Saint-Félix-de-DalquierQuebec

Between 2016 and 2021, its population grew by 9%. A town in Quebec, home to 1,046 people.

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Population

1,046

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

36.8

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-Félix-de-Dalquier a good place to live?

Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A). The weak point is walkability (C−). It lags on safety as well (C). Natural hazards weigh less here than in most Canadian towns (A−).

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.

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.

StrongestACost of living AJobs & income A⁻Hazard riskWeakestC⁻Walkability

What makes Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier stand out

The 3 things Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

1% are immigrants

Compare 6% for the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.2 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $200,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Cost of living

Better than 95%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: A.

How Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier grades

Each subject compares Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier 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-Félix-de-Dalquier has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Jobs & incomeIn the top fifth of the towns comparedAOpen →Hazard riskBased on earthquake losses and radon in homes; a high wildfire risk can pull it downA⁻Open →WalkabilityMost errands need a carC⁻Open →SafetyBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →HealthNear typical for the towns comparedB⁻Open →

SchoolsBecause the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier.

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier costs 13% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

8% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 84% of households.

$200,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

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

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	8%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	13%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	84%	70%	74%

$1,002

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$990

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,002 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living2.2 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Owners and renters84% 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. · Area behind the rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures: the Amos metro area

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Commuters in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

The car took 91% of commuters, near both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van91%

Walk5%

Census 2021	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	22 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	91%	90%	89%

$92,000

median household income, 2020

15%

worked from home, May 2021

18%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment5.5% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work5% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to245 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Amos

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk A⁻

Hazards in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier are mild: low wildfire and earthquake risk, and 4.3% of area homes above the radon guideline

Fire seldom reaches Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier: since 1986, 0.3% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.006% a year). No flood study for Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is on the national inventory.

Lowwildfire bandA⁻Hazard risk Grade

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

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier4.3%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.022	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	4.3%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.022

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

Low

wildfire band

1.5 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSaint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon4.3% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.3% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.022 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 · Radon tests: the Abitibi-Temiscamingue health region

Climate

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier has colder winters than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −22.2°C

In July, daytime highs in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier average 23.8°C. There are 202 days of frost in a typical year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 31 May and returns around 16 September: 107 days without it. A normal September brings 102 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

23.8°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−8.3°C

Spring7.1°C

Summer22.7°C

Autumn9.0°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
January night low	−22.2°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C
July afternoon high	23.8°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	202	161	159
Precipitation a year	868 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm

202

days with frost a year

107

frost-free days, 31 May to 16 Sep

135

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 23.8°C, January lows −22.2°C Rain and snow868 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Weather station72 km to the station · Val-d'Or

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Val-d'Or)

SafetySafety C

Violent crime weighs more where Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 145

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

Violent incidents in its police area came to 20.5 per 1,000 residents a year, above Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 17.4 per 1,000 people a year.

79Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202375

202476

202585

2023–2025	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	145	88	86
Violent crime	20.5	12.4	12
Crime Severity Index	79	56	67
Property crime per 1,000	17.4	16.6	31.2

non-violent Crime Severity Index

49%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety79 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier safe?”

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

Who lives here

A town of families: 24% of people in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier are under 15, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

Both official languages: 17% of residents, between Quebec’s towns (44%) and Canadian towns (7.5%). 13% of residents are 65 or over.

36.8median age

Saint-Félix-de-DalquierQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

24%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree34%

Postsecondary qualification47%

Women and men · all residents

48.3% of Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s residents are women

By the 2021 count the town had 495 women and 530 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.

Who lives in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier
	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	24%	17%	16%
15 to 64	63%	62%	64%
65+	13%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	34%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	47%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages36.8 median age · 13% are 65 or over Households405 households · 2.5 people per household Immigrants1% are immigrants · 0% belong to a visible minority English and French17% speak both · 83% speak French but not English

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

Weather

Expect November days around 1°C in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, nights around −7°C

Across the year, normals run from −22°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −6°C and lows near −16°C. A normal November brings 75 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Amos forecast, on the Weather page.

1°Ca normal November afternoon

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

November1°C

December−6°C

January−10°C

February−8°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−8°C	−20°C	150 mm
Spring	7°C	−6°C	181 mm
Summer	23°C	10°C	278 mm
Autumn	9°C	0°C	259 mm

−7°C

a normal November night

75 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 (Val-d'Or); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Turnout in Abitibi—Témiscamingue was just 56% in 2021, below 82% of ridings

Locally, Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is run as a municipality.

Full pageSaint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentSébastien Lemire

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

The nearest public library to Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is Bibliothèque De Saint-Dominique-Du-Rosaire, 11 km away

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Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

HealthHealth B⁻

Expect 79.5 years of life in the region around Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, 2.0 under the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Smoking is commoner than in the province: 15% of adults, against 12% for Quebec. Age-standardised, 57% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). Measured from where Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 11 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

57%very good or excellent healthB⁻Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier57%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Life expectancy at birth	79.5	82.5	81.5
Smokers	15%	12%	12%
Very good or excellent health	57%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%

79.5

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

11 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

15%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

11 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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Health survey57% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting careA pharmacy 11 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 81.6, men 77.6 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

Outdoors

The nearest provincial park to Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is Aiguebelle National Park (Québec), 32 km away

Of the land within 10 km, 0.7% has protected status, lower than both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Proposed haute Harricana Aquatic Reserve (11,979 ha) is the biggest, 6.5 km from town. No national park lies within 100 km.

0.7%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier0.7%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.7%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	10	4

32 km

to Aiguebelle National Park (Québec)

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas4 protected areas within 10 km · Proposed haute Harricana Aquatic Reserve National & provincial parks32 km to a provincial park · Aiguebelle National Park (Québec)

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

Schools

The nearest high school to Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is 10 km away

4schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Berry-TrécessonIn Saint-Félix-de-DalquierElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 4 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	10 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

10 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school4 elementary schools Language0 of 4 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec.

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier

15pages on Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier

The big questions

SafetyCCrime Severity Index 79 Housing & costAHomes 2.2 × income Property pricesSchools4 schools within 3 km HealthB⁻Life expectancy 79.5 in its region Work & commuteA69% of adults in work Natural hazardsA⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.7% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 24°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 36.8 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from around Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier

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

How we find them →

Karol-Ann CanuelCanadian cyclist · born in Amos · born 1988

Nicolas RoyCanadian ice hockey player · born in Amos · born 1997

Roger ÉbacherCanadian Catholic archbishop · born in Amos · born 1936

Fanny BrittPlaywright working in Quebec · born in Amos · born 1977

Guillaume LefebvreCanadian ice hockey player · born in Amos · born 1981

Keven LacombeCanadian racing cyclist · born in Amos · born 1985

Photo credits

Karol-Ann Canuel: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nicolas Roy: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Fanny Britt: Dorothée Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Guillaume Lefebvre: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Keven Lacombe: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier’s neighbours

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

AmosTrécessonSaint-Félix-de-Dalquier

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	1,046	—	—	A	C	B⁻
Amos	12,773	10	B⁺	B⁻	C	B
Trécesson	1,240	15	—	A	C	B⁻

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

Questions about Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier

Is Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier growing?

It added people: 940 in 2016, 1,026 in 2021, 9.1% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,046.

Do people in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier speak French?

French is the common language here.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier?

83% 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. A household averages 2.5 people; 24% are one person living alone.

About Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier

Town in Quebec

The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is one census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings describes all of it.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,046 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Abitibi
Metro area: Amos
Census subdivision: 2488060

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).