Saint-ÉdouardMontréal
Montréal is split into 77 neighbourhoods, and this is one. With 16,771 residents, it is a neighbourhood in Montréal.
Is Saint-Édouard a good place to live?
Buying in is costly (D−). The local economy is weaker than most (C). Health is where it shines (A). All told, that adds up to a C overall and a rank of #414 of 499 in Quebec. It comes out better than 31% of Canadian towns.
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 Saint-Édouard grades
Each subject compares Saint-Édouard 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 Saint-Édouard stand out
The 3 things Saint-Édouard does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Édouard.
Rent takes more of local pay in Saint-Édouard than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 24% of household income
Shared with the rest of the Montréal metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom
The median home value was $552,000, above Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Saint-Édouard | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 24% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 24% | 18% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $552,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
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.
Few places match Saint-Édouard for health: it beats 92% of Canadian towns
The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.4, with women at 85.5 and men at 81.2. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 14% of the region’s adults on average, below 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. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Saint-Édouard is well placed: 1.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Saint-Édouard doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Région de Montréal.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Saint-Édouard | 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
Household incomes in Saint-Édouard are lower than in 75% of Canadian towns
On average, the journey to work lasts 29 min.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Saint-Édouard | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 29 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Hazards in Saint-Édouard: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.8% of tested homes
Radon tests for the Montreal health region
Seismic risk runs high: $0.20 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Burn scars are few around Saint-Édouard, 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 Saint-Édouard on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Montréal, Saint-Édouard included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Saint-Édouard | 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 Saint-Édouard 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 both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). 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.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Édouard | 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 · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: one figure for all of the Montréal service area
Summer afternoons in Saint-Édouard are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns
A normal winter brings 217 cm of snow, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm. Rain and snow peak in October, at 103 mm. The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 14 October, 167 days.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Saint-Édouard | 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))
Saint-Édouard is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 73% speak both languages
People 65 and over make up 11% of the town. 17% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.0% of Saint-Édouard’s residents are women
By the 2021 count the town had 8,535 women and 8,205 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Saint-Édouard | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 79% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 11% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 8.4% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 79% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Saint-Édouard in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C
Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −9°C. Precipitation in November averages 84 mm. Expect around 16 cm of snow in November. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −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 Marc-Favreau draws 6.5 visits per person served, ahead of 84% of Quebec’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Montréal’s: Bibliothèque Marc-Favreau serves all 1,948,747 people of the city, Saint-Édouard among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Saint-Édouard is 10 km from Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Plage de l'Horloge is the one beach within 5 km. Within 100 km there is no national park. Biggest among them: Bassin de la Prairie (Verdun) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 424 ha, 9.4 km off.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Saint-Édouard | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 2.3% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 5 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Independent schools are common around Saint-Édouard: 39 of 145
3 boards run its schools. Schooling in English is on offer at 22 of 145; in Quebec, 10% of schools teach in it. Its 3 km reach takes in 94 elementary schools, 36 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade, all of Saint-Édouard’s schooling.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Félix-Leclerc (Félix-Leclerc - Transitoire)In Saint-ÉdouardElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Édu2 IndependentNearest secondary school, 0.1 kmAll grades | All grades | – | Independent |
| Académie Beyachad, campus pour garçons EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | Independent |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Saint-Édouard | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
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.
51% of Saint-Édouard’s homes were built before 1961
Its oldest building on the record is Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense, from 1918. Inside the town there are 2 historic places, all of them top designations.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Saint-Édouard | 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 Saint-Édouard
Art Mûr and 142 more in and around Saint-Édouard
The best-known places to visit in and around Saint-Édouard come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
Art galleryArt Mûrin town · 10K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts3.7 km outside town, to the southeast · 1M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal3.8 km outside town, to the south · 2M visitors a year
CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral4.1 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumMontréal Insectarium4.4 km outside town, to the northeast · 350K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal3.4 km outside town, to the southeast · 54K visitors a yearPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Art Mûr: Art mur, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal: Dpalma01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Insectarium: Creator: James David Rogers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Saint-Édouard
No notable person born in Saint-Édouard is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Pierre Dansereau: Not mentioned in the source, Public domain · Michel Chartrand: Snouppix, Public domain · Gérard Desrosiers: Randoss, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Saint-Édouard
Neighbourhood in Montréal
Saint-Édouard is a neighbourhood of Montréal, built by TownRatings from Statistics Canada’s smallest census areas and named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 16,771 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2466023
Saint-Édouard’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Édouard | 16,771 | — | C | D− | C | A |
| Père-Marquette | 19,702 | 1 | C | D− | C | A |
| Mile End | 24,987 | 1.3 | C | D− | C | A |
| Outremont | 24,629 | 1.6 | B+ | C+ | C | A |
| Parc-Jarry | 15,699 | 1.8 | C+ | D | C | A |
| Crémazie | 29,907 | 1.8 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Parc-Extension | 29,066 | 1.8 | C− | D− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Saint-Édouard
Do people in Saint-Édouard speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 20.7% know French alone, and 73% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
Is Saint-Édouard a young town or an old one?
The median resident is 35.1 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.
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).