Vieux-MoulinQuébec
The neighbourhood has 15,935 residents and lies in Québec. Of Québec’s 35 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is Vieux-Moulin a good place to live?
Some subjects shine; others lag. Health is its strong suit (A+). With a B− overall, Vieux-Moulin sits #340 of 499 in Quebec. That leaves it better than 52% of Canadian towns. Homes are dear (D).
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 Vieux-Moulin grades
Each subject compares Vieux-Moulin 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 Vieux-Moulin stand out
The 3 things Vieux-Moulin does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vieux-Moulin.
Few places match Vieux-Moulin for health: it beats almost every Canadian town
Women in the region live to 84.7 and men to 81.1, 82.9 years taken together (2022/2024). In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). At 9.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. For Vieux-Moulin itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.2 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Vieux-Moulin 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 | Vieux-Moulin | 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
Renting in Vieux-Moulin eats 29% of household income, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 25% of households, above Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners put the median home at $240,000, lower than both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Québec metro area as a whole, not for Vieux-Moulin alone.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Vieux-Moulin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 29% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 25% | 13% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $240,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
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.
Wildfire low, radon 8.8%: how Vieux-Moulin stands on hazards
Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Québec
Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.14 per $1,000 of buildings, near Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and higher than Canadian towns ($0.030). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Vieux-Moulin. Nobody publishes radon tests for Vieux-Moulin alone, so this card uses the figure for the Capitale-Nationale health region.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Vieux-Moulin | 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 Vieux-Moulin have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
78% of commuters drove to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Vieux-Moulin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 21 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 78% | 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.
Summers stay cool in Vieux-Moulin: July afternoons reach 24.9°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). The coldest nights come in January, when Vieux-Moulin averages a low of −16.6°C. A normal December brings 77 cm of snow, the most of any month. Also worth knowing: rain and snow peak in July, at 129 mm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Vieux-Moulin | 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)
30% of Vieux-Moulin’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
Visible minorities make up 8.6% of the population, higher than Quebec’s towns (3.5%) yet lower than Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.7% of residents, between Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
55.1% of Vieux-Moulin’s residents are women
Census 2021 put women at 8,780 and men at 7,165; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Vieux-Moulin | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 54% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 35% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 55% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in Vieux-Moulin runs from −4°C to 4°C
Snowfall in a normal November: 24 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −3°C and lows of −12°C. Expect about 84 mm of rain and snow over November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Québec.
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 nine in ten Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque de Québec counts 8.5
Vieux-Moulin 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
Battures de Beauport Water Fowl Gathering Area reaches Vieux-Moulin
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 4.7% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 27 km from town is Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. Île d'Orléans (ouest du pont) Water Fowl Gathering Area (325 ha) is the biggest, 3.1 km from town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Vieux-Moulin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 13 | 10 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 4.7% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Vieux-Moulin gets a B− for safety
Measured across the Québec service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
Violent crime in the area its police cover: 15.1 per 1,000 people a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 22.1 property crimes are reported each 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 | Vieux-Moulin | 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 schools around Vieux-Moulin answer to 3 boards
One of the 113 teaches in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec. Within 3 km of Vieux-Moulin are 80 elementary schools, 25 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École de la PléiadeIn Vieux-MoulinElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École de la Relance (Relance, bâtiment 2, de la)In Vieux-MoulinSecondary | 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 | Vieux-Moulin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Why no schools grade in Quebec? The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Back to 1700 in Vieux-Moulin, with Maison Laurent-Dit-Lortie
All 2 historic places listed here are of the highest rank. Homes from before 1961 make up nearly a fifth of the stock, below Quebec’s towns (21%) but above Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Maison Laurent-Dit-Lortie 1700
- Maison Parent 1750
| Heritage | Vieux-Moulin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 19% | 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 Vieux-Moulin
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and 65 more in and around Vieux-Moulin
The best-known places to visit in and around Vieux-Moulin come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec4.1 km outside town, to the south · 324K visitors a year
MuseumMusée de la civilisation1.8 km outside town, to the southeast · 497K visitors a year
CastleQuébec Citadel2.7 km outside town, to the southeast
CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral2 km outside town, to the southeast
CathedralHoly Trinity Anglican Cathedral2.2 km outside town, to the southeast
BattlefieldPlains of Abraham4.5 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
- 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
Famous people from around Vieux-Moulin
2 notable people were born in Vieux-Moulin; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Roger Blais: Cinémathèque québécoise, 2007.0071.PH.02, Public domain · Gilles Jobidon: Bull-Doser, Public domain · Webster: Laurent Turcot, CC BY 3.0
About Vieux-Moulin
Neighbourhood in Québec
No official boundary marks Vieux-Moulin off from the rest of Québec: TownRatings draws it from the census’s dissemination areas and takes its name from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 15,935 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Québec
- Census subdivision
- 2423027
Vieux-Moulin’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Moulin | 15,935 | — | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Maizerets | 14,571 | 1.9 | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Vieux-Bourg | 14,774 | 2.5 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Jésuites | 15,792 | 2.9 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Lairet | 15,251 | 3.2 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Vieux-Limoilou | 14,347 | 3.4 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Michel | 17,303 | 3.5 | A+ | B+ | B− | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Vieux-Moulin
Do people in Vieux-Moulin speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 69.5% know French alone, and 30% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
Is Vieux-Moulin a young town or an old one?
Its median age is 54.3, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2. Under-15s are 11% of residents; over-65s, 35%.
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).