Saint-Léonard-de-PortneufQuebec

1,214 residents make their home in this town in Quebec. Its census division is Portneuf.

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Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0

Population

1,214

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

47.6

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

52%

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-Léonard-de-Portneuf a good place to live?

Health is its strong suit (A+). It also does well on cost of living (A). Also worth knowing: most journeys need a car (D−). Hazard risk is weaker too (C).

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf has its subject grades alone.

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.

StrongestA⁺Health ACost of living A⁻SafetyWeakestD⁻Walkability

How Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf grades

Each subject compares Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf 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

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf has its subject grades alone.

HealthGraded on how healthy residents areA⁺Open →WalkabilityAmong the hardest places to get around without a carD⁻Open →Cost of livingIn the top fifth of the towns comparedAOpen →SafetyGraded on crime per residentA⁻Open →Hazard riskMore exposed to natural hazards than mostCOpen →Jobs & incomeClose to the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →

SchoolsIn Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf stand out

The 3 things Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

1% are immigrants

Against 6% in the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Health

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on health

Its health grade: A+.

Walkability

Behind 98%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: D−.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf.

HealthHealth A⁺

For health, Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf is ahead of almost every Canadian town

62%very good or excellent healthA⁺Health Grade

Life expectancy at birth in the region is 82.9 years, about level with Quebec’s towns (82.5) and above Canadian towns (81.5). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 62%, ahead of the 57% for Quebec. At 9.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. For Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf itself the measure is access, and it lags: 8.3 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf62%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	62%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	14%	15%	17%
Smokers	9.6%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	82.9	82.5	81.5

82.9

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

8.3 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

9.6%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

7.3 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey62% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care8.3 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 7.3 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.7, men 81.1 Conditions and habits14% 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 la Capitale-Nationale

HousingCost of living A

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% of household income

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

The median home value was $200,000, lower than both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Households that own their home make up 80%.

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

Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	6%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	12%	18%	20%
Median home value, 2021	$200,000	$300,000	$406,000
Households owning their home	80%	70%	74%

$492

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$556

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$492 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.8 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Owners and renters80% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

SafetySafety A⁻

Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s grade for safety: an A−

45Crime Severity Index

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 45 over 2023–25, lower than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 10.9 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Where it is policed, 9.8 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 Portneuf MRC, with Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf one part of it.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202341

202448

202544

2023–2025	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	10.9	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	45	56	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	72	88	86
Violent crime	9.8	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

54%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety45 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf safe?”

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

Wildfire low, radon 8.8%: how Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf stands on hazards

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.096 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No flood study for Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf is on the national inventory.

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

Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf8.8%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.096	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	8.8%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.096

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

Low

wildfire band

13 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon8.8% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.096 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 · Not measured by town: radon tests (the Capitale-Nationale health region)

Climate

Summers stay cool in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf: July afternoons reach 25.0°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

25.0°CJuly afternoons

Some 253 cm of snow falls in a typical year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Midwinter nights in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf bottom out at −16.7°C on average. The frost-free season runs from 10 May to 5 October, 148 days. The most precipitation falls in July: 119 mm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.1°C

Spring8.7°C

Summer23.8°C

Autumn11.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	253 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,173 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
July afternoon high	25.0°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−16.7°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

253 cm

of snow a year

170

days with frost a year

148

frost-free days, 10 May to 5 Oct

135

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.0°C, January lows −16.7°C Rain and snow1,173 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow253 cm of snow a year Weather station45 km to the station · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Québec Jean Lesage (Airport))

Work & commuteJobs & income B

The car carries 97% of commuters in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

0%walk, cycle or take transit

On average, the journey to work lasts 25 min.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van97%

Census 2021	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Car or van	97%	90%	89%
Average trip	25 min	27 min	26 min

$70,000

median household income, 2020

13%

worked from home, May 2021

10%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Getting to work0% walk, cycle or take transit Unemployment5.3% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Where people commute to195 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Saint-Raymond

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

Weather

In Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −4°C nights

4°Ca normal November afternoon

Expect around 19 cm of snow in November. Precipitation in November averages 91 mm. A normal December brings highs of −3°C, lows of −11°C. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Donnacona.

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

November4°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−15°C	249 mm
Spring	9°C	−2°C	264 mm
Summer	24°C	13°C	342 mm
Autumn	11°C	2°C	318 mm

−4°C

a normal November night

91 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 (Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

69% of electors voted in Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier in 2021, more than in 89% of Canada’s ridings

Portneuf is the riding Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf votes in for the National Assembly of Québec, and its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentJoël Godin council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D⁻

No public library stands in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf: the closest, Bibliothèque : "Au fil des mots", is 19 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque La Decouverte (Notre-Dame-De-Portneuf) (Portneuf), 22 km away.

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

Places to belong0.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

The nearest high school to Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf is 9.9 km away

4schools within 3 km

An elementary school stands 3.4 km from the centre, higher than both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

School	Level	Students	System
École Marie-du-Saint-SacrementIn Saint-Léonard-de-PortneufElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 4 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	9.9 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
Nearest elementary school	3.4 km	0.5 km	0.5 km

9.9 km

to the nearest secondary school

3.4 km

to the nearest elementary school

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

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

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Schools grade in Quebec: none (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school).

Who lives here

21% of Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

47.6median age

Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%).

Saint-Léonard-de-PortneufQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

25%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree19%

Postsecondary qualification52%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 46.7% of Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf

Women numbered 535 and men 610 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf
	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	18%	17%	16%
15 to 64	58%	62%	64%
65+	25%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	19%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	52%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French21% speak both · 79% speak French but not English Ages47.6 median age · 25% are 65 or over Households520 households · 2.2 people per household Immigrants1% are immigrants · 0% belong to a visible minority

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

Outdoors

La Mauricie National Park lies 51 km beyond Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s edge

3.3%of the land within 10 km protected

For a provincial park, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) lies 46 km off. The largest is Long-Montauban White-Tailed Deer Yard: 7,430 ha, 5.4 km from the edge of town. Within 10 km are 14 protected areas. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf3.3%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	13	10	4
Protected land within 10 km	3.3%	4.9%	2.3%

51 km

to La Mauricie National Park

46 km

to Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas14 protected areas within 10 km · Long-Montauban White-Tailed Deer Yard National & provincial parks51 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park Footpaths & routes1 named route · Sentier du Philosore

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

History

Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf keeps its older homes: 37% from before 1961

2historic places

The registers put 2 historic places inside its boundary. Its oldest building on the record is Ancien couvent de Saint-Léonard, from 1953.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings2

Among them

1953

oldest construction date on the record

37%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	37%	21%	18%

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Older homes37% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%On the registers2 historic places inside the town Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf 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-Léonard-de-Portneuf

15pages on Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 45 Housing & costAHomes 2.8 × income Property pricesSchools4 schools within 3 km HealthA⁺Life expectancy 82.9 in its region Work & commuteB57% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors3.3% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 47.6 History2 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Chemin du Roy and 5 more within 40 km

Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf; these are the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

AttractionChemin du Roy26 km southeast

GardenJoly de Lotbinière Estate27 km southeast

National historic siteMoulin du Portage39 km south

MuseumMaison de Pointe-Platon27 km southeast

MuseumMoulin De La Chevrotière31 km south

National historic siteMaison Quézel38 km east

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

Photo credits (6)

Chemin du Roy: Azumanga1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Joly de Lotbinière Estate: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Moulin du Portage: René Beaudoin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maison de Pointe-Platon: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Moulin De La Chevrotière: Harfang, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maison Quézel: JeffT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf

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

How we find them →

Luc PlamondonFrench-Canadian lyricist, music executi… · born in Saint-Raymond · born 1942

Alexandre VachonCanadian Roman Catholic priest and theo… · born in Saint-Raymond · 1885–1953

Louis PlamondonCanadian politician · born in Saint-Raymond · born 1943

Pépé et sa GuitareCanadian musician · born in Saint-Basile · born 1978

Rolland DionCanadian politician · born in Saint-Raymond · 1938–2011

Claude DuplainCanadian politician · born in Saint-Raymond · born 1954

Photo credits

Alexandre Vachon: Not mentioned in the source, Public domain · Pépé et sa Guitare: Bull-Doser, Public domain

About Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf

Town in Quebec

The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf 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: 1,214 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Portneuf
Census subdivision: 2434115

Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf’s neighbours

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

Saint-RaymondSaint-BasileSaint-Léonard-de-Portneuf

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	1,214	—	—	A	A⁻	A⁺
Saint-Raymond	11,951	10	A	A⁻	A⁻	A⁺
Saint-Basile	2,918	19	A	A⁻	A⁻	A⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf

What kind of homes are in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf?

89% 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 2.2 people; 34% are one person living alone.

Has Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf grown?

It added people: 1,113 in 2016, 1,140 in 2021, 2.4% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,214.

How old are the people of Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf?

The median resident is 47.6 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.

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).