Saint-JacquesQuebec

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In Quebec, this town has 4,830 residents. Between 2016 and 2021, its population grew by 8%.

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Population

4,830

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

53%

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-Jacques a good place to live?

Saint-Jacques’s grades cluster near the middle. The town grades B overall and ranks #297 of 499 in Quebec. Set against the rest, it does better than nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. Residents are healthier than most (B+). It is strong on walkability as well (B+). A median home here was worth $250,000 at the census, or 3.6 times what the middle household earns in a year. What counts against it is jobs & income (C+). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B− for hazard risk.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

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-Jacques grades

Each subject compares Saint-Jacques 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

WalkabilityEasier than most to get around on footB⁺Open →HealthAhead of most towns comparedB⁺Open →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentC⁺Open →SafetyLess crime than in most townsBOpen →Cost of livingWeaker than most of the towns comparedC⁺Open →Hazard riskAbout average among the towns comparedB⁻Open →

SchoolsThe schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Jacques stand out

The 2 things Saint-Jacques does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

3% are immigrants

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

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

60% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

The data

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

HealthHealth B⁺

56% of adults around Saint-Jacques rate their health very good or excellent

56%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

Smoking takes in 14% of adults, age-standardised, above both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Life expectancy in the region is 82.0 years (83.7 for women, 80.3 for men, 2022/2024). Measured from where Saint-Jacques’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 13 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Jacques56%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Smokers	14%	12%	12%
Very good or excellent health	56%	56%	52%
Life expectancy at birth	82.0	82.5	81.5

82.0

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

13 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

14%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

7.6 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey56% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care13 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 7.6 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.7, 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 · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Région de Lanaudière

Work & commuteJobs & income C⁺

Saint-Jacques has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 71% of Canadian towns

6%walk, cycle or take transit

Commutes averaged 28 min, higher than both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). By car: that was how 92% of commuters travelled at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van92%

Walk4%

Bicycle1%

Public transit1%

Census 2021	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	28 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	92%	90%	89%

$70,000

median household income, 2020

12%

worked from home, May 2021

24%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Unemployment4.6% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work6% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to200 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Joliette

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

SafetySafety B

Saint-Jacques’s grade for safety: a B

54Crime Severity Index

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 12.4 property crimes are reported each year. The index for the force that serves it came to 54, near Quebec’s towns (56) and lower than Canadian towns (67). Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for Montcalm MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Jacques alone.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202354

202452

202556

2023–2025	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	12.4	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	54	56	67

non-violent Crime Severity Index

44%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety54 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Jacques’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Jacques safe?”

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

HousingCost of living C⁺

Shelter costs push only 9% of Saint-Jacques’s households past 30% of income, fewer than the 18% of the typical Canadian town

$250,000median home value, 2021C⁺Cost of living Grade

Owners make up 67% of households, about level with Quebec’s towns (70%) and below Canadian towns (74%).

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

Saint-Jacques$250,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	9%	13%	18%
Median home value, 2021	$250,000	$300,000	$406,000
Households owning their home	67%	70%	74%
Rent as a share of income	18%	18%	20%

$725

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$970

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Cost of living3.6 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $250,000, against the median household income Renting$725 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Owners and renters67% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.

Climate

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Jacques than on 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm a year

26.6°CJuly afternoons

Some 202 cm of snow falls in a typical year, lower than Quebec’s towns (217 cm) yet higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to August: 114 mm on average. December is the snowiest month, with 49 cm on average. Summer highs in Saint-Jacques reach 26.6°C in July.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.9°C

Spring10.6°C

Summer25.5°C

Autumn13.2°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Jacques	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	26.6°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−16.0°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

202 cm

of snow a year

145

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ climate pageOpen the full Climate page

Rain and snow1,109 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 26.6°C, January lows −16.0°C Snow202 cm of snow a year Weather station19 km to the station · L'Assomption

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (L'Assomption)

Outdoors

From Saint-Jacques, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (27 km)

0.3%of the land within 10 km protected

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 0.3%, below both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). La Mauricie National Park is the closest national park, 85 km from town. 3 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Jacques0.3%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.3%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	0	10	4

85 km

to La Mauricie National Park

27 km

to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas3 protected areas within 10 km National & provincial parks85 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park

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

Schools

In and around Saint-Jacques, 7 schools: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

7schools within 3 km

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public6

Independent1

School	Level	Students	System
École primaire Saint-Louis-de-France (Récolte, de la)In Saint-JacquesElementary	Elementary	–	French public
Collège Esther-Blondin IndependentIn Saint-JacquesSecondary	Secondary	–	Independent

See all 7 schools →

0.7 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school7 schools within 3 km · 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school Language0 of 7 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Jacques?”

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.

Weather

Saint-Jacques in November: highs near 5°C, lows near −3°C

5°Ca normal November afternoon

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Joliette forecast. Then December: −2°C by day, −10°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. A normal November brings 90 mm of rain and snow.

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

November5°C

December−2°C

January−6°C

February−4°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−4°C	−14°C	227 mm
Spring	11°C	0°C	265 mm
Summer	25°C	14°C	322 mm
Autumn	13°C	3°C	295 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

90 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ 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 (L'Assomption); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

A 17,182-vote win for Luc Thériault made Montcalm safer in 2021 than 82% of ridings

Saint-Jacques’ council has 6 councillors and is led by Josyanne Forest, the mayor.

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

council seats7 Provincial legislatureRousseau

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

Bibliothèque Municipale Marcel-Dugas is Saint-Jacques’s public library

Bibliothèque Municipale Marcel-Dugas has one location for the 4,737 people it serves.

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

A year at the library2.7 visits per person served The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong0.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁻

Wildfire low, radon 3.9%: how Saint-Jacques stands on hazards

Lowwildfire bandB⁻Hazard risk Grade

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Lanaudiere health region

Little of the land around Saint-Jacques has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year. The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.16 for each $1,000 of buildings, about level with Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and above Canadian towns ($0.030). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

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

Saint-Jacques3.9%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.16	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	3.9%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.16

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

Low

wildfire band

1.6 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon3.9% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.16 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

Who lives here

27% of Saint-Jacques’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

44median age

1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.

Saint-JacquesQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

20%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree25%

Postsecondary qualification53%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 50.1% of Saint-Jacques

Women numbered 2,155 and men 2,145 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Saint-Jacques
	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	16%	17%	16%
15 to 64	64%	62%	64%
65+	20%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	25%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	53%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French27% speak both · 73% speak French but not English Ages44 median age · 20% are 65 or over Households1,890 households · 2.2 people per household Immigrants3% are immigrants · 2% belong to a visible minority

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

History

6 historic places on the heritage registers in Saint-Jacques

6historic places

Presbytère de Saint-Jacques, begun in 1897, is the oldest by its record. Nearly a third of its homes were built before 1961, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings6

Among them

Presbytère de Saint-Jacques 1897
Maison Louise-Pariseau 1905
Vieux Collège (Saint-Jacques, Quebec) 1912
Couvent des sœurs de Sainte-Anne 1913

1897

oldest construction date on the record

32%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Jacques	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	32%	21%	18%

Full pageSaint-Jacques’ history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers6 historic places inside the town Older homes32% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Jacques 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-Jacques

15pages on Saint-Jacques

The big questions

SafetyBCrime Severity Index 54 Housing & costC⁺Homes 3.6 × income Property pricesSchools7 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 82 in its region Work & commuteC⁺60% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.3% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 44 History6 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Banque canadienne national and 13 more within 40 km

2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Saint-Jacques; with them, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumBanque canadienne national1.8 km outside town, to the southwest

CathedralSt Charles Borromeo Cathedral13 km northeast

Historic house · Parks CanadaSir Wilfrid Laurier19 km southwest

MuseumMusée d'art de Joliette13 km northeast

GardenMaison Antoine-Lacombe14 km north

MuseumCanadiana Village18 km northwest

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

Photo credits (5)

St Charles Borromeo Cathedral: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sir Wilfrid Laurier: Benoit Rochon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'art de Joliette: Jaboileaumiss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maison Antoine-Lacombe: Dreamdan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canadiana Village: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Saint-Jacques

15 notable people were born in Saint-Jacques.

See all 15 →

Bernard LandryCanadian politician · 1937–2018

Francis CassidyFormer mayor of Montreal, Quebec · 1827–1873

Joseph Éloi ArchambaultCanadian politician · 1861–1916

Louis-Joseph RiopelCanadian politician · 1841–1915

Marcel DugasCanadian writer, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic. · 1883–1947

Jean-Louis MartinCanadian politician · 1823–1861

Photo credits

Bernard Landry: MisterAD1984, CC BY 2.0 · Francis Cassidy: Unknown author, Public domain · Joseph Éloi Archambault: Unknown author, Public domain · Louis-Joseph Riopel: William James Topley, Public domain · Marcel Dugas: Université d'Ottawa, CRCCF, Fonds Séraphin-Marion (P106), Ph152-B5., Public domain

About Saint-Jacques

Town in Quebec

The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Saint-Jacques 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: 4,830 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Montcalm
Census subdivision: 2463013

Saint-Jacques’ neighbours

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

Saint-LiguoriSaint-AlexisSainte-Marie-SaloméCrabtreeSaint-EspritSainte-JulienneSaint-Jacques

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Jacques	4,830	—	B	C⁺	B	B⁺
Saint-Liguori	2,268	5	—	A⁻	B	B⁺
Saint-Alexis	1,462	5.8	—	B⁺	B	B
Sainte-Marie-Salomé	1,296	6.9	—	B⁻	B	B⁺
Crabtree	4,237	7.4	B⁻	C⁺	B⁻	A⁻
Saint-Esprit	2,313	9.7	—	C	B	B
Sainte-Julienne	12,990	10	C	C⁺	B	B

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

Questions about Saint-Jacques

Has Saint-Jacques grown?

It added people: 3,971 in 2016, 4,302 in 2021, 8.3% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 4,830.

Do people in Saint-Jacques speak French?

Almost everyone does. 27% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 72.9% speak French and no English.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Jacques?

Mostly 66% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.2 people on average, and 31% have just one.

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).