 km reach takes in 102 elementary schools, 43 secondary schools and 14 schools for every grade, all of Crémazie’s schooling.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École GadboisIn CrémazieElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Académie De Roberval (Académie de Roberval)In CrémazieSecondary | Secondary | – | French public |
| École Saint-Raphaël (Le 8735, avenue Henri-Julien) EnglishTeaches in EnglishAll grades | All grades | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Schools grade in Quebec: none (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school).
Crémazie keeps its older homes: 51% from before 1961
The registers list 1 historic place inside the town, and it carries the highest designation.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Crémazie | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 51% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Crémazie
La maison de la poésie and 61 more in and around Crémazie
The best-known places to visit in and around Crémazie come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
MuseumMontréal Insectarium4.2 km outside town, to the northeast · 350K visitors a year (2011)
GardenMontréal Botanical Garden3.7 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumRedpath Museum4.8 km outside town, to the southeast
Art galleryArt Mûr1.5 km outside town, to the east · 10K visitors a year
GardenJarry Park600 m outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Montréal Insectarium: Creator: James David Rogers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Botanical Garden: GarrettRock at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Redpath Museum: D. Benjamin Miller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Mûr: Art mur, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarry Park: Miguel Tremblay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
About Crémazie
Neighbourhood in Montréal
No official boundary marks Crémazie off from the rest of Montréal: TownRatings draws it from the census’s dissemination areas and takes its name from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 29,907 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2466023
Crémazie’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crémazie | 29,907 | — | C− | D− | C | A |
| Parc-Jarry | 15,699 | 0.9 | C+ | D | C | A |
| Gabriel-Sagard | 20,719 | 1.5 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Père-Marquette | 19,702 | 1.7 | C | D− | C | A |
| Saint-Édouard | 16,771 | 1.8 | C | D− | C | A |
| Saint-Sulpice | 18,557 | 1.9 | C | D | C | A |
| Parc-Extension | 29,066 | 1.9 | C− | D− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Crémazie
Do people in Crémazie speak French?
French is the common language here. 65% of residents also speak English (the median of Canadian towns: 8%), and 29.7% speak French but not English.
Is Crémazie a young town or an old one?
Its median age is 34.9, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.
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).