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Saint-Joseph-de-BeauceQuebec

5,339 people call this town in Quebec home. Its census division is Robert-Cliche.

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Population

5,339

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

43.6

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

55%

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%

TownGrade

A⁺

#41 of 2,556

Is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce a good place to live?

Cost of living is its strong suit (A). Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s overall grade of A+ puts it better than 98% of Canadian towns, #23 of 499 in Quebec. Households here earn well (A). Natural hazards weigh more here (C−).

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.

StrongestACost of living AJobs & income A⁻SafetyWeakestC⁻Hazard risk

What makes Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce stand out

The 3 things Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

1% are immigrants

Half of Canadian towns are above 6%, half below

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

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

65% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.8 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $196,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

How Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce grades

Each subject compares Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 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

Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Jobs & incomeNear the top of the towns comparedAOpen →Hazard riskBased on seismic risk and radon tests, lowered where wildfire runs highC⁻Open →SafetyVery little crime by comparisonA⁻Open →HealthAbove the middle of the towns comparedA⁻Open →WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carB⁻Open →

SchoolsNo schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.

HousingCost of living A

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 71% of households.

$196,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

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

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce$196,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	7%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	14%	18%	20%

$556

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$765

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$556 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.8 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $196,000, against the median household income Owners and renters71% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Trips to work from Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average

93% of commuters drove, close to Quebec’s towns (90%) and above Canadian towns (89%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van93%

Walk6%

Bicycle1%

Census 2021	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	20 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	93%	90%	89%

$71,500

median household income, 2020

13%

worked from home, May 2021

45%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment4.9% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work6% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to225 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Saint-Georges

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁻

Wildfire low, radon 13%: how Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce stands on hazards

NRCan expects $0.056 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, near the typical $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Lowwildfire bandC⁻Hazard risk Grade

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

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce13%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	13%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.056	$0.14	$0.030

$0.056

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

Low

wildfire band

6.9 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSaint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon13% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.056 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: one figure for all of the Chaudiere-Appalaches health region

SafetySafety A⁻

The police who cover Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce record less serious crime than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 44

Property crime in its police area ran at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Where it is policed, 9.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across Robert-Cliche MRC, with Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce one part of it.

44Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202350

202441

202541

2023–2025	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	10.6	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	44	56	67
Violent crime	9.5	12.4	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	76	88	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

62%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety44 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce safe?”

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

HealthHealth A⁻

Very good or excellent health for 59% of adults around Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches

Closer to home, a hospital is 13 km from the average resident of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, further than the usual 3.7 km. On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above Quebec’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%). Lives in the region last 82.8 years on average (2022/2024): 84.4 for women, 81.3 for men.

59%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce59%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	59%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Smokers	13%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	82.8	82.5	81.5

82.8

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

13 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

14 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey59% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care13 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 14 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.4, men 81.3 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

Climate

January in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce bites harder than in 80% of Canadian towns

Snow totals 202 cm over the year, lower than Quebec’s towns (217 cm) yet higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Gardeners get 113 frost-free days, from 28 May to 19 September. Also worth knowing: a normal July brings 128 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in December, about 53 cm.

25.3°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.0°C

Spring10.0°C

Summer24.3°C

Autumn12.4°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Days with frost a year	185	161	159
January night low	−16.7°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C
Snowfall a year	202 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	25.3°C	26.5°C	25.5°C

202 cm

of snow a year

185

days with frost a year

113

frost-free days, 28 May to 19 Sep

137

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 25.3°C, January lows −16.7°C Rain and snow1,054 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow202 cm of snow a year Weather station22 km to the station · St Georges

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (St Georges)

Outdoors

Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Within 5 km are 3 beaches; Battures Têtes de Rouche is the nearest. No national park lies within 100 km. A provincial park, Frontenac National Park (Québec), lies 40 km away.

0%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce0%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	0	10	4

40 km

to Frontenac National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

Full pageSaint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas0 protected areas within 10 km National & provincial parks40 km to a provincial park · Frontenac National Park (Québec)

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

Schools

Around Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 4 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade: 5 schools in all

5schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École d'Youville-Lambert (D'Youville)In Saint-Joseph-de-BeauceElementary	Elementary	–	French public
École secondaire VeilleuxIn Saint-Joseph-de-BeauceAll grades	All grades	–	French public

See all 5 schools →

1.5 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school5 schools within 3 km · 4 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade Language0 of 5 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Towns in Quebec aren’t in the schools rankings: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

Weather

Expect November days around 5°C in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, nights around −4°C

The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −11°C nights. Expect around 15 cm of snow in November. In November, the normal is 73 mm of rain and snow. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 25°C and January nights −17°C.

5°Ca normal November afternoon

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	−15°C	201 mm
Spring	10°C	−2°C	237 mm
Summer	24°C	12°C	348 mm
Autumn	12°C	2°C	269 mm

−4°C

a normal November night

73 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 (St Georges); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Fewer than three in four Québec’s local municipalities spend as much per resident as Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Jason Groleau (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Beauce, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.

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Who runs itCity Provincial legislatureBeauce-Nord

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce has one public library, Bibliothèque De Saint-Joseph-De-Beauce Et De Saint-Joseph-Des-Érables

The library is 1.8 km from the centre of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong2.3 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

25% of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, above Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike.

43.6median age

Saint-Joseph-de-BeauceQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

23%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree21%

Postsecondary qualification55%

Women and men · all residents

48.1% of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s residents are women

Census 2021 put women at 2,410 and men at 2,605; women are 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	17%	17%	16%
15 to 64	60%	62%	64%
65+	23%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	21%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	55%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French25% speak both · 74% speak French but not English Ages43.6 median age · 23% are 65 or over Households2,130 households · 2.3 people per household Immigrants1% are immigrants · 2% belong to a visible minority

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

History

Heritage in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce: 3 historic places, 2 of the highest rank

Among the places are a municipal citation. The earliest construction date, 1859, belongs to Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Courthouse. Homes from before 1961 make up a quarter of the stock, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

3historic places

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations2

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

1859

oldest construction date on the record

25%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	25%	21%	18%

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On the registers3 historic places inside the town Highest designations2 top designations · Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Institutional Ensemble Older homes25% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Nearby attractions

Musée Marius-Barbeau and 3 more in and around Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

The best-known places to visit in and around Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumMusée Marius-Barbeauin town Heritage railwayHeritage railwayLocomotive CN 461.8 km outside town, to the northwest MuseumMuseumMusée ferroviaire de Beauce1.8 km outside town, to the northwest Ski hillSki hillClub ski Beauce2.4 km outside town, to the northwest

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

15pages on Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 44 Housing & costAHomes 2.8 × income Property pricesSchools5 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 82.8 in its region Work & commuteA65% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 43.6 History3 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Famous people from Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

8 notable people were born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.

See all 8 →

Junior LessardCanadian ice hockey player · born 1980

Marc GagnéCanadian composer, ethnomusicologist, and organist · born 1939

Raphaël LessardCanadian auto racing driver · born 2001

David ClicheCanadian politician · 1952–2020

Robert ClicheCanadian politician · 1921–1978

Adrien OuelletteCanadian politician · 1940–2023

Photo credits

Junior Lessard: Saruwine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marc Gagné: Meggy007, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raphaël Lessard: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s neighbours

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

Saint-FrédéricVallée-JonctionSaints-AngesTring-JonctionBeaucevilleSaint-Odilon-de-CranbourneSaint-Joseph-de-Beauce

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	5,339	—	A⁺	A	A⁻	A⁻
Saint-Frédéric	1,172	8.3	—	A⁺	A⁻	B⁺
Vallée-Jonction	2,042	8.4	—	A	A	A⁻
Saints-Anges	1,364	9.6	—	A⁺	A	A⁻
Tring-Jonction	1,626	12	—	A	A⁻	B⁺
Beauceville	6,228	12	A⁺	A⁻	A⁻	A
Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne	1,460	16	—	A⁺	A⁻	B⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

What kind of homes are in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?

A household averages 2.3 people; 34% are one person living alone.

Has Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce grown?

Yes: the census counted 4,858 in 2016 and 5,014 in 2021, a rise of 3.2%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 5,339.

How old are the people of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?

The median resident is 43.6 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.

About Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Town in Quebec

Statistics Canada treats Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce as a single census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings keeps to that line.

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

Population: 5,339 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Robert-Cliche
Census subdivision: 2427043

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).