Saint-EugèneQuebec

Saint-Eugène is graded a B+ for hazard risk

Measured across the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region: radon tests

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.12 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Saint-Eugène on the national inventory.

61% of adults around Saint-Eugène call their health very good or excellent, above the typical Canadian town’s 52%

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec

For Saint-Eugène itself the measure is access, and it lags: 19 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, near Quebec’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (17%). A baby born in the region can expect 81.6 years, 83.3 for a girl and 79.9 for a boy (2022/2024).

Only 10% of households in Saint-Eugène spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town

Rent took 16% of household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 81%.

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

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18 violent incidents are reported each year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 72 over 2023–25, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 19.5 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for Drummond MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Eugène alone.

Working-age people in Saint-Eugène have jobs more often than in 91% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 24 min, lower than both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Eugène than on 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm a year

A normal winter brings 229 cm of snow, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). July is the wettest month, with 109 mm of rain and snow on average. Snow peaks in December: 60 cm in a normal year.

The nearest provincial park to Saint-Eugène is Yamaska National Park (Québec), 35 km away

A drive of 89 km reaches La Mauricie National Park, the nearest national park.

A normal November in Saint-Eugène runs from −2°C to 6°C

Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −9°C. Expect around 14 cm of snow in November. November normally sees 80 mm of precipitation. The year peaks in July (26°C) and bottoms out in January (−14°C).

Saint-Eugène has a council seat for every 170 residents, fewer than 89% of municipalities in Quebec

Gilles Beauregard leads Saint-Eugène as mayor, alongside 6 councillors.

Saint-Eugène has one public library, Bibliothèque De Saint-Eugene

It sits 2.9 km from the centre of Saint-Eugène.

The nearest high school to Saint-Eugène is 16 km away

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3). From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 2.7 km off, above Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike.

23% of Saint-Eugène’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

0.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children are 18% of the town. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.

In Saint-Eugène, 33% of homes go back before 1961