Rue Saint-Georges, Saint-Bernard (Québec)

Saint-BernardQuebec

TownGrade

A⁺

#9 of 2,556

The town, home to 2,680 people, lies in Quebec. Its census division is La Nouvelle-Beauce.

6 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Population

2,680

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

35.6

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

51%

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

Walk, cycle, transit

10%

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

Is Saint-Bernard a good place to live?

The picture is mixed. Its best grade is for jobs & income (A). Crime is low (A). What holds it back is hazard risk (D). Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #7 of 499 in Quebec. On that grade it does better than almost every Canadian town.

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.

StrongestAJobs & income ASafety A⁻HealthWeakestDHazard risk

How Saint-Bernard grades

Each subject compares Saint-Bernard 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 & incomeIncomes and work are among the strongest comparedAOpen →SafetyNear the top of the towns comparedAOpen →Hazard riskGraded on two hazards, earthquakes and radon, with nearby wildfire counted only against itDOpen →HealthAmong the healthiest places comparedA⁻Open →Cost of livingAbove the middle of the towns comparedA⁻Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesB⁺Open →

SchoolsWith no open results to compare (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school), there’s no schools grade in Quebec.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Bernard stand out

The 3 things Saint-Bernard does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

3% unemployment

The median of Canadian towns: 10%

73% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.8 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $230,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Jobs & income

Better than 93%

of Canadian towns on jobs & income

Its jobs & income grade: A.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Bernard.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Trips to work from Saint-Bernard are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average

10%walk, cycle or take transit

90% of commuters drove, near both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van90%

Walk7%

Bicycle2%

Public transit1%

Census 2021	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	23 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	90%	90%	89%

$81,000

median household income, 2020

20%

worked from home, May 2021

32%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment3.4% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work10% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to200 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Sainte-Marie

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

SafetySafety A

The police who cover Saint-Bernard record less serious crime than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 38

38Crime Severity Index

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover Nouvelle-Beauce MRC

Violent crime in the area its police cover: 8.2 per 1,000 people a year. Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 8.8 per 1,000 a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202334

202448

202531

2023–2025	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	8.8	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	38	56	67
Violent crime	8.2	12.4	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	69	88	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

51%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Bernard’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety38 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Bernard’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Bernard safe?”

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

Hazard risk in Saint-Bernard is higher than in 88% of Canadian towns

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

More homes than usual carry radon here, 13% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Seismic risk runs high: $0.10 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Saint-Bernard on the national inventory. Saint-Bernard shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Chaudiere-Appalaches health region.

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

Saint-Bernard13%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	13%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.10	$0.14	$0.030

$0.10

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

Low

wildfire band

10 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSaint-Bernard’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$0.10 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon13% 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⁻

More adults feel healthy around Saint-Bernard: 59% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

59%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Residents have 8.3 km to cover to reach a hospital, higher than both Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Life expectancy in the region is 82.8 years (84.4 for women, 81.3 for men, 2022/2024). For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 1.6 km away on average (0.9 within 3 km). Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches, with Saint-Bernard one part of it.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Bernard59%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Bernard	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

82.8

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

8.3 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

1.6 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Bernard’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey59% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care8.3 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 1.6 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.4, men 81.3 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

HousingCost of living A⁻

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Bernard than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

$230,000median home value, 2021A⁻Cost of living Grade

The owner-occupied share of households is 79%. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Saint-Bernard$230,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	8%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	15%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	79%	70%	74%

$730

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$940

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Bernard’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$730 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.8 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $230,000, against the median household income Owners and renters79% 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.

Who lives here

Children make up 23% of Saint-Bernard, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

35.6median age

0.4% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.

Saint-BernardQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

23%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree28%

Postsecondary qualification51%

Women and men · all residents

47.5% of Saint-Bernard’s residents are women

Census 2021 put women at 1,205 and men at 1,330; women are 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Saint-Bernard
	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	23%	17%	16%
15 to 64	61%	62%	64%
65+	16%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	28%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	51%	59%	56%

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Ages35.6 median age · 16% are 65 or over Households975 households · 2.6 people per household Immigrants0% belong to a visible minority English and French23% speak both · 76% speak French but not English

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

Climate

Precipitation in Saint-Bernard tops that of 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm a year

25.1°CJuly afternoons

Between the last spring frost, 18 May, and the first in autumn, 27 September, lie 130 days. The most precipitation falls in July: 126 mm in a normal year. Snowfall adds up to 287 cm a year, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Winter lows in Saint-Bernard average −16.5°C in January.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.7°C

Spring9.3°C

Summer24.0°C

Autumn11.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	287 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,182 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
July afternoon high	25.1°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	181	161	159

287 cm

of snow a year

181

days with frost a year

130

frost-free days, 18 May to 27 Sep

158

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Bernard’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

Rain and snow1,182 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 25.1°C, January lows −16.5°C Snow287 cm of snow a year Weather station4.8 km to the station · Scott

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

Outdoors

No protected area lies within 10 km of Saint-Bernard

0%of the land within 10 km protected

A provincial park, Frontenac National Park (Québec), lies 47 km away. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Bernard0%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	0	10	4

47 km

to Frontenac National Park (Québec)

Full pageSaint-Bernard’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas0 protected areas within 10 km National & provincial parks47 km to a provincial park · Frontenac National Park (Québec)

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

Weather

In Saint-Bernard, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −3°C nights

4°Ca normal November afternoon

Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Then December: −3°C by day, −11°C at night. Precipitation in November averages 81 mm. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −17°C in January.

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	−14°C	266 mm
Spring	9°C	−2°C	269 mm
Summer	24°C	13°C	358 mm
Autumn	12°C	2°C	289 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

81 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 (Scott); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

The council of Saint-Bernard is led by its mayor, Francis Gagné

Jason Groleau (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Beauce, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Saint-Bernard.

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council seats7 Provincial legislatureBeauce-Nord

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

No public library stands in Saint-Bernard: the closest, Bibliothèque Municipale De Scott, is 5.4 km away

The next is Bibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Narcisse-De-Beaurivage (Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage), 7 km away.

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Places to belong0.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

No high school in or near Saint-Bernard: the closest is 10 km off

3schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École L'Aquarelle de Saint-BernardIn Saint-BernardElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 3 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	10 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

10 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSaint-Bernard’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-Bernard?”

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.

History

Heritage in Saint-Bernard: 2 historic places, all of the highest rank

2historic places

Presbytère de Saint-Bernard, begun in 1865, is the oldest by its record. At the 2021 census, just over a fifth of homes dated from before 1961, about level with Quebec’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations2

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings0

Among them

Presbytère de Saint-Bernard 1865
Église Saint-Bernard 1871

1865

oldest construction date on the record

Heritage	Saint-Bernard	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	21%	21%	18%

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On the registers2 historic places inside the town Highest designations2 top designations · Presbytère de Saint-Bernard Older homes21% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Bernard 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-Bernard

15pages on Saint-Bernard

The big questions

SafetyACrime Severity Index 38 Housing & costA⁻Homes 2.8 × income Property pricesSchools3 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 82.8 in its region Work & commuteA73% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 35.6 History2 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Woodooli Parc and 12 more within 40 km

One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Saint-Bernard; with it, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

Theme parkTheme parkWoodooli Parc3.1 km outside town, to the northeast

MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec34 km northwest · 324K visitors a year

MuseumMusée de la civilisation36 km northwest · 497K visitors a year

CastleQuébec Citadel35 km northwest

CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral36 km northwest

BattlefieldPlains of Abraham34 km northwest

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

Photo credits (5)

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
Plains of Abraham: NickHam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Saint-Bernard

No notable person born in Saint-Bernard is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Thomas ChabotCanadian ice hockey player · born in Sainte-Marie · born 1997

Marius BarbeauCanadian ethnographer and folklorist · born in Sainte-Marie · 1883–1969

Yanni GourdeCanadian ice hockey player · born in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage · born 1991

Elzéar-Alexandre TaschereauCatholic cardinal · born in Sainte-Marie · 1820–1898

Nycole TurmelCanadian politician · born in Sainte-Marie · born 1942

Henri Elzéar Taschereau4th Chief Justice of Canada · born in Sainte-Marie · 1836–1911

Photo credits

Thomas Chabot: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Marius Barbeau: Jules Alexandre Castonguay (1877-1972), Public domain · Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau: Unknown author, Public domain · Nycole Turmel: Martin Bérubé, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henri Elzéar Taschereau: William James Topley, Public domain

About Saint-Bernard

Town in Quebec

For Saint-Bernard, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Quebec, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

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

Population: 2,680 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: La Nouvelle-Beauce
Census subdivision: 2426055

Saint-Bernard’s neighbours

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

ScottSaint-Narcisse-de-BeaurivageSaint-IsidoreSainte-MarieSaint-Lambert-de-LauzonSaint-Patrice-de-BeaurivageSaint-Bernard

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Bernard	2,680	—	A⁺	A⁻	A	A⁻
Scott	2,938	4.6	A⁺	B⁺	A	A⁻
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage	1,303	7.4	—	B	A⁻	B⁺
Saint-Isidore	3,550	8.6	A	A⁻	A	A⁻
Sainte-Marie	13,873	11	A⁺	B⁺	A	A
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon	7,551	11	A	B⁺	A	B⁺
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage	1,091	11	—	A⁻	A⁻	B⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Bernard

Has Saint-Bernard grown?

Yes: the census counted 2,321 in 2016 and 2,535 in 2021, a rise of 9.2%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 2,680.

Who are the people of Saint-Bernard?

Visible minorities are 0% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 0%, and Indigenous people 2%.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Bernard?

Single-detached houses make up 82% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 26% of households are one person, and the average is 2.6.

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).