Saint-Augustin-de-DesmauresQuebec

TownGrade

A⁺

#66 of 2,556

A town in Quebec, home to 20,864 people. The population grew 6% between 2016 and 2021.

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Population

20,864

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

48.8

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

74%

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-Augustin-de-Desmaures a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. Its strongest subject is health (A+). Jobs & income is a strength too (A+). Owners valued their homes at a median $372,000 in 2021, which is 3.4 years of the typical household’s pay. Natural hazards weigh more here (C). Overall, that makes an A+, better than 97% of Canadian towns. It ranks #34 of 499 in Quebec.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety is the regional police service's figure, shared with its other towns. 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⁺Health A⁺Jobs & income

How Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures grades

Each subject compares Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 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

HealthAmong the healthiest places comparedA⁺Open →Jobs & incomeNear the top of the towns comparedA⁺Open →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesB⁺Open →Hazard riskMore exposed to natural hazards than mostCOpen →WalkabilityBetter than most of the towns comparedB⁺Open →SafetyClose to the middle of the towns comparedB⁻Open →

SchoolsWe don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures stand out

The 3 things Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Health

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on health

Its health grade: A+.

Jobs & income

Better than 98%

of Canadian towns on jobs & income

Its jobs & income grade: A+.

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

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

61% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.

HealthHealth A⁺

Few places match Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures for health: it beats almost every Canadian town

62%very good or excellent healthA⁺Health Grade

Smokers make up a tenth of the region’s adults, below both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 62% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Women in the region live to 84.7 and men to 81.1, 82.9 years taken together (2022/2024). Measured from where Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 10 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures62%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	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

82.9

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

10 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

9.6%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

1.5 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey62% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care10 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 1.5 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.7, men 81.1 Conditions and habits14% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: the Région de la Capitale-Nationale

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁺

Trips to work from Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 22 min on average

7%walk, cycle or take transit

The car took 91% of commuters, near both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van91%

Walk4%

Public transit2%

Bicycle1%

Census 2021	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	22 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	91%	90%	89%

$109,000

median household income, 2020

27%

worked from home, May 2021

27%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment5.3% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work7% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to3,775 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Québec

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

HousingCost of living B⁺

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

$372,000median home value, 2021B⁺Cost of living Grade

Owners make up 81% of households. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 11% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Québec metro area, with Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures one part of it.

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

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures$372,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	14%	18%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	11%	13%	18%
Households owning their home	81%	70%	74%

$1,276

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$1,210

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,276 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living3.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $372,000, against the median household income Owners and renters81% own their home

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.

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.8% of area homes over the radon guideline

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.12 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study for Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.

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

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures8.8%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.12	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	8.8%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.12

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

Low

wildfire band

19 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon8.8% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.12 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests published for the Capitale-Nationale health region, not by town

Climate

Wet weather: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, more than on 87% of Canadian towns

25.0°CJuly afternoons

Expect January lows of around −16.7°C in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. A normal winter brings 331 cm of snow, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to July: 119 mm on average. Frost usually lifts by 10 May and returns around 5 October: 148 days without it.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.1°C

Spring8.7°C

Summer23.8°C

Autumn11.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	331 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,173 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
July afternoon high	25.0°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−16.7°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

331 cm

of snow a year

170

days with frost a year

148

frost-free days, 10 May to 5 Oct

135

days with precipitation a year

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Rain and snow1,173 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 25.0°C, January lows −16.7°C Snow331 cm of snow a year Weather station7.6 km to the station · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Québec Jean Lesage (Airport))

Schools

The 15 schools of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures: 11 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade

15schools within 3 km

None of them teaches in English, though 10% of schools in Quebec do.

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public13

Independent2

School	Level	Students	System
École des Pionniers (Pavillon Marguerite-Bourgeois)In Saint-Augustin-de-DesmauresElementary	Elementary	–	French public
École des Pionniers (Pavillon Laure-Gaudreault)In Saint-Augustin-de-DesmauresSecondary	Secondary	–	French public

See all 15 schools →

1.4 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school15 schools within 3 km · 11 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade Language0 of 15 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Schools grade in Quebec: none (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school).

Weather

A normal November in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures runs from −4°C to 4°C

4°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −17°C in January. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −11°C. November normally sees 91 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Bernières forecast, on the Weather page.

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

November4°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−15°C	249 mm
Spring	9°C	−2°C	264 mm
Summer	24°C	13°C	342 mm
Autumn	11°C	2°C	318 mm

−4°C

a normal November night

91 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 (Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures has one council seat for every 2,320 residents, more than 90% of municipalities in Quebec

Provincially, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures votes in Louis-Hébert; the open record doesn’t name its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) in the National Assembly of Québec, so the legislature’s own list is linked below.

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Who runs itCity Member of ParliamentJoël Godin

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures has two public libraries, Bibliothèque Alain-Grandbois and Bibliothèque Père-Jean-Marc-Boulé

The 20,844 people Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures public library serves have 2 branches to choose from.

Full pageSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

A year at the library2.1 visits per person served Places to belong0.9 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

More people in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 50%

48.8median age

Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older. 15% are under 15, below both Quebec’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%).

Saint-Augustin-de-DesmauresQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

24%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree8%

Postsecondary qualification74%

Women and men · all residents

50.4% of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ residents are women

The 2021 census counted 10,030 women and 9,875 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	15%	17%	16%
15 to 64	61%	62%	64%
65+	24%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	8%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	74%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French50% speak French but not English Ages48.8 median age · 24% are 65 or over Households8,145 households · 2.4 people per household Immigrants3% are immigrants · 2% belong to a visible minority

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

Outdoors

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures touches Plage Saint-Laurent Water Fowl Gathering Area

5%of the land within 10 km protected

One named trail is close: the Sentier de la Rivière du Cap-Rouge. The largest named area nearby is Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly (Pointe Aubin) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 562 ha, 2.5 km away. Protected areas cover 5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. For a national park, La Mauricie National Park is 90 km away.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures5%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	18	10	4
Protected land within 10 km	5%	4.9%	2.3%

90 km

to La Mauricie National Park

35 km

to Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas37 protected areas within 10 km · Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly (Pointe Aubin) Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks90 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park Footpaths & routes1 named route · Sentier de la Rivière du Cap-Rouge

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

SafetySafety B⁻

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures earns a B− for safety

63Crime Severity Index

The force’s area logs 15.1 violent incidents per 1,000 residents 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, higher than Quebec’s towns (56) yet lower than Canadian towns (67).

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202362

202463

202563

2023–2025	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	22.1	16.6	31.2
Violent crime	15.1	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

37%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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Safety63 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Not measured by town: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 (the Québec service area)

History

Back to 1786 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, with Maison Quézel

3historic places

Homes from before 1961 make up 5.8% of the stock, lower than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The lists give 3 historic places here, 2 in the top tier. On the list: a municipal citation.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations2

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

1786

oldest construction date on the record

5.8%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	5.8%	21%	18%

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On the registers3 historic places inside the town Highest designations2 top designations · Maison Quézel Older homes5.8% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 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-Augustin-de-Desmaures

15pages on Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

The big questions

SafetyB⁻Crime Severity Index 63 Housing & costB⁺Homes 3.4 × income Property pricesSchools15 schools within 3 km HealthA⁺Life expectancy 82.9 in its region Work & commuteA⁺61% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors5% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 48.8 History3 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Maison Quézel and 3 more in and around Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

The best-known places to visit in and around Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.

All attractions →

National historic siteMaison Quézelin town AttractionAttractionFerme Genest3.9 km outside town, to the south MuseumMuseumChoco-Musée Erico3.6 km outside town, to the north AttractionAttractionGO Hélico4.7 km outside town, to the north

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

Photo credits (1)

Maison Quézel: JeffT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

9 notable people were born in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.

See all 9 →

Madeleine JuneauCanadian museologist and teacher · 1945–2020

Georges-Élie AmyotFrench Canadian businessman, politician, and founder of Dom… · 1856–1930

Keith KounaCanadian singer-songwriter

Luc LangevinQuébécois television presenter and illusionist · born 1983

Maxime LagacéCanadian professional ice hockey goaltender · born 1993

Alfred MignaultCanadian organist and composer · 1895–1961

Photo credits

Madeleine Juneau: Pierre Guzzo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Georges-Élie Amyot: Unknown author, Public domain · Keith Kouna: Bull-Doser, Public domain · Luc Langevin: Téléfiction Distribution Marketing, CC BY-SA 4.0

About Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Town in Quebec

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a municipality in Quebec, read by TownRatings as Statistics Canada draws it: one census subdivision, so its figures cover the whole municipality.

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

Population: 20,864 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Québec
Metro area: Québec
Census subdivision: 2423072

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures’ neighbours

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

Cap-RougeL'AéroportPointe-de-Sainte-FoyL'Ancienne-LorettePlateauSaint-LouisSaint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	20,864	—	A⁺	B⁺	B⁻	A⁺
Cap-Rouge	17,139	6.5	A⁺	A	B⁻	A⁺
L'Aéroport	13,630	6.5	A	B	B⁻	A⁺
Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy	14,541	8.7	B⁺	D	B⁻	A⁺
L'Ancienne-Lorette	17,876	9.3	A	C⁺	B⁻	A⁺
Plateau	14,176	9.9	B⁺	D	B⁻	A⁺
Saint-Louis	15,792	11	A⁻	C⁻	B⁻	A⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Do people in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures speak French?

Almost everyone does. 50% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 50% speak French and no English.

Who are the people of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures?

2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 1% have an Indigenous identity and 3% are immigrants.

Has Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures grown?

It grew from 18,820 people in 2016 to 19,907 in 2021, up 5.8%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 20,864.

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).