MaizeretsQuébec
The neighbourhood has 14,571 residents and lies in Québec. Of Québec’s 35 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is Maizerets a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Maizerets’s overall C+ puts it #383 of 499 in Quebec. That leaves it better than 41% of Canadian towns. Prices are high against local incomes (D−). It lags on jobs & income as well (C−). People here tend to be in good health (A+). Walkability is another plus (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.
How Maizerets grades
Each subject compares Maizerets 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 Maizerets stand out
The 3 things Maizerets does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maizerets.
Few places match Maizerets for health: it beats almost every Canadian town
The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 14% of adults, below Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 62% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec; by contrast, the region has fewer smokers than Quebec, one in ten adults to 12%. Lives in the region last 82.9 years on average (2022/2024): 84.7 for women, 81.1 for men. Maizerets shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Région de la Capitale-Nationale.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Maizerets | 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 Maizerets than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 23% of households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $300,000, close to Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and below Canadian towns ($406,000). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Québec metro area, with Maizerets one part of it.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Maizerets | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 32% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 23% | 13% | 18% |
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.
Commuters in Maizerets have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Maizerets | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 22 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 Maizerets: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 8.8% of tested homes
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Capitale-Nationale health region · Measured across the city of Québec: earthquake risk
Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.14 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study for Maizerets.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Maizerets | 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
Summers stay cool in Maizerets: July afternoons reach 24.9°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
A normal winter brings 299 cm of snow, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. In January, overnight lows in Maizerets settle at −16.6°C. Snow peaks in December: 77 cm in a normal year. The most precipitation falls in July: 129 mm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Maizerets | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 299 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 1,216 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 24.9°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 179 | 161 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Lauzon)
38% of Maizerets’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
Nearly a fifth of residents belong to a visible minority, above Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.7% of Maizerets’ residents are women
Census 2021 put women at 7,210 and men at 7,305; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Maizerets | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 68% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 24% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 56% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Maizerets in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −4°C
For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Québec forecast. Snow is normal by November, about 24 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −12°C. Precipitation in November averages 84 mm.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −15°C | 261 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −2°C | 270 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 12°C | 366 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | 2°C | 319 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Lauzon); the forecast is on the Weather page
More visits per person served than 90% of Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque de Québec counts 8.5
Maizerets is served by Bibliothèque de Québec, the library of all of Québec, so the figures here are the city’s, for 594,443 people.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
From Maizerets, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (30 km)
4.1 km out lies the largest, Île d'Orléans (ouest du pont) Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 325 ha. 5.2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Within 100 km there is no national park. 17 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Maizerets | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 5.2% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Maizerets’s grade for safety: a B−
Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Québec service area
Violent crime in the area its police cover: 15.1 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area records 22.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 63, between Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67).
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Maizerets | 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
Schools in Maizerets: 3 boards, side by side
2 of the 51 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec. Within 3 km of Maizerets are 29 elementary schools, 16 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École des Jeunes-du-Monde (Jeunes-du-Monde, Bardy)In MaizeretsElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École Jean-de-Brébeuf (CFP de Limoilou)Nearest secondary school, 0.1 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | French public |
| L'École des Ursulines de Québec, Campus du Vieux-Québec, section anglaise EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | Independent |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Maizerets | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Towns in Quebec aren’t in the schools rankings: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Maizerets’s oldest designated place, Maison Maizerets, dates from 1713
The registers list 1 historic place inside the town, and it carries the highest designation.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Maison Maizerets 1713
| Heritage | Maizerets | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 38% | 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 Maizerets
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and 68 more in and around Maizerets
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Maizerets, the best known first.
MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec3.1 km outside town, to the south · 324K visitors a year
MuseumMusée de la civilisation1.7 km outside town, to the southeast · 497K visitors a year
CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral1.7 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleQuébec Citadel2.3 km outside town, to the southeast
CathedralHoly Trinity Anglican Cathedral1.8 km outside town, to the southeast
BattlefieldPlains of Abraham3.4 km outside town, to the southPhotos: 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
- Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral: Pierre-Olivier Fortin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Québec Citadel: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral: TravelingOtter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plains of Abraham: NickHam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Maizerets
No notable person born in Maizerets is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Irma LeVasseur: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec P655,S2,SS6,D8, Public domain · Roger Blais: Cinémathèque québécoise, 2007.0071.PH.02, Public domain · Oscar Drouin: Unknown author, Public domain · Victor-Alphonse Huard: J.E. Livernois, Public domain · Gilles Jobidon: Bull-Doser, Public domain
About Maizerets
Neighbourhood in Québec
The edges of Maizerets 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
- 14,571 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Québec
- Census subdivision
- 2423027
Maizerets’ neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maizerets | 14,571 | — | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Vieux-Limoilou | 14,347 | 1.6 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Lairet | 15,251 | 1.7 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Vieux-Moulin | 15,935 | 1.9 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Rodrigue | 12,018 | 2.7 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 2.9 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Jésuites | 15,792 | 3.1 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Maizerets
Do people in Maizerets speak French?
French comes first: 59.8% speak it alone, while 38% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).
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).