Saint-BonaventureQuebec

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

Most households in Saint-Bonaventure own their home: 81%, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, lower than both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Drummondville metro area, Saint-Bonaventure included.

Saint-Bonaventure’s health region reports 61% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%

The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.6, with women at 83.3 and men at 79.9. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 14% of adults, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is 17 km from the average resident of Saint-Bonaventure, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Saint-Bonaventure’s grade for hazard risk: a B+

NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.13 per $1,000 of building value, close to Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and above Canadian towns ($0.030). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Saint-Bonaventure. Saint-Bonaventure doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region.

The force covering Saint-Bonaventure records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 125

Measured across Drummond MRC: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Where it is policed, 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 72 over 2023–25, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 19.5 per 1,000 people a year.

Wet weather: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Bonaventure, more than on 79% of Canadian towns

For the wettest month, look to July: 109 mm on average. A normal December brings 60 cm of snow, the most of any month. Summer highs average 26.0°C in July, between Quebec’s towns (26.5°C) and Canadian towns (25.5°C).

Children make up 22% of Saint-Bonaventure, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

0.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.

From Saint-Bonaventure, Yamaska National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (52 km)

For a national park, La Mauricie National Park is 73 km away. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.

What November brings in Saint-Bonaventure: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

November normally sees 80 mm of precipitation. Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −9°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 14 cm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Saint-Nicéphore.

Saint-Bonaventure has a council seat for every 160 residents, fewer than 94% of municipalities in Quebec

The mayor of Saint-Bonaventure is Guy Lavoie, who sits with 6 councillors.

Saint-Bonaventure’s public library is Bibliothèque De Saint-Bonaventure

The library is 2.5 km from the centre of Saint-Bonaventure.

Saint-Bonaventure’s teenagers travel 16 km to the nearest high school

Elementary school is 2.2 km away at the nearest, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

An older town: 36% of Saint-Bonaventure’s homes predate 1961