Saint-GuillaumeQuebec
It lies in Drummond. 1,489 people live in this town in Quebec.
Is Saint-Guillaume a good place to live?
Where it does best is cost of living (A−). The local economy is weaker than most (C+). Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B for walkability.
Saint-Guillaume has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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.
How Saint-Guillaume grades
Each subject compares Saint-Guillaume with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Saint-Guillaume has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Saint-Guillaume stand out
The 3 things Saint-Guillaume does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Guillaume.
Renting in Saint-Guillaume costs 13% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns
14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than Quebec’s towns (13%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers four in five households.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 13% | 18% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 80% | 70% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 14% | 13% | 18% |
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.
Saint-Guillaume’s grade for hazard risk: a B+
Measured across the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region: radon tests
Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.14 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Saint-Guillaume on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 0% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.14 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
More adults feel healthy around Saint-Guillaume: 61% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)
Smoking takes in 13% of adults, age-standardised, above Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.6, with women at 83.3 and men at 79.9. Closer to home, a hospital is 22 km from the average resident of Saint-Guillaume, further than the usual 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 61% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.6 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy published for the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec, not by town
The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Saint-Guillaume tops that of 82% of Canadian towns
88% of commuters drove, near both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work took 26 min, close to both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 88% | 90% | 89% |
| Average trip | 26 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Violent crime weighs more where Saint-Guillaume is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 125
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over Drummond MRC
Violent incidents in its police area came to 18 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Its police area records 19.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 125 | 88 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 18 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 19.5 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 72 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Saint-Guillaume is wetter than 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year
The most precipitation falls in August: 114 mm in a normal year. Snow totals 202 cm over the year, between Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Gardeners get 136 frost-free days, from 12 May to 27 September. Most of the snow comes in December, about 49 cm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 1,109 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| Snowfall a year | 202 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.0°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −14.8°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Fleury)
From Saint-Guillaume, Yamaska National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (44 km)
The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 80 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
What November brings in Saint-Guillaume: −2°C at night, 6°C by day
In November, the normal is 90 mm of rain and snow. December follows at −2°C by day and −9°C by night. Also worth knowing: at the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −15°C. ECCC’s forecast for Saint-Nicéphore is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −13°C | 227 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | 0°C | 265 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 14°C | 322 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 4°C | 295 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Fleury); the forecast is on the Weather page
A small constituency per seat: 210 residents in Saint-Guillaume, fewer than in 77% of Quebec municipalities
Martin Champoux (Bloc Québécois) is the MP for Drummond, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Saint-Guillaume.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Saint-Guillaume has one public library, Bibliothèque De Saint-Guillaume
It sits 0.6 km from the centre of Saint-Guillaume.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
No high school in or near Saint-Guillaume: the closest is 21 km off
Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Saint-Guillaume (Saint-Guillaume (126))In Saint-GuillaumeElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 21 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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.
In Saint-Guillaume, 31% of adults live common-law
Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, above Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
47.0% of Saint-Guillaume’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 700 women and 790 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 61% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 26% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 53% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Saint-Guillaume keeps its older homes: 56% from before 1961
On the registers, the town counts 1 historic place. Add one just outside the town.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Saint-Guillaume | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 56% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Saint-Guillaume
Cathedral of St. Hyacinth, Saint-Hyacinthe and 4 more within 40 km
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Saint-Guillaume; these are the best known within 40 km.
CathedralCathedral of St. Hyacinth, Saint-Hyacinthe32 km south
FortFort Richelieu33 km west
MuseumVillage Québécois d'Antan22 km east
MuseumGovernors' Cottage32 km west
National historic siteCuthbert Chapel39 km westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Cathedral of St. Hyacinth, Saint-Hyacinthe: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Richelieu: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Village Québécois d'Antan: Emmanuel Huybrechts from Laval, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Governors' Cottage: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cuthbert Chapel: Fralambert, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Saint-Guillaume
2 notable people were born in Saint-Guillaume; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Marie Rose Ferron: Catholic Web, Public domain
About Saint-Guillaume
Town in Quebec
TownRatings counts Saint-Guillaume as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in Quebec; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,489 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Drummond
- Census subdivision
- 2449113
Saint-Guillaume’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Guillaume | 1,489 | — | — | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Bonaventure | 1,086 | 9.4 | — | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Hugues | 1,414 | 13 | — | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Eugène | 1,180 | 13 | — | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | 5,054 | 16 | A− | B | C+ | A− |
| Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham | 1,373 | 16 | — | A | C+ | A− |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 1,887 | 17 | — | B− | B+ | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Saint-Guillaume
Do people in Saint-Guillaume speak French?
Almost everyone does. 23% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 76.9% speak French and no English.
What kind of homes are in Saint-Guillaume?
Single-detached houses make up 79% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 35% of households are one person, and the average is 2.2.
Has Saint-Guillaume grown?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 1,476 to 1,491 residents (up 1%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 1,489.
How old are the people of Saint-Guillaume?
At 45.6, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 17% of the population and seniors 22%.
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).