PriceQuebec
1,701 residents make their home in this town in Quebec. Its census division is La Mitis.
Is Price a good place to live?
Price’s strongest subject is cost of living (A). Work and incomes lag (C−). It also trails on hazard risk (D). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B for health.
Price is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
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.
How Price grades
Each subject compares Price 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 Price stand out
The 3 things Price does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Price.
Price earns a D for hazard risk
Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.11 per $1,000 of buildings, near Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and higher than Canadian towns ($0.030). More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Price.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 14% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.11 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region
More households own their home in Price than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns: 80%
A year’s rent came to 16% of the median household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Just over one in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 11% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 16% | 18% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 80% | 70% | 74% |
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.
Price has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.9°C
Snow totals 323 cm over the year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Frost usually lifts by 16 May and returns around 14 October: 150 days without it. Most of the snow comes in January, about 72 cm. A normal October brings 97 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 323 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 22.9°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 172 | 161 | 159 |
| January night low | −15.4°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Mont-Joli)
Commuters in Price have a short way to work, 20 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns
The car took 92% of commuters, near both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 20 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 92% | 90% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Price’s health region reports 60% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%
On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, life runs to 81.7 years on average: women 83.1, men 80.3, in 2022/2024. Measured from where Price’s residents live, a hospital is 34 km away on average and 100% of them are over 30 km out. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Price included.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Price | 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 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
In Price, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −3°C nights
Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Mont-Joli forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −10°C. About 31 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 74 mm.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −13°C | 220 mm |
| Spring | 6°C | −2°C | 210 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 11°C | 246 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | 3°C | 256 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Mont-Joli); the forecast is on the Weather page
240 residents per council seat in Price, a lower ratio than 71% of Quebec municipalities
Matane-Matapédia is the riding Price votes in for the National Assembly of Québec, and its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Price’s public library is Bibliothèque De Price
The library is 0.5 km from the centre of Price.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
One of the 3 schools around Price teaches in English
From the town centre, high school starts 5.1 km away, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Taken together, Price and its 3 km edge hold 2 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École des Cheminots (Aux-Quatre-Vents)In PriceElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École de Métis-sur-Mer EnglishIn PriceAll grades | All grades | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 5.1 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · The schools grade is given only where results are open; in Quebec, the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
The force covering Price records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 133
The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover Mitis MRC
Violent incidents in its police area came to 19.8 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Its police area records 13.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 133 | 88 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 19.8 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 13.7 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
From Price, Bic National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (49 km)
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 6.4% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The largest named area nearby is Sainte-Flavie Water Fowl Gathering Area, 833 ha, 3.3 km away. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 6.4% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
A town of families: 20% of people in Price are under 15, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns
12% speak both English and French, lower than Quebec’s towns (44%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.9% of Price’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 860 women and 865 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Price | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 56% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 31% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 46% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
66% of Price’s homes were built before 1961
Just beyond the boundary, the registers place one more. Inside the town the registers count 1 historic place.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Maison Bourgoin 1891
| Heritage | Price | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 66% | 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 Price
Jardins de Métis and 6 more within 40 km
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Price; with them, the best known within 40 km.
GardenJardins de Métis2.1 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumSite historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père27 km southwest · 60K visitors a year
Historic shipHMCS Onondaga27 km southwest
CathedralSaint-Germain Cathedral34 km southwest
MuseumMaison Lamontagne30 km southwest
National historic site · Parks CanadaLight Tower27 km southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Jardins de Métis: Gachepi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père: Composition par Orbitale - Auteurs des photographies se retrouvant sur Wikimedia Commons : Supérieur gauche : Image:Onondaga musée.jpg par Alcide55 Inférieur gauche : Image:Empress of Ireland museum 2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMCS Onondaga: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint-Germain Cathedral: JF Lepage, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maison Lamontagne: ChristianT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Light Tower: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Price
2 notable people were born in Price; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Jacques Drouin: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gervais Rioux: Claudineargon18, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Price
Town in Quebec
TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Price is one municipality in Quebec, figures and all.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,701 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- La Mitis
- Census subdivision
- 2409065
Price’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 1,701 | — | — | A | B− | B |
| Mont-Joli | 6,492 | 5.6 | B− | B− | B− | B+ |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici | 1,005 | 9.8 | — | A | B− | B |
| Sainte-Luce | 2,808 | 18 | A− | A− | B− | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Price
Who are the people of Price?
At the 2021 census, 0% were immigrants and 0% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 4% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Do people in Price speak French?
Yes: this is Quebec. 88.5% of residents speak only French and 12% speak both French and English (Canadian towns’ median: 8%).
What kind of homes are in Price?
81% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.2 people; 38% are one person living alone.
Is Price growing?
No: the census counted 1,759 in 2016 and 1,729 in 2021, 1.7% fewer, against growth of 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,701.
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).