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TownGrade

C⁻

#2,081 of 2,556

Of Montréal’s 77 neighbourhoods, this is one. In Montréal, this neighbourhood has 47,270 residents.

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Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Population

47,270

people, Census 2021

Median age

43.8

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

60%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

30%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Sault-Saint-Louis a good place to live?

Sault-Saint-Louis’s grades pull in different directions. Prices are high against local incomes (D−). The neighbourhood grades C− overall and ranks #444 of 499 in Quebec. On that grade it does better than nearly a quarter of Canadian towns. The local economy is weaker than most (D). Residents are healthier than most (A). Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A+).

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.

StrongestA⁺Walkability AHealthWeakestD⁻Cost of living DJobs & income

How Sault-Saint-Louis grades

Each subject compares Sault-Saint-Louis 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

WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesA⁺Open →Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesD⁻Open →HealthAmong the best of the towns comparedAOpen →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workDOpen →Hazard riskMore exposed to natural hazards than mostCOpen →SafetyWeaker than most of the towns comparedCOpen →

SchoolsWith no open results to compare (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school), there’s no schools grade in Quebec.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Sault-Saint-Louis stand out

The 3 things Sault-Saint-Louis does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

30% walk, cycle or take transit

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Households renting

Housing

56% rent their home

Compare 25% for the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walkability

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sault-Saint-Louis.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Renting in Sault-Saint-Louis eats 24% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

$500,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Montréal metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for a quarter of households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $500,000, 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

Sault-Saint-Louis$500,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Sault-Saint-Louis	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	25%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	24%	18%	20%
Median home value, 2021	$500,000	$300,000	$406,000

$1,346

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageSault-Saint-Louis’ cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,346 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living7.6 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $500,000, against the median household income Owners and renters44% 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.

HealthHealth A

Few places match Sault-Saint-Louis for health: it beats 92% of Canadian towns

54%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

People in the region live to 83.4 on average: 85.5 for women and 81.2 for men in 2022/2024. Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, below Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 54%, behind the 57% for Quebec. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.3 km from the average resident of Sault-Saint-Louis, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Sault-Saint-Louis54%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Sault-Saint-Louis	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%

83.4

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

1.3 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.6 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSault-Saint-Louis’ health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey54% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care1.3 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.6 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 85.5, men 81.2 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 · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Région de Montréal

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Commuters in Sault-Saint-Louis travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average

30%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van67%

Public transit24%

Walk5%

Bicycle0%

Census 2021	Sault-Saint-Louis	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	31 min	27 min	26 min

$66,200

median household income, 2020

27%

worked from home, May 2021

81%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSault-Saint-Louis’ work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment10% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work30% walk, cycle or take transit

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

Wildfire low, radon 6.8%: how Sault-Saint-Louis stands on hazards

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Measured across the city of Montréal: earthquake risk

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.20 for each $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No flood study for Sault-Saint-Louis is on the national inventory. Sault-Saint-Louis doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Montreal health region.

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

Sault-Saint-Louis6.8%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Sault-Saint-Louis	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%

$0.20

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

Low

wildfire band

1.7 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSault-Saint-Louis’ flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon6.8% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.20 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

SafetySafety C

Violent crime weighs more where Sault-Saint-Louis is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 116

80Crime Severity Index

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Montréal service area

The index for the force that serves it came to 80, higher than 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. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 29.1 property crimes are reported each year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202381

202481

202578

2023–2025	Sault-Saint-Louis	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

non-violent Crime Severity Index

32%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSault-Saint-Louis’ safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety80 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Sault-Saint-Louis’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Sault-Saint-Louis safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Outdoors

More of the land around Sault-Saint-Louis is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

11%of the land within 10 km protected

For a provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) lies 18 km off. Biggest among them: Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 3,183 ha, 4.6 km off. The 10 km around town hold 24 protected areas. No national park lies within 100 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Sault-Saint-Louis11%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Sault-Saint-Louis	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	11%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	18	10	4

18 km

to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageSault-Saint-Louis’ outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas24 protected areas within 10 km · Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks18 km to a provincial park · Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

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

Climate

Afternoon heat in Sault-Saint-Louis beats that of 78% of Canadian towns

26.7°CJuly afternoons

For the wettest month, look to October: 103 mm on average. There are 146 days of frost in a typical year, below both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 29 April, and the first in autumn, 14 October, lie 167 days. A normal January brings 52 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.2°C

Spring11.0°C

Summer25.5°C

Autumn13.5°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Sault-Saint-Louis	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

217 cm

of snow a year

146

days with frost a year

167

frost-free days, 29 Apr to 14 Oct

122

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 26.7°C, January lows −13.5°C Rain and snow1,041 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow217 cm of snow a year Weather station11 km to the station · Montréal Trudeau (Airport)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))

Who lives here

Sault-Saint-Louis is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 60% speak both languages

43.8median age

Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. Visible minorities make up 37% of the population, higher than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Sault-Saint-LouisQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

22%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree16%

Postsecondary qualification60%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 52.8% of Sault-Saint-Louis

Of the 2021 count, 24,940 were women and 22,320 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).

Who lives in Sault-Saint-Louis
	Sault-Saint-Louis	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	15%	17%	16%
15 to 64	63%	62%	64%
65+	22%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	16%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	60%	59%	56%

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English and French60% speak both · 19% speak French but not English Ages43.8 median age · 22% are 65 or over Households21,275 households

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

Weather

Expect November days around 6°C in Sault-Saint-Louis, nights around −2°C

6°Ca normal November afternoon

By December, a normal day reaches −1°C and a night falls to −9°C. About 16 cm of snow falls in a normal November. In November, the normal is 84 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −14°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.

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

November6°C

December−1°C

January−5°C

February−3°C

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

−2°C

a normal November night

84 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 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

More visits per person served than 84% of Quebec’s town libraries: Montréal public library counts 6.5

Sault-Saint-Louis is served by Montréal public library, the library of all of Montréal, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,948,747 people.

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Places to belong2 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

Around Sault-Saint-Louis, 30 schools of 96 teach in English

96schools within 3 km

Its schools answer to 5 boards. Within 3 km of Sault-Saint-Louis are 62 elementary schools, 25 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade.

School	Level	Students	System
École de l'Orée-du-ParcIn Sault-Saint-LouisElementary	Elementary	–	French public
Centre Bourbonnière (Mountainview) EnglishIn Sault-Saint-LouisAll grades	All grades	–	English public
École primaire Allion EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary	Elementary	–	English public

See all 96 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public58

English public22

Independent13

Other3

Schools within 3 km	Sault-Saint-Louis	Quebec	Canada
School boards	5	2	3

0.5 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Language30 of 96 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Every school96 schools within 3 km · 62 elementary schools, 25 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade The boards5 school boards · Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys Questions“What schools are there in Sault-Saint-Louis?”

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

Sault-Saint-Louis’s oldest designated place, Maison De Lorimier-Bélanger, dates from 1775

5historic places

Inside the town the registers count 5 historic places; one is a top designation. Designations here include 4 municipal citations.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations1

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings4

Among them

1775

oldest construction date on the record

25%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Sault-Saint-Louis	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	25%	21%	18%

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On the registers5 historic places inside the town Highest designations1 top designation · Site archéologique de l'Église-des-Saints-Anges-de-Lachine Older homes25% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Sault-Saint-Louis 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 Sault-Saint-Louis

15pages on Sault-Saint-Louis

The big questions

SafetyCCrime Severity Index 80 Housing & costD⁻Homes 7.6 × income Property pricesSchools96 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 83.4 in its region Work & commuteD56% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors11% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 43.8 History5 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Riverside Park and 32 more in and around Sault-Saint-Louis

From museums to parks and historic sites: Sault-Saint-Louis’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.

All attractions →

GardenGardenRiverside Parkin town

Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal4.7 km outside town, to the north · 2M visitors a year

MuseumMaison Saint-Gabriel4.8 km outside town, to the northeast · 74K visitors a year

GardenParc Angrignon300 m outside town, to the northeast

MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecture4.9 km outside town, to the north · 68K visitors a year (2011)

MuseumCanadian Railway Museum4.6 km outside town, to the southeast · 47K visitors a year

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

Photo credits (5)

Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal: Dpalma01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maison Saint-Gabriel: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Parc Angrignon: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Centre for Architecture: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Railway Museum: Fraccle, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Sault-Saint-Louis

No notable person born in Sault-Saint-Louis is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Stuart McLeanCanadian radio broadcaster, humorist, m… · born in Montréal-Ouest · 1948–2017

Sylvain ChicoineCanadian politician · born in Ville-Émard · born 1970

René LépineCanadian real estate development tycoon · born in Ville-Émard · 1929–2012

Photo credits

Stuart McLean: Alana Elliott, CC BY 2.0

About Sault-Saint-Louis

Neighbourhood in Montréal

Where Sault-Saint-Louis begins and ends inside Montréal is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

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

Population: 47,270 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
City: Montréal
Census subdivision: 2466023

Sault-Saint-Louis’ neighbours

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

Cecil-P.-NewmanVille-ÉmardDesmarchais-CrawfordCôte-Saint-PaulMontréal-OuestUpper LachineSault-Saint-Louis

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Sault-Saint-Louis	47,270	—	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Cecil-P.-Newman	34,965	1.8	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Ville-Émard	13,826	2.4	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Desmarchais-Crawford	18,505	3.1	C	D	C	A
Côte-Saint-Paul	16,403	3.5	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Montréal-Ouest	5,197	3.6	A⁻	B⁻	C	A
Upper Lachine	21,130	3.8	C⁻	D⁻	C	A

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

Questions about Sault-Saint-Louis

Do people in Sault-Saint-Louis speak French?

Almost everyone does. 60% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 18.6% speak French and no English.

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).