Saint-Anaclet-de-LessardQuebec

TownGrade

A⁺

#63 of 2,556

It is a town of 3,018 residents in Quebec. Statistics Canada counts it in the Rimouski metro area.

3 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Mathieu Côté · CC BY-SA 4.0

Population

3,018

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

42.4

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

66%

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

Walk, cycle, transit

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

Is Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard a good place to live?

Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A+). Prices are modest for what you get (A). It is hard to get around without a car (D). Overall, that makes an A+, better than 97% of Canadian towns. The ranking puts it #31 of 499 in Quebec. Natural hazards weigh more here (D).

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.

StrongestA⁺Jobs & income ACost of living A⁻HealthWeakestDWalkability DHazard risk

How Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard grades

Each subject compares Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard 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

Jobs & incomeIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA⁺Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnAOpen →WalkabilityAmong the hardest places to get around without a carDOpen →Hazard riskNear the bottom of the towns comparedDOpen →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesA⁻Open →SafetyVery little crime by comparisonA⁻Open →

SchoolsThe ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard stand out

The 3 things Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

3% walk, cycle or take transit

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

Of the labour force, against 10% for the median of Canadian towns

65% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Jobs & income

Better than 98%

of Canadian towns on jobs & income

Its jobs & income grade: A+.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard.

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁺

Commuters in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard have a short way to work, 18 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van94%

Walk3%

Census 2021	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	18 min	27 min	26 min

$83,000

median household income, 2020

18%

worked from home, May 2021

12%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment4.5% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work3% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to825 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Rimouski

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.

HousingCost of living A

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

$220,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

81% of households own their home, above Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard$220,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	7%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	14%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	81%	70%	74%
Median home value, 2021	$220,000	$300,000	$406,000

$935

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$880

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$935 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living2.6 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $220,000, against the median household income Owners and renters81% 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. · Area behind the rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures: the Rimouski metro area

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard faces more hazards than 88% of Canadian towns

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

The radon tests numbers here cover the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region

Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.095 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, between Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No flood study for Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is on the national inventory.

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

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard14%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.095	$0.14	$0.030

$0.095

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

Low

wildfire band

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.095 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

HealthHealth A⁻

60% of adults around Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard call their health very good or excellent, above the typical Canadian town’s 52%

60%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Measured across the Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent: health survey and life expectancy

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, life runs to 81.7 years on average: women 83.1, men 80.3, in 2022/2024. Measured from where Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.8 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard60%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	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

8.8 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

5.7 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey60% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care8.8 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 5.7 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

SafetySafety A⁻

For the force that serves Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, the Crime Severity Index is 44, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

44Crime Severity Index

Property crime in its police area ran at 10.9 per 1,000 residents a year, below Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. The violent index for its police area came to 76, below Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard 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 Rimouski-Neigette MRC.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202339

202448

202545

2023–2025	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	10.9	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	44	56	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	76	88	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

48%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety44 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard safe?”

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

Climate

Summers stay cool in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard: July afternoons reach 23.5°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

23.5°CJuly afternoons

Most of the snow comes in December, about 66 cm. Snowfall adds up to 279 cm a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The most precipitation falls in October: 96 mm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.2°C

Spring7.5°C

Summer22.3°C

Autumn10.6°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
July afternoon high	23.5°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Snowfall a year	279 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	965 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm

279 cm

of snow a year

131

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 23.5°C, January lows −14.6°C Rain and snow965 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow279 cm of snow a year Weather station6.3 km to the station · Rimouski

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Rimouski)

Weather

A normal November in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard runs from −2°C to 4°C

4°Ca normal November afternoon

Expect about 78 mm of rain and snow over November. A normal December brings highs of −3°C, lows of −9°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. Also worth knowing: july brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −15°C.

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

November4°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−6°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−12°C	226 mm
Spring	8°C	−1°C	219 mm
Summer	22°C	13°C	255 mm
Autumn	11°C	4°C	265 mm

−2°C

a normal November night

78 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 (Rimouski); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

The council of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is led by its mayor, Francis St-Pierre

Of the 78 Commons seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44.

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Member of ParliamentMaxime Blanchette-Joncas Provincial legislatureRimouski

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁺

No public library stands in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard: the closest, Bibliothèque Lisette-Morin, is 6.3 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque De Pointe-Au-Père (Rimouski), 7 km away.

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Places to belong0 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

21% of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

42.4median age

Immigrants make up 0.7% of residents, below Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here. Those 65 and older account for nearly a fifth of residents.

Saint-Anaclet-de-LessardQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

19%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree16%

Postsecondary qualification66%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 47.8% of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard

1,445 women and 1,575 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.

Who lives in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	19%	17%	16%
15 to 64	63%	62%	64%
65+	19%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	16%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	66%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French21% speak both · 79% speak French but not English Ages42.4 median age · 19% are 65 or over Households1,275 households · 2.4 people per household Immigrants1% are immigrants · 0% belong to a visible minority

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

Schools

The nearest high school to Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is 5.8 km away

5schools within 3 km

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 3 km off, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

School	Level	Students	System
École des Sources-LévesqueIn Saint-Anaclet-de-LessardElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 5 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	5.8 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
Nearest elementary school	3 km	0.5 km	0.5 km

5.8 km

to the nearest secondary school

3 km

to the nearest elementary school

Full pageSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school5 elementary schools Language0 of 5 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard?”

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.

Outdoors

The nearest provincial park to Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is Bic National Park (Québec), 19 km away

4.9%of the land within 10 km protected

Marais de Sacré-Coeur Water Fowl Gathering Area (783 ha) is the biggest, 4.4 km from town. The protected share within 10 km is 4.9%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Within 100 km there is no national park. 11 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard4.9%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	4.9%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	10	10	4

19 km

to Bic National Park (Québec)

beach within 5 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas11 protected areas within 10 km · Marais de Sacré-Coeur Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks19 km to a provincial park · Bic National Park (Québec)

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

History

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s oldest designated place, Côté House, dates from 1790

4historic places

Canada’s heritage registers list 4 historic places inside the town, one with the highest designation. On the list: 3 municipal citations. At the 2021 census, 18% of homes dated from before 1961, lower than Quebec’s towns (21%) and near Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations1

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings3

Among them

Côté House 1790
Saint-Anaclet Church 1857
Presbytère de Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard 1858
Forge Saint-Laurent 1885

1790

oldest construction date on the record

Heritage	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	18%	21%	18%

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On the registers4 historic places inside the town Highest designations1 top designation · Côté House Older homesCanadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard 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-Anaclet-de-Lessard

15pages on Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 44 Housing & costAHomes 2.6 × income Property pricesSchools5 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 81.7 in its region Work & commuteA⁺65% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors4.9% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 24°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 42.4 History4 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père and 9 more in and around Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard

A first look at Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.

All attractions →

MuseumSite historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père2.8 km outside town, to the northwest · 60K visitors a year

CathedralSaint-Germain Cathedral3.9 km outside town, to the west

Historic shipHMCS Onondaga2.9 km outside town, to the northwest

MuseumMaison Lamontagne2.2 km outside town, to the west

MuseumMusée de Rimouski4 km outside town, to the west

National historic site · Parks CanadaLight Tower2.8 km outside town, to the northwest

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père: Composition par Orbitale - Auteurs des photographies se retrouvant sur Wikimedia Commons : Supérieur gauche : Image:Onondaga musée.jpg par Alcide55 Inférieur gauche : Image:Empress of Ireland museum 2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint-Germain Cathedral: JF Lepage, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMCS Onondaga: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maison Lamontagne: ChristianT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée de Rimouski: ChristianT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Light Tower: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard

2 notable people were born in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

Julien DesrosiersCanadian ice hockey player · born 1980

Alexandre BouillonCanadian Catholic priest · 1873–1943

Maude CharronCanadian weightlifter · born in Rimouski · born 1993

Pierre HarveyCanadian sports athlete · born in Rimouski · born 1957

Isabelle CharestShort-track speed skater · born in Rimouski · born 1971

Patrick CôtéCanadian mixed martial arts (MMA) fight… · born in Rimouski · born 1980

Photo credits

Julien Desrosiers: Ludovic Macia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre Harvey: Letartean, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Isabelle Charest: JuliaGirard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Patrick Côté: Stryder1975 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

About Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard

Town in Quebec

TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is one municipality in Quebec, figures and all.

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

Population: 3,018 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Rimouski-Neigette
Metro area: Rimouski
Census subdivision: 2410030

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s neighbours

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

RimouskiSainte-LuceSaint-Gabriel-de-RimouskiSaint-Anaclet-de-Lessard

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	3,018	—	A⁺	A	A⁻	A⁻
Rimouski	51,756	7.3	A	B⁻	A⁻	A
Sainte-Luce	2,808	12	A⁻	A⁻	B⁻	B⁺
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski	1,239	19	—	B⁺	B⁻	B⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard

Who are the people of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard?

Visible minorities are 0% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 1%, and Indigenous people 1%.

Do people in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard speak French?

French comes first: 78.8% speak it alone, while 21% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).

What kind of homes are in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard?

Mostly 82% 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 27% have just one.

Has Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard grown?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it fell from 3,071 to 3,019 residents (1.7% down; Canadian towns’ median grew 4.1%); Statistics Canada now estimates 3,018.

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).