Saint-Benoît-LabreQuebec
This town in Quebec has a population of 1,655. Statistics Canada places it in the Beauce-Sartigan census division.
Is Saint-Benoît-Labre a good place to live?
Saint-Benoît-Labre’s strongest is cost of living (A). It is hard to get around without a car (C−). Hazards are a real consideration (C−).
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Saint-Benoît-Labre has its subject grades alone.
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.
How Saint-Benoît-Labre grades
Each subject compares Saint-Benoît-Labre with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Saint-Benoît-Labre has its subject grades alone.
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What makes Saint-Benoît-Labre stand out
The 3 things Saint-Benoît-Labre does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Benoît-Labre.
Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Benoît-Labre than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 5% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 81%.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 5% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 14% | 18% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 81% | 70% | 74% |
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.
Commuters in Saint-Benoît-Labre have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 21 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Around Saint-Benoît-Labre, 59% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town
Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches
For Saint-Benoît-Labre itself the measure is access, and it lags: 9.4 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Women in the region live to 84.4 and men to 81.3, 82.8 years taken together (2022/2024).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 59% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.8 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Saint-Benoît-Labre’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 13% of area homes over the radon guideline
Shared with the rest of the Chaudiere-Appalaches health region: radon tests
Seismic risk in Saint-Benoît-Labre sits near the middle: $0.052 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Saint-Benoît-Labre on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 13% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.052 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Saint-Benoît-Labre gets a B+ for safety
Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 10.6 per 1,000 a year, below both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.9 per 1,000 people a year. Saint-Benoît-Labre shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of Beauce-Sartigan MRC.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 10.6 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 48 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Midwinter lows in Saint-Benoît-Labre sink below those of 80% of Canadian towns
Snow totals 202 cm over the year, below Quebec’s towns (217 cm) but above Canadian towns (141 cm). Gardeners get 113 frost-free days, from 28 May to 19 September. Summer highs in Saint-Benoît-Labre reach 25.3°C in July. December is the snowiest month, with 53 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days with frost a year | 185 | 161 | 159 |
| January night low | −16.7°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Snowfall a year | 202 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 25.3°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (St Georges)
The nearest provincial park to Saint-Benoît-Labre is Frontenac National Park (Québec), 21 km away
There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Within 5 km is one beach, Plage du lac Fortin.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Saint-Benoît-Labre in November: highs near 5°C, lows near −4°C
July brings the warmest days, 25°C; January the coldest nights, −17°C. November usually brings some 15 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −11°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 73 mm.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −15°C | 201 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 237 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 12°C | 348 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | 2°C | 269 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (St Georges); the forecast is on the Weather page
Saint-Benoît-Labre’s mayor: Marc Cloutier
Saint-Benoît-Labre is in Beauce-Sud for the National Assembly of Québec, whose current MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) no open source we can use records yet.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Saint-Benoît-Labre has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque De Saint-Georges, 9.6 km away
The next is Bibliothèque Luc-Lacourcière (Saint-Victor), 13 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
20% of Saint-Benoît-Labre’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. 0.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Over-65s are 18% of the population.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 46.9% of Saint-Benoît-Labre
Census 2021 put women at 760 and men at 860; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 64% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 31% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 53% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
The nearest high school to Saint-Benoît-Labre is 8.9 km away
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Notre-Dame-du-RosaireIn Saint-Benoît-LabreElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 8.9 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
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).
Older housing stands out in Saint-Benoît-Labre: 35% predates 1961
| Heritage | Saint-Benoît-Labre | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 35% | 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-Benoît-Labre
Famous people from Saint-Benoît-Labre
4 notable people were born in Saint-Benoît-Labre.
About Saint-Benoît-Labre
Town in Quebec
Every figure TownRatings gives for Saint-Benoît-Labre covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Quebec.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,655 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Beauce-Sartigan
- Census subdivision
- 2429100
Saint-Benoît-Labre’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | — | — | A | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 10 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | 1,610 | 11 | — | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Victor | 2,344 | 13 | — | A+ | A− | A− |
| Saint-René | 1,035 | 13 | — | A+ | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | 2,575 | 14 | A+ | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1,935 | 14 | — | B+ | B+ | A− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Saint-Benoît-Labre
Who are the people of Saint-Benoît-Labre?
At the 2021 census, 1% were immigrants and 1% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 1% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What kind of homes are in Saint-Benoît-Labre?
Mostly 87% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.3 people on average, and 32% have just one.
Do people in Saint-Benoît-Labre speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 80.2% know French alone, and 20% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
Is Saint-Benoît-Labre growing?
It went from 1,630 people in 2016 to 1,617 in 2021, down 0.8%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,655.
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).