LairetQuébec
The neighbourhood has 15,251 residents and lies in Québec. Québec is split into 35 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Lairet a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Lairet’s overall grade of B− puts it better than nearly half of Canadian towns, #348 of 499 in Quebec. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (D). It lags on jobs & income as well (C). Health is its strong suit (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.
What makes Lairet stand out
The 3 things Lairet does most differently from other towns.
How Lairet grades
Each subject compares Lairet 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 →
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and 63 more in and around Lairet
The best-known places to visit in and around Lairet come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec3.5 km outside town, to the southeast · 324K visitors a year
MuseumMusée de la civilisation3.1 km outside town, to the east · 497K visitors a year
CastleQuébec Citadel3.4 km outside town, to the southeast
CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral2.9 km outside town, to the east
CathedralHoly Trinity Anglican Cathedral3 km outside town, to the southeast
BattlefieldPlains of Abraham3.6 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec: colros, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de la civilisation: Claude Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Québec Citadel: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral: Pierre-Olivier Fortin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral: TravelingOtter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plains of Abraham: NickHam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lairet.
For health, Lairet is ahead of almost every Canadian town
Smokers make up 9.6% of the region’s adults, lower than both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.9, with women at 84.7 and men at 81.1. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 62%, ahead of the 57% for Quebec. Measured from where Lairet’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.2 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Région de la Capitale-Nationale as a whole, not for Lairet alone.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 62% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 9.6% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.9 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Rent takes more of local pay in Lairet than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 31% of household income
A fifth of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $300,000, about level with Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and below Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 31% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 20% | 13% | 18% |
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. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: one figure for all of the Québec metro area
Hazards in Lairet: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 8.8% of tested homes
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Capitale-Nationale health region
Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.14 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No flood study for Lairet is on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Québec, Lairet included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.14 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 8.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Commuters in Lairet have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 21 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.
More rain and snow fall on Lairet than on 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm a year
Summer highs average 25.1°C in July, about level with Canadian towns (25.5°C) and below Quebec’s towns (26.5°C). July is the wettest month, with 119 mm of rain and snow on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 77 cm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 299 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 1,173 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 25.1°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −15.6°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Ste-Foy (U. Laval))
Fewer children live in Lairet than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% are under 15
40% speak both English and French, lower than Quebec’s towns (44%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents.
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 Lairet’s residents are women
7,715 women and 7,550 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.
| Lairet | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 67% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 19% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 58% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in Lairet runs from −3°C to 4°C
Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −3°C and lows near −10°C. Snow is normal by November, about 24 cm over the month. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 91 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Vanier forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −13°C | 249 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −1°C | 264 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 13°C | 342 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | 3°C | 318 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Ste-Foy (U. Laval)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Bibliothèque de Québec draws 8.5 visits per person served, ahead of 90% of Quebec’s town libraries
Bibliothèque de Québec serves the whole of Québec, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 594,443 people, Lairet among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
The nearest provincial park to Lairet is Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 30 km away
Within 5 km lie 4 beaches, unnamed on the map. Biggest among them: Île d'Orléans (ouest du pont) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 325 ha, 6.1 km off. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 5% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Lairet is graded a B− for safety
For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.1 violent incidents are reported each year. Across its police area, there are 22.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 63, higher than Quebec’s towns (56) yet lower than Canadian towns (67). Lairet doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Québec service area.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 22.1 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 15.1 | 12.4 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
The 47 schools of Lairet: 28 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade
No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, one in ten schools are. The schools around it answer to 2 boards, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Saint-Albert-le-Grand (Saint-Albert-le-Grand, Pavillon B)In LairetElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École régionale des Quatre-Saisons (Régionale Quatre-Saisons)In LairetAll grades | All grades | – | French public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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.
Lairet keeps its older homes: 34% from before 1961
| Heritage | Lairet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 34% | 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 Lairet
Famous people from around Lairet
No notable person born in Lairet is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Antoine Valois-Fortier: Mohammad Hassansadeh / Tasnimnews, CC BY 4.0 · Irma LeVasseur: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec P655,S2,SS6,D8, Public domain · Oscar Drouin: Unknown author, Public domain · Victor-Alphonse Huard: J.E. Livernois, Public domain · Gilles Jobidon: Bull-Doser, Public domain
Lairet’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lairet | 15,251 | — | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Vieux-Limoilou | 14,347 | 1.4 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Rodrigue | 12,018 | 1.5 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Maizerets | 14,571 | 1.7 | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Vanier | 13,494 | 2.2 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 2.6 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Jésuites | 15,792 | 2.7 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Lairet
Do people in Lairet speak French?
French comes first: 59.2% speak it alone, while 40% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).
About Lairet
Neighbourhood in Québec
The edges of Lairet follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Québec’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 15,251 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Québec
- Census subdivision
- 2423027
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).