#1Cap-Rouge
17,139 peopleScore 78.5·#13 of 2,556 Canadian towns
Strongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
Cap-Rouge, #1 on this list · Photo: Judicieux (CC BY-SA 4.0)Québec · 2026
Best neighbourhoods to live in Québec
First place in Québec goes to Cap-Rouge, with A+. Saint-Émile takes second place with A+; Saint-Michel is third with A+. An A of some kind goes to 15 of the 34 listed. Last comes Maizerets, at C+. Nationally, Cap-Rouge ranks #13 of 2,556. 6 neighbourhoods in Québec reach the top 100 for all of Canada.
Overall grade: one score from every livability grade, each neighbourhood placed on the scale of Canada’s towns How grades work
#1A+
#2Saint-Émile
16,893 peopleScore 76.4·#32 of 2,556 Canadian towns
Strongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
#3Saint-Michel
17,303 peopleScore 74.5·#56 of 2,556 Canadian towns
Strongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
All 34 neighbourhoods, ranked
Each neighbourhood by its overall score, best first, with its grade and national rank beside it.
34 neighbourhoods
#NeighbourhoodScoreGrade · national rankWhat drives it
1Cap-Rouge17,139 people78.5top 0.9%A+#13 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
2Saint-Émile16,893 people76.4top 1.8%A+#32 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
3Saint-Michel17,303 people74.5top 2.6%A+#56 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
4Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux17,558 people73.8top 3.6%A+#70 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A·lowest: hazard risk C−
5Sillery13,950 people73.5top 3.8%A+#76 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
6Val-Bélair30,003 people72.5top 5.2%A#97 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
7Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides16,222 people72.1top 6.0%A#111 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
8Des Châtels14,836 people71.4top 7.2%A#131 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A·lowest: hazard risk C−
9L'Aéroport13,630 people70.1top 9.0%A#163 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
10Lac-Saint-Charles9,985 people68.5top 11.4%A#206 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A·lowest: hazard risk C−
11Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf37,164 people66.4top 14.7%A#274 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A·lowest: hazard risk C−
12Bourg-Royal14,430 people63.4top 19.8%A−#408 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, jobs & income A·lowest: hazard risk C−
13Charlesbourg9,660 people62.9top 20.9%A−#444 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: hazard risk C−
14Duberger—Les Saules27,419 people62.4top 21.5%A−#465 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living C−
15Saint-Louis15,792 people61.5top 23.4%A−#515 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living C−
16Orsainville14,751 people60.8top 25.1%B+#560 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A·lowest: hazard risk C−
17Loretteville15,653 people59.5top 28.2%B+#650 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A·lowest: cost of living C−
18Jésuites15,792 people59.3top 28.5%B+#657 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living C−
19Chutes-Montmorency16,273 people58.3top 31.5%B+#739 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A·lowest: cost of living C−
20Vieux-Bourg14,774 people57.6top 33.0%B+#776 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A·lowest: cost of living C−
21Montcalm13,572 people57.5top 33.2%B+#790 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, health A+·lowest: cost of living D
22Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy14,541 people56.8top 34.4%B+#834 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, health A+·lowest: cost of living D
23Plateau14,176 people56.5top 34.6%B+#852 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
24Saint-Sacrement10,650 people54.6top 40.4%B#1,013 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
25Saint-Rodrigue12,018 people52.1top 45.8%B−#1,198 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
26Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire5,764 people51.4top 47.4%B−#1,249 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
27Vieux-Moulin15,935 people51.0top 48.4%B−#1,288 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
28Vieux-Limoilou14,347 people50.3top 49.9%B−#1,343 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
29Lairet15,251 people50.1bottom 49.3%B−#1,366 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
30Saint-Jean-Baptiste8,882 people49.7bottom 48.1%B−#1,403 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, health A+·lowest: cost of living D−
31Vanier13,494 people48.9bottom 46.1%B−#1,479 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
32Saint-Sauveur16,104 people48.8bottom 45.8%B−#1,487 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D
33Saint-Roch8,381 people48.5bottom 45.0%B−#1,501 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, health A+·lowest: cost of living D
34Maizerets14,571 people47.0bottom 40.8%C+#1,614 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health A+, walkability A+·lowest: cost of living D−
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Photos: Cap-Rouge, Judicieux (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Émile, Cephas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Michel, Gabriel Picard (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. 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).