Photo: 0x010C · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Saint-Félicien records more crime than 62% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 114.4 and other offences for 57.5, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. For every 1,000 residents, 19.7 violent incidents and 18.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.0 and 30.5. What’s more, that puts it at C+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Saint-Félicien reported from 2023 to 2025: #379 of 503 in Quebec. In 2023 the index stood at 66.6; it rose to 75.4 in 2025.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Shared with the rest of the Domaine-du-Roy MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Félicien
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Saint-Félicien records 3.6 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Saint-Félicien’s police clear 59%, 73% of violent crime and 49% of the rest. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Félicien places 28th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
Saint-Félicien’s index of 73.3 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Saint-Félicien’s C+ for safety
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #379 of 503 in Quebec and #1,555 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Saint-Félicien, by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Félicien runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.06), drug offences (3.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and sexual assault (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.8). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 21.7 | 0.7 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 18.3 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 22.3 | 0.8 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 84.3 | 2.9 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.3 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.3 | 1.9 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 151.7 | 5.2 | 55% |
| Mischief | 78.3 | 2.7 | 40% |
| Weapons violations | 10.7 | 0.4 | 84% |
| Administration of justice violations | 93.7 | 3.2 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.5 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 104.3 | 3.6 | 57% |
| Impaired driving | 65.3 | 2.2 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 51 | 1.7 | 27% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Saint-Félicien, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 78; 2023 was lightest, at 66.6. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Félicien | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 78 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 66.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Félicien, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Félicien is 28th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Quebec | 10,147 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 4 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Quebec | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Zotique Quebec | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Lorraine Quebec | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 9,682 | 66.6 | 81.7 | B− |
| 26 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Quebec | 9,622 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 27 | Shediac New Brunswick | 9,849 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 28 | Saint-Félicien Quebec | 10,143 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| 29 | Roberval Quebec | 9,828 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| 30 | Bridgewater Nova Scotia | 9,989 | 77.2 | 99.5 | C+ |
| 31 | Ladysmith British Columbia | 9,926 | 77.3 | 70.2 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Wheatland County Alberta | 10,150 | 298.8 | 486.4 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Saint-Félicien in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 580 violent incidents a year across the police area of 29,200 residents that includes Saint-Félicien, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 540 property crimes and 370 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Félicien
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Félicien | 10,143 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Prime | 2,808 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| La Doré | 1,380 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| Mashteuiatsh | 2,074 | 191.7 | 436.6 | D |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Félicien shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Félicien
Is Saint-Félicien safe?
Statistics Canada puts Saint-Félicien at 73.3 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 19.7 and property crimes at 18.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Félicien?
Most often it is assault: 9.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 5.2 and fraud at 4.7.
Is crime going up in Saint-Félicien?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 13%, to 75.4 from 66.6.
How much of Saint-Félicien’s crime do police solve?
About 59% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 73% of violent and 49% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Félicien together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. 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).