Saint-CyprienQuebec

Population 1,090: a town in Quebec. It is part of Rivière-du-Loup, a census division.

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Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population

1,090

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

47.2

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

56%

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-Cyprien a good place to live?

Saint-Cyprien’s strongest is cost of living (A+). Recorded crime is low (B+). Where it falls short is hazard risk (D). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.

Saint-Cyprien is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.

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.

StrongestA⁺Cost of livingWeakestDHazard risk

How Saint-Cyprien grades

Each subject compares Saint-Cyprien 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

Saint-Cyprien is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.

Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnA⁺Open →Hazard riskAmong the most exposed to natural hazardsDOpen →SafetyAbove the middle of the towns comparedB⁺Open →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areB⁺Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work beat most townsBOpen →WalkabilityClose to the middle of the towns comparedB⁻Open →

SchoolsThe ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Cyprien stand out

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

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.2 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $140,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Cost of living

Better than 95%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: A+.

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

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

65% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

The data

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

HousingCost of living A⁺

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Cyprien than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% of household income

$140,000median home value, 2021A⁺Cost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 79%.

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

Saint-Cyprien$140,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	7%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	13%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	79%	70%	74%

$500

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$890

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Renting$500 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.2 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $140,000, against the median household income Owners and renters79% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

Saint-Cyprien faces more hazards than 89% of Canadian towns

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

Radon topped the guideline in 14% of tested homes, above both Quebec’s towns (8.2%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.099 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Saint-Cyprien is on the national inventory.

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

Saint-Cyprien14%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.099	$0.14	$0.030

$0.099

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

Low

wildfire band

Full pageSaint-Cyprien’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$0.099 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon14% 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 · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region

Climate

Saint-Cyprien has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.5°C

22.5°CJuly afternoons

A normal winter brings 281 cm of snow, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in December, about 66 cm. Rain and snow peak in October, at 124 mm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.7°C

Spring6.5°C

Summer21.3°C

Autumn9.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
July afternoon high	22.5°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Snowfall a year	281 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,124 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
Days with frost a year	176	161	159

281 cm

of snow a year

176

days with frost a year

137

days with precipitation a year

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

The yearJuly highs 22.5°C, January lows −15.5°C Rain and snow1,124 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow281 cm of snow a year Weather station40 km to the station · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin)

SafetySafety B⁺

Saint-Cyprien gets a B+ for safety

48Crime Severity Index

The index for the force that serves it came to 48, below Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.3 property crimes are reported each year. Add to that, its police area records 10.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Saint-Cyprien alone, so this card uses the figure for Rivière-du-Loup MRC.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202349

202451

202545

2023–2025	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	14.3	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	48	56	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	72	88	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

56%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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

Safety48 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Cyprien’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Cyprien safe?”

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

HealthHealth B⁺

Very good or excellent health for 60% of adults around Saint-Cyprien; the typical Canadian town: 52%

60%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

Residents have 28 km to cover to reach a hospital, above both Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Lives in the region last 81.7 years on average (2022/2024): 83.1 for women, 80.3 for men. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 1.1 km away on average and 1.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent, with Saint-Cyprien one part of it.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Cyprien60%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	60%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	81.7	82.5	81.5

81.7

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

28 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

1.1 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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

Health survey60% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care28 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 1.1 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.1, men 80.3 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

Work & commuteJobs & income B

Commuters in Saint-Cyprien have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

10%walk, cycle or take transit

The car took 87% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and below Quebec’s towns (90%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van87%

Walk10%

Census 2021	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	21 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	87%	90%	89%

$64,500

median household income, 2020

17%

worked from home, May 2021

49%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSaint-Cyprien’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment5.4% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work10% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to30 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Trois-Pistoles

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

Weather

Expect November days around 3°C in Saint-Cyprien, nights around −3°C

3°Ca normal November afternoon

Snow is normal by November, about 22 cm over the month. Into December, the normals move to −4°C and −10°C. November normally sees 78 mm of precipitation. Normal highs peak at 23°C in July; nights bottom out at −16°C in January.

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

November3°C

December−4°C

January−7°C

February−6°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−6°C	−13°C	217 mm
Spring	6°C	−2°C	268 mm
Summer	21°C	11°C	326 mm
Autumn	10°C	2°C	312 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

78 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageSaint-Cyprien’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

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 (Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Each seat on Saint-Cyprien’s council speaks for just 160 residents, fewer than in 94% of Quebec municipalities

Michel Lagacé leads Saint-Cyprien as mayor, alongside 6 councillors.

Full pageSaint-Cyprien’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentBernard Généreux council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

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

It stands 1.2 km from the centre of Saint-Cyprien.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong3.7 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

9.9% of Saint-Cyprien’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

47.2median age

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population.

Saint-CyprienQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

24%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree25%

Postsecondary qualification56%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.6% of Saint-Cyprien

Of the 2021 count, 525 were women and 555 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).

Who lives in Saint-Cyprien
	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	17%	17%	16%
15 to 64	60%	62%	64%
65+	24%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	25%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	56%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Cyprien’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French10% speak both · 90% speak French but not English Ages47.2 median age · 24% are 65 or over Households445 households · 2.2 people per household Immigrants0% are immigrants · 1% belong to a visible minority

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

Outdoors

Saint-Cyprien has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

11%of the land within 10 km protected

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. One named trail is close: the Tronçon Les Érables. Also worth knowing: 4 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Cyprien11%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	11%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	10	4

At the edge

to Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec)

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

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas4 protected areas within 10 km · Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec)National & provincial parksAt the edge to a provincial park · Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec)Footpaths & routes1 named route · Tronçon Les Érables

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

Schools

Saint-Cyprien’s teenagers travel 12 km to the nearest high school

2schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École des Jolis-Vents (Sainte-Rita, de)In Saint-CyprienElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 2 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	12 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

12 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSaint-Cyprien’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school2 elementary schools Language0 of 2 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Cyprien?”

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.

History

The registers record 1 historic place in Saint-Cyprien

1historic place

Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 37% of homes, above Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

Presbytère de Saint-Cyprien 1899

1899

oldest construction date on the record

37%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Cyprien	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	37%	21%	18%

Full pageSaint-Cyprien’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registersOne historic place inside the town Older homes37% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Cyprien 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-Cyprien

15pages on Saint-Cyprien

The big questions

SafetyB⁺Crime Severity Index 48 Housing & costA⁺Homes 2.2 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 81.7 in its region Work & commuteB65% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors11% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 47.2 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Fort Ingall and 3 more within 40 km

Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Saint-Cyprien; these are the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

FortFort Ingall24 km southeast

MuseumL'Isle-Verte Court House27 km west

MuseumLouis Bertrand House27 km west

National parkNational park · SépaqLac-Témiscouata National Park27 km southeast

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

Photo credits (3)

Fort Ingall: Nicolas Gagnon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
L'Isle-Verte Court House: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Louis Bertrand House: Nicogag, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Saint-Cyprien

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

How we find them →

Marcel AubutCanadian ice hockey owner · born in Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup · born 1948

Philippe GagnonCanadian politician · born in Saint-Jean-de-Dieu · 1909–2001

Raymond MalenfantCanadian businessperson · born in Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup · 1930–2022

Richard LévesqueCanadian writer · born in Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup · born 1944

About Saint-Cyprien

Town in Quebec

Statistics Canada treats Saint-Cyprien 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: 1,090 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Rivière-du-Loup
Census subdivision: 2412005

Saint-Cyprien’s neighbours

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

Saint-Jean-de-DieuSaint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-LoupSaint-Cyprien

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Cyprien	1,090	—	—	A⁺	B⁺	B⁺
Saint-Jean-de-Dieu	1,697	13	—	A	B⁺	B⁺
Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup	1,471	16	—	A⁺	B⁺	B⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Cyprien

Who are the people of Saint-Cyprien?

Visible minorities are 1% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 0%, and Indigenous people 1%.

Do people in Saint-Cyprien speak French?

Yes: this is Quebec. 89.6% of residents speak only French and 10% speak both French and English (Canadian towns’ median: 8%).

What kind of homes are in Saint-Cyprien?

78% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more.

Has Saint-Cyprien grown?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 1,066 to 1,078 residents (up 1.1%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 1,090.

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).