Saint-Alexandre-de-KamouraskaQuebec

Population 2,509: a town in Quebec. The population grew 7% between 2016 and 2021.

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Population

2,509

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

42.4

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

56%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

15%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

TownGrade

A⁺

#6 of 2,556

Is Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska a good place to live?

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s grades pull in different directions. Prices are modest for what you get (A). Its overall grade, A+, puts it better than almost every Canadian town. That places it #5 of 499 in Quebec. What counts against it is hazard risk (D).

This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the Sûreté du Québec unit's figure for the whole MRC. 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.

StrongestACost of living AJobs & income AWalkabilityWeakestDHazard risk

What makes Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska stand out

The 3 things Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

2% are immigrants

Canadian towns centre on 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.7 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $200,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Hazard risk

Behind 94%

of Canadian towns on hazard risk

Its hazard risk grade: D.

How Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska grades

Each subject compares Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska 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 grading works

Hazard riskBased on seismic risk and radon tests, lowered where wildfire runs highDOpen →Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Jobs & incomeAmong the best of the towns comparedAOpen →WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carAOpen →SafetyVery little crime by comparisonA⁻Open →HealthAhead of most towns comparedB⁺Open →

SchoolsNo schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska.

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska gets a D for hazard risk

Of the homes tested for radon, 14% were over 200 Bq/m³, above Quebec’s towns (8.2%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.37 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Gouvernement du Québec has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Little of the land around Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.005% a year. Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region.

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska14%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.37	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.37

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

16 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodOne flood study on record Earthquakes$0.37 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon14% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska costs 12% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 74% of households.

$200,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	12%	18%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	7%	13%	18%

$524

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$940

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$524 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.7 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Owners and renters74% own their home

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.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Trips to work from Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 17 min on average

At the census, 85% of commuters went by car.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van85%

Walk14%

Bicycle1%

Census 2021	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	17 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	85%	90%	89%

$73,500

median household income, 2020

12%

worked from home, May 2021

45%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment7.3% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work15% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to295 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Rivière-du-Loup

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.

SafetySafety A⁻

The police who cover Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska record less serious crime than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 42

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 9.8 per 1,000 a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 11.1 per 1,000 people a year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska alone, so this card uses the figure for Kamouraska MRC.

42Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202342

202445

202540

2023–2025	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	9.8	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	42	56	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	72	88	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

58%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety42 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Climate

Summers stay cool in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska: July afternoons reach 22.5°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Some 281 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Snow peaks in December: 66 cm in a normal year. A normal October brings 99 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

22.5°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.7°C

Spring6.5°C

Summer21.3°C

Autumn9.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
July afternoon high	22.5°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Snowfall a year	281 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Days with frost a year	176	161	159
January night low	−15.5°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

281 cm

of snow a year

176

days with frost a year

129

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 22.5°C, January lows −15.5°C Rain and snow906 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow281 cm of snow a year Weather station15 km to the station · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin)

HealthHealth B⁺

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s health region reports 60% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%

On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above Quebec’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%). Women in the region live to 83.1 and men to 80.3, 81.7 years taken together (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s is long: 16 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska included.

60%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska60%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	60%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	81.7	82.5	81.5

81.7

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

16 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

17 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey60% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care16 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 17 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.1, men 80.3 Conditions and habits15% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Outdoors

More of the land around Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns

3.7 km out lies the largest, Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, at 174,227 ha. 28 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. No national park lies within 100 km.

19%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska19%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	19%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	20	10	4

9.7 km

to Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas28 protected areas within 10 km · Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes National & provincial parks9.7 km to a provincial park · Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Weather

In Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, November normally means 3°C afternoons and −3°C nights

By December, a normal day reaches −4°C and a night falls to −10°C. Precipitation in November averages 72 mm. A typical November adds 22 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −16°C nights in January to 23°C afternoons in July.

3°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November3°C

December−4°C

January−7°C

February−6°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−6°C	−13°C	205 mm
Spring	6°C	−2°C	205 mm
Summer	21°C	11°C	247 mm
Autumn	10°C	2°C	249 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

72 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Nicolas Bradette heads the council of Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska as mayor

For the National Assembly of Québec, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska votes in Côte-du-Sud; open data doesn’t yet say who its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) is.

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Member of ParliamentBernard Généreux council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

The nearest public library to Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska is Bibliothèque De Saint-Joseph-De-Kamouraska, 8.1 km away

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska in particular.

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Places to belong0.4 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

17% of Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Under-15s account for 19% of the population. 23% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%).

42.4median age

Saint-Alexandre-de-KamouraskaQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

19%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree24%

Postsecondary qualification56%

Women and men · all residents

47.9% of Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s residents are women

Here the census found 1,080 women and 1,175 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.

Who lives in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	19%	17%	16%
15 to 64	58%	62%	64%
65+	23%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	24%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	56%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French17% speak both · 80% speak French but not English Ages42.4 median age · 23% are 65 or over Households865 households · 2.4 people per household Immigrants2% are immigrants · 3% belong to a visible minority

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Schools

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s teenagers travel 17 km to the nearest high school

3schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Hudon-Ferland, Sainte-Hélène et Saint-Louis de Saint-JosephIn Saint-Alexandre-de-KamouraskaElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 3 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	17 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

17 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school3 elementary schools Language0 of 3 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska?”

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.

History

In Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, 37% of homes go back before 1961

4 more stand just outside, within 5 km of the town’s edge.

37%built before 1961

37%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

historic places just outside the town

Heritage	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	37%	21%	18%

Full pageSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s history pageOpen the full History page

Older homes37% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska

15pages on Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 42 Housing & costAHomes 2.7 × income Property pricesSchools3 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 81.7 in its region Work & commuteA64% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors19% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 42.4 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska

7 notable people were born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska.

See all 7 →

Élisée ThériaultCanadian politician · 1884–1958

Normand LapriseQuebecer chef · born 1961

Madeleine Ouellette-MichalskaCanadian writer and poet · born 1930

Antoine FréchetteCanadian politician · 1905–1978

Eugène MarquisCanadian politician · 1901–1994

Marie-Alice DumontCanadian photographer · 1892–1985

Photo credits

Élisée Thériault: Unknown author, Public domain · Normand Laprise: Bénédicte Brocard, CC BY-SA 4.0

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Notre-Dame-du-PortageSaint-AntoninRivière-du-LoupSaint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	2,509	—	A⁺	A	A⁻	B⁺
Notre-Dame-du-Portage	1,341	8.5	—	B⁺	B⁺	A⁻
Saint-Antonin	4,633	14	A⁺	A	B⁺	A⁻
Rivière-du-Loup	20,650	18	A	B⁻	B⁺	A

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska

Do people in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska speak French?

French is the common language here.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska?

Mostly 75% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.4 people on average, and 28% have just one.

Is Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska growing?

It grew from 2,109 people in 2016 to 2,255 in 2021, up 6.9%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 2,509.

About Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska

Town in Quebec

Statistics Canada treats Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska as a single census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings keeps to that line.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 2,509 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Kamouraska
Census subdivision: 2414035

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).