Saint-SacrementQuébec
It is a neighbourhood of 10,650 residents in Québec. Québec is split into 35 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Saint-Sacrement a good place to live?
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its best grade is for health (A+). Overall, Saint-Sacrement earns a B: better than three fifths of Canadian towns, and #294 of 499 in Quebec. The catch is cost of living (D). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B− for jobs & income.
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 Saint-Sacrement grades
Each subject compares Saint-Sacrement 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 Saint-Sacrement stand out
The 3 things Saint-Sacrement does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sacrement.
Health in Saint-Sacrement beats almost every Canadian town
Age-standardised, 62% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.9, with women at 84.7 and men at 81.1. Smoking is rarer than in the province: one in ten adults, against 12% for Quebec. What sets Saint-Sacrement apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Saint-Sacrement | 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 · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Région de la Capitale-Nationale
Renting in Saint-Sacrement eats 25% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns
Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Québec metro area
24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above 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).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Saint-Sacrement | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 24% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 25% | 18% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
A flood study covers Saint-Sacrement: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Gouvernement du Québec
Radon is about average around Saint-Sacrement: 8.8% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.14 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Saint-Sacrement | 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 · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Capitale-Nationale health region · Not measured by town: earthquake risk (the city of Québec)
Wet weather: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Sacrement, more than on 87% of Canadian towns
July afternoons reach 25.1°C on average, below Quebec’s towns (26.5°C) and close to Canadian towns (25.5°C). The most precipitation falls in July: 119 mm in a normal year. Also worth knowing: a normal December brings 77 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Saint-Sacrement | 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))
More people in Saint-Sacrement speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 59%
People 65 and over make up 33% of the town. 9.4% are under 15, below both Quebec’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
55.7% of Saint-Sacrement’s residents are women
Census 2021 put women at 5,930 and men at 4,725; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Saint-Sacrement | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.4% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 58% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 33% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 5.8% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 79% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
In Saint-Sacrement, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −3°C nights
About 24 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −10°C. A normal November brings 91 mm of rain and snow. 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
Québec public library draws 8.5 visits per person served, ahead of 90% of Quebec’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Québec’s: Québec public library serves all 594,443 people of the city, Saint-Sacrement among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
From Saint-Sacrement, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (35 km)
OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the De Cap en Cap 1. National parks are all over 100 km off. 19 protected areas lie within 10 km. The largest is Île d'Orléans (ouest du pont) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 325 ha, 8.4 km from the edge of town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Saint-Sacrement | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 4% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Trips to work from Saint-Sacrement are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 21 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Saint-Sacrement | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 21 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
For safety, Saint-Sacrement gets a B−
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Québec service area
Violent incidents in its police area came to 15.1 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 22.1 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Sacrement | 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
Independent schools are common around Saint-Sacrement: 13 of 38
Of the 38, 4 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). No single board runs them all: there are 3. Counting a 3 km margin, Saint-Sacrement has 22 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École internationale de Saint-SacrementIn Saint-SacrementElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier IndependentIn Saint-SacrementSecondary | Secondary | – | Independent |
| École primaire Holland EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Saint-Sacrement | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · In Quebec, no schools grade. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Saint-Sacrement’s 1 historic place is a top designation
At the 2021 census, 37% of homes dated from before 1961, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Saint-Sacrement | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 37% | 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 Saint-Sacrement
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and 74 more in and around Saint-Sacrement
The best-known places to visit in and around Saint-Sacrement come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec1.2 km outside town, to the northeast · 324K visitors a year
MuseumMusée de la civilisation3.4 km outside town, to the northeast · 497K visitors a year
CastleQuébec Citadel2.7 km outside town, to the northeast
CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral3.1 km outside town, to the northeast
BattlefieldPlains of Abraham900 m outside town, to the northeast
CathedralHoly Trinity Anglican Cathedral3 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: 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
- Plains of Abraham: NickHam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral: TravelingOtter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Saint-Sacrement
No notable person born in Saint-Sacrement is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Antoine Valois-Fortier: Mohammad Hassansadeh / Tasnimnews, CC BY 4.0 · Joe Malone: Unknown author, Public domain · Charles Gavan Power: Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, Public domain · Irma LeVasseur: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec P655,S2,SS6,D8, Public domain · Evan John Price: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain · Hal Hicks: Detroit Free Press, Public domain
About Saint-Sacrement
Neighbourhood in Québec
TownRatings splits Québec into neighbourhoods drawn from census dissemination areas; Saint-Sacrement is one of them, named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 10,650 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Québec
- Census subdivision
- 2423027
Saint-Sacrement’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sacrement | 10,650 | — | B | D | B− | A+ |
| Montcalm | 13,572 | 1.6 | B+ | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Sauveur | 16,104 | 1.7 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Sillery | 13,950 | 2.1 | A+ | B | B− | A+ |
| Vanier | 13,494 | 2.6 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 8,882 | 2.7 | B− | D− | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 2.7 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Saint-Sacrement
Do people in Saint-Sacrement speak French?
Almost everyone does. 59% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 39.5% speak French and no English.
How old are the people of Saint-Sacrement?
The typical resident is 47.8 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 33% of the population and under-15s at 9%.
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).