Saint-MartinQuebec
This town in Quebec has a population of 2,687. It lies in Beauce-Sartigan.
Is Saint-Martin a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Homes are affordable (A). Recorded crime is low (B+). What holds it back is hazard risk (C). All told, that adds up to an A+ overall and a rank of #51 of 499 in Quebec. On that grade it does better than 95% of Canadian towns.
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.
What makes Saint-Martin stand out
The 3 things Saint-Martin does most differently from other towns.
How Saint-Martin grades
Each subject compares Saint-Martin with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin.
Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Martin than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers 74% of households.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Saint-Martin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 7% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 14% | 18% | 20% |
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.
Hazards in Saint-Martin: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 13% of tested homes
Earthquake risk in Saint-Martin is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Saint-Martin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 13% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.044 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
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
Saint-Martin’s grade for safety: a B+
The index for the force that serves it came to 48, below both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 10.6 property crimes are reported each year. The force’s area logs 10.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of Beauce-Sartigan MRC, Saint-Martin included.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Martin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 10.6 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 48 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Around Saint-Martin, 59% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town
Measured across the Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches: health survey and life expectancy
Lives in the region last 82.8 years on average (2022/2024): 84.4 for women, 81.3 for men. Smokers make up 13% of the region’s adults, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). For Saint-Martin itself the measure is access, and it lags: 17 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Saint-Martin | 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 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Commuters in Saint-Martin have a short way to work, 20 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
The car took 93% of commuters, close to Quebec’s towns (90%) and above Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Saint-Martin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 20 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 93% | 90% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Nights turn raw in Saint-Martin each January, colder than in 80% of Canadian towns
Gardeners get 113 frost-free days, from 28 May to 19 September. There are 185 days of frost in a typical year, above Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159) alike. In July, daytime highs in Saint-Martin average 25.3°C. December is the snowiest month, with 53 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Saint-Martin | 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 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (St Georges)
From Saint-Martin, Frontenac National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (30 km)
National parks are all over 100 km off. One protected area lies within 10 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Saint-Martin | 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
4 schools serve Saint-Martin, 3 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Grande-Coudée (Martinoise)In Saint-MartinElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Polyvalente BélangerIn Saint-MartinAll grades | All grades | – | French public |
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.
A normal November in Saint-Martin runs from −4°C to 5°C
The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −11°C nights. November usually brings some 15 cm of snow. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 73 mm. The year peaks in July (25°C) and bottoms out in January (−17°C).
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| 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 |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (St Georges); the forecast is on the Weather page
Yvan Paré leads Saint-Martin as mayor
From Quebec come 78 MPs, 44 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Bibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Martin Et Saint-René is Saint-Martin’s public library
It sits 0.7 km from the centre of Saint-Martin.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
18% of Saint-Martin’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
2.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 47.4% of Saint-Martin
In 2021 there were 1,225 women to 1,360 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Saint-Martin | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 61% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 31% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 46% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Canada’s registers list 2 historic places in Saint-Martin
The earliest construction date, 1890, belongs to Presbytère de Saint-Martin. Homes from before 1961 make up 31% of the stock, above Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Saint-Martin | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 31% | 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-Martin
Famous people from Saint-Martin
4 notable people were born in Saint-Martin.
Photo credits
Hélène Baillargeon: Photographe inconnu, Public domain · Esther Bégin: Boréal ; Ewe Aya, CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Martin’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin | 2,687 | — | A+ | A | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-René | 1,035 | 8.2 | — | A+ | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | 1,610 | 12 | — | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | 2,136 | 12 | — | A+ | B+ | B |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | 15 | — | A | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 15 | A− | A | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 17 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Saint-Martin
Who are the people of Saint-Martin?
At the 2021 census, 0% were immigrants and 3% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 2% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Do people in Saint-Martin speak French?
Almost everyone does. 18% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 81.4% speak French and no English.
What kind of homes are in Saint-Martin?
Single-detached houses make up 82% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments.
Is Saint-Martin growing?
It grew from 2,477 people in 2016 to 2,588 in 2021, up 4.5%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 2,687.
About Saint-Martin
Town in Quebec
TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Saint-Martin is one municipality in Quebec, figures and all.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 2,687 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Beauce-Sartigan
- Census subdivision
- 2429045
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).