Saint-Léonard-d'AstonQuebec

A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston than in 97% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 23 min. The car took 93% of commuters, close to Quebec’s towns (90%) and above Canadian towns (89%).

Renting in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston costs 17% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or 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%). Households that own their home make up 72%.

A flood study covers Saint-Léonard-d'Aston: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Gouvernement du Québec

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.13 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Figures for radon tests are published for the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region as a whole, not for Saint-Léonard-d'Aston alone.

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston’s health region reports 61% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%

Closer to home, a hospital is 24 km from the average resident of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, further than the usual 3.7 km. On average 14% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). A baby born in the region can expect 81.6 years, 83.3 for a girl and 79.9 for a boy (2022/2024). Saint-Léonard-d'Aston shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec.

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston gets a B for safety

The force’s area logs 13.8 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 57 over 2023–25, near Quebec’s towns (56) and lower than Canadian towns (67). Saint-Léonard-d'Aston doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from Nicolet-Yamaska MRC.

January in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston bites harder than in 77% of Canadian towns

The most precipitation falls in July: 103 mm in a normal year. Snowfall adds up to 213 cm a year, close to Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in December, about 56 cm.

From Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Yamaska National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (70 km)

Close by: one protected area. The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 65 km.

In and around Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, 4 schools: 2 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools

A normal November in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston runs from −3°C to 5°C

Across the year, normals run from −16°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July. About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 75 mm of precipitation. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −10°C.

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston’s mayor: Laurent Marcotte

Of the 78 Commons seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44.

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston has two public libraries, Bibliothèque De Saint-Leonard-D'Aston (Lucille-M.-Desmarais) and Bibliothèque Saint-Léonard-d'Aston

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Saint-Léonard-d'Aston in particular.

23% of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 1.8% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. 21% of residents are 65 or over.