Saint-Bernard-de-LacolleQuebec

This town in Quebec has a population of 1,655. Statistics Canada places it in the Les Jardins-de-Napierville census division.

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Population

1,655

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

44.8

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

47%

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-Bernard-de-Lacolle a good place to live?

Prices are modest for what you get (B+). It also does well on health (B+). Its weakest subject is safety (C−). Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D).

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

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.

WeakestDWalkability C⁻Safety

How Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle grades

Each subject compares Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle 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

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

WalkabilityAmong the weakest of the towns comparedDOpen →SafetyGraded on crime per residentC⁻Open →Hazard riskMore exposed to natural hazards than mostC⁻Open →Cost of livingBetter than most of the towns comparedB⁺Open →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areB⁺Open →Jobs & incomeNear typical for the 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 →

What makes Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle stand out

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

Picked automatically from the data

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

3% unemployment

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

63% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

3% walk, cycle or take transit

Canadian towns centre on 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walkability

Behind 86%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: D.

The data

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

SafetySafety C⁻

The police who cover Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle record more serious crime than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 116

116Crime Severity Index

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 11.8 property crimes are reported each year. The violent index for its police area came to 80, lower than both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle 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 Jardins de Napierville MRC.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

2023101

2024162

202586

2023–2025	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Crime Severity Index	116	56	67
Property crime per 1,000	11.8	16.6	31.2

132

non-violent Crime Severity Index

38%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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

Safety116 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle safe?”

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁻

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.2% of area homes over the radon guideline

Lowwildfire bandC⁻Hazard risk Grade

Measured across the Monteregie health region: radon tests

Seismic risk runs high: $0.17 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study for Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle.

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

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle8.2%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.17	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	8.2%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.17

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

Low

wildfire band

21 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSaint-Bernard-de-Lacolle’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon8.2% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.17 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

HousingCost of living B⁺

Renting in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle costs 9% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

$300,000median home value, 2021B⁺Cost of living Grade

Home ownership covers 86% of households. 14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, between Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle$300,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	9%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	86%	70%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	14%	13%	18%

$432

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$960

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Renting$432 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living3.8 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $300,000, against the median household income Owners and renters86% 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.

HealthHealth B⁺

Residents of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle live 32 km from the nearest hospital on average

55%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, just over one in ten adults to 12%. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. Chronic conditions run at 15% of adults, age-standardised, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.5, women 84.2 and men 80.8 (2022/2024).

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle55%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Very good or excellent health	55%	56%	52%
Smokers	11%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	82.5	82.5	81.5

82.5

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

32 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

11%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

7.1 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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

Getting care32 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 7.1 km away on average Health survey55% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.2, men 80.8 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 · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Région de la Montérégie

Schools

No high school in or near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle: the closest is 13 km off

2schools within 3 km

The closest elementary school is 5.9 km away, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Schooling here is split between 2 boards, close to Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

School	Level	Students	System
École Saint-BernardIn Saint-Bernard-de-LacolleElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 2 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	13 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
Nearest elementary school	5.9 km	0.5 km	0.5 km
School boards	2	2	3

13 km

to the nearest secondary school

5.9 km

to the nearest elementary school

Full pageSaint-Bernard-de-Lacolle’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school2 elementary schools Language0 of 2 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec The boards2 school boards · Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Towns in Quebec aren’t in the schools rankings: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

Climate

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is wetter than 74% of Canadian towns: 1,041 mm of rain and snow a year

26.6°CJuly afternoons

The most precipitation falls in October: 103 mm in a normal year. Snow totals 217 cm over the year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 26.6°C in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle. Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−2.6°C

Spring11.1°C

Summer25.4°C

Autumn13.7°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	217 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	26.6°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	149	161	159
Precipitation a year	1,041 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm

217 cm

of snow a year

149

days with frost a year

122

days with precipitation a year

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

Rain and snow1,041 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 26.6°C, January lows −13.6°C Snow217 cm of snow a year Weather station25 km to the station · L'Acadie

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (L'Acadie)

Weather

A normal November in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle runs from −2°C to 6°C

6°Ca normal November afternoon

In November, the normal is 84 mm of rain and snow. A normal December brings highs of −1°C, lows of −9°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. Also worth knowing: at the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −14°C.

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

November6°C

December−1°C

January−4°C

February−3°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−3°C	−12°C	243 mm
Spring	11°C	1°C	253 mm
Summer	25°C	14°C	268 mm
Autumn	14°C	4°C	277 mm

−2°C

a normal November night

84 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 (L'Acadie); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Estelle Muzzi is mayor of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

Federally, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle sits in Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Nathalie Provost of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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council seats7 Provincial legislatureHuntingdon

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D⁻

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque de Hemmingford, 8.9 km away

The next is Bibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Patrice-De-Sherrington (Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington), 9 km away.

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Places to belong0.6 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle touches CBSA St-Bernard-de-Lacolle Crossing Conservation Area

0.3%of the land within 10 km protected

OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name. The largest named area nearby is Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity Reserve, 487 ha, 3.7 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 0.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. No national park lies within 100 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle0.3%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.3%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	2	10	4

47 km

to Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)

beach within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

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

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas3 protected areas within 10 km · Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity Reserve National & provincial parks47 km to a provincial park · Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁻

Trips to work from Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 31 min on average

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Walk3%

Census 2021	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	31 min	27 min	26 min

$80,000

median household income, 2020

23%

worked from home, May 2021

25%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment3% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work3% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to65 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Napierville

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

Who lives here

Common-law couples: 30% of residents 15 and over in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

44.8median age

Both official languages: just over two in five residents, about level with Quebec’s towns (44%) and above Canadian towns (7.5%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.

Saint-Bernard-de-LacolleQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

17%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree29%

Postsecondary qualification47%

Women and men · all residents

47.4% of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle’s residents are women

By the 2021 count the town had 730 women and 810 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.

Who lives in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	17%	17%	16%
15 to 64	65%	62%	64%
65+	19%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	29%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	47%	59%	56%

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Ages44.8 median age · 19% are 65 or over Households615 households · 2.5 people per household Immigrants3% are immigrants · 4% belong to a visible minority English and French42% speak both · 54% speak French but not English

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

History

Older housing stands out in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle: 32% predates 1961

32%built before 1961

32%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	32%	21%	18%

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Older homes32% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle 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-de-Lacolle

15pages on Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

The big questions

SafetyC⁻Crime Severity Index 116 Housing & costB⁺Homes 3.8 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 82.5 in its region Work & commuteB⁻63% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.3% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 44.8 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Safari Aventure and 3 more in and around Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, the best known first.

All attractions →

ZooZooSafari Aventurein town

Theme parkParc Safari200 m outside town, to the south

MuseumLacolle Mills Blockhouse4 km outside town, to the east MuseumMuseumAnimaliumin town

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

Photo credits (2)

Parc Safari: Eltobito, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lacolle Mills Blockhouse: Marc-Lautenbacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

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

How we find them →

Louis CyrCanadian strength athlete · born in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville · 1863–1912

Wilfrid DeromeCanadian forensic scientist · born in Napierville · 1877–1931

Dominique PerrasCanadian cyclist · born in Napierville · born 1974

Francis MoricePolice officer and New Zealand cricketer · born in Lacolle · 1851–1912

Léon RaymondCanadian politician · born in Napierville · 1901–1993

Martin FisherCanadian politician · born in Hemmingford · 1881–1941

Photo credits

Wilfrid Derome: Unknown author, Public domain

About Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

Town in Quebec

Statistics Canada treats Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle 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: 1,655 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Les Jardins-de-Napierville
Census subdivision: 2468005

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle’s neighbours

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

LacolleSaint-Cyprien-de-NapiervilleSaint-Patrice-de-SherringtonHemmingfordNapiervilleNoyanSaint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	1,655	—	—	B⁺	C⁻	B⁺
Lacolle	2,806	8.6	B⁻	B⁻	B⁻	B⁺
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville	1,786	9.6	—	C	C⁻	A⁻
Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington	1,996	10	—	B⁻	C⁻	B⁺
Hemmingford	2,206	11	—	B⁻	C⁻	B⁺
Napierville	4,187	13	B⁻	B⁻	C⁻	A⁻
Noyan	1,576	14	—	C	B⁻	B⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

What kind of homes are in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle?

Mostly 94% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.5 people on average, and 22% have just one.

Who are the people of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle?

At the 2021 census, 3% were immigrants and 4% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 2% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

Has Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle grown?

It lost people: 1,549 in 2016, 1,542 in 2021, 0.5% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’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).