Saint-MauriceQuebec

TownGrade

A⁺

#24 of 2,556

It is part of the Trois-Rivières metro area. With 3,804 residents, it is a town in Quebec.

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Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population

3,804

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

68%

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-Maurice a good place to live?

Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Prices are modest for what you get (A). Getting around depends on the car (C−). Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #16 of 499 in Quebec. On that grade it does better than almost every Canadian town.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. 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 ASafety A⁻Jobs & incomeWeakestC⁻Walkability

How Saint-Maurice grades

Each subject compares Saint-Maurice 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 livingAmong the best of the towns comparedAOpen →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentAOpen →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work are among the strongest comparedA⁻Open →WalkabilityIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedC⁻Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesA⁻Open →Hazard riskLess exposed to natural hazards than mostB⁺Open →

SchoolsBecause the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Maurice stand out

The 3 things Saint-Maurice does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

2% are immigrants

Canadian towns centre on 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.4 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $200,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

6% unemployment

The median of Canadian towns: 10%

66% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

The data

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

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Saint-Maurice costs 15% of household income, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

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

81% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 6% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Saint-Maurice$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	6%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	15%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	81%	70%	74%

$1,017

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$840

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Renting$1,017 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living2.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Owners and renters81% 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. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom published for the Trois-Rivières metro area, not by town

SafetySafety A

Violent crime weighs less where Saint-Maurice is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 52

39Crime Severity Index

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: Chenaux MRC

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 39 over 2023–25, below Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Where it is policed, 9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202334

202444

202539

2023–2025	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	11.2	16.6	31.2
Violent Crime Severity Index	52	88	86
Crime Severity Index	39	56	67
Violent crime	9	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

48%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Maurice’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety39 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Maurice’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Maurice safe?”

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

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁻

Saint-Maurice is a driving town: 95% of commuters go by car, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

A trip to work takes 24 min on average.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Walk4%

Census 2021	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Car or van	95%	90%	89%
Average trip	24 min	27 min	26 min

$82,000

median household income, 2020

15%

worked from home, May 2021

14%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Unemployment5.5% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Where people commute to755 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Trois-Rivières

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

HealthHealth A⁻

61% of adults around Saint-Maurice call their health very good or excellent, above the typical Canadian town’s 52%

61%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 14% of the region’s adults on average, about level with Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). People in the region live to 81.6 on average: 83.3 for women and 79.9 for men in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital is 11 km from the average resident of Saint-Maurice, further than the usual 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec, with Saint-Maurice one part of it.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Maurice61%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	61%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	14%	15%	17%
Smokers	13%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	81.6	82.5	81.5

81.6

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

11 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

6.8 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Maurice’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey61% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care11 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 6.8 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.3, men 79.9 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

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁺

For hazard risk, Saint-Maurice gets a B+

Lowwildfire bandB⁺Hazard risk Grade

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.11 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Wildfire is rare near Saint-Maurice: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.002% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town. Saint-Maurice doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region.

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

Saint-Maurice0%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	0%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.11	$0.14	$0.030

$0.11

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

Low

wildfire band

2.6 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

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

WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.11 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon0% of tests above the guideline 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

Children make up 24% of Saint-Maurice, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

38median age

Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. Visible minorities make up 1.3% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Saint-MauriceQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

24%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree16%

Postsecondary qualification68%

Women and men · all residents

49.5% of Saint-Maurice’s residents are women

Here the census found 1,700 women and 1,735 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.

Who lives in Saint-Maurice
	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	24%	17%	16%
15 to 64	60%	62%	64%
65+	17%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	16%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	68%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Maurice’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages38 median age · 17% are 65 or over Households1,360 households · 2.5 people per household Immigrants2% are immigrants · 1% belong to a visible minority English and French24% speak both · 76% speak French but not English

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

Climate

Snowfall in Saint-Maurice tops that of 90% of Canadian towns: about 274 cm a year

25.1°CJuly afternoons

A July afternoon in Saint-Maurice typically reaches 25.1°C. A normal December brings 69 cm of snow, the most of any month. Also worth knowing: the thermometer drops below freezing on 145 days a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). The most precipitation falls in July: 125 mm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.8°C

Spring9.1°C

Summer23.9°C

Autumn12.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	274 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	25.1°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Precipitation a year	1,101 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
Days with frost a year	145	161	159

274 cm

of snow a year

145

days with frost a year

132

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Maurice’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

Snow274 cm of snow a year The yearJuly highs 25.1°C, January lows −14.1°C Rain and snow1,101 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Weather station12 km to the station · Trois-Rivières

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Trois-Rivières)

Weather

A normal November in Saint-Maurice runs from −1°C to 5°C

5°Ca normal November afternoon

November usually brings some 24 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees −2°C afternoons and −9°C nights. Expect about 88 mm of rain and snow over November. ECCC’s forecast for Trois-Rivières is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

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	−12°C	244 mm
Spring	9°C	0°C	247 mm
Summer	24°C	15°C	325 mm
Autumn	12°C	5°C	285 mm

−1°C

a normal November night

88 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 (Trois-Rivières); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Less is spent per resident in Saint-Maurice than in 96% of Québec’s local municipalities

Champlain is the riding Saint-Maurice 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-Maurice’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentFrançois-Philippe Champagne council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁻

Saint-Maurice has one public library, Bibliothèque De Saint-Maurice

The library is 1.2 km from the centre of Saint-Maurice.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong0 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

No high school in or near Saint-Maurice: the closest is 9.1 km off

2schools within 3 km

Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

School	Level	Students	System
École de la SourceIn Saint-MauriceElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 2 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	9.1 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
School boards	2	2	3

9.1 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school2 elementary schools Language0 of 2 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec The boards2 school boards · Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Maurice?”

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.

Outdoors

More of the land around Saint-Maurice is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns

9.2%of the land within 10 km protected

The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 25 km away. 98 km from town is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. Champlain-Batiscan Water Fowl Gathering Area (1,297 ha) is the biggest, 7.9 km from town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Maurice9.2%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Maurice	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	9.2%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	5	10	4

25 km

to La Mauricie National Park

98 km

to Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)

Full pageSaint-Maurice’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas28 protected areas within 10 km · Champlain-Batiscan Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks25 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Maurice

15pages on Saint-Maurice

The big questions

SafetyACrime Severity Index 39 Housing & costAHomes 2.4 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 81.6 in its region Work & commuteA⁻66% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors9.2% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 38 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Domaine de la Forêt Perdue and 8 more within 40 km

One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Saint-Maurice; with it, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

Theme parkTheme parkDomaine de la Forêt Perdue2.9 km outside town, to the west

CathedralAssumption Cathedral13 km south

MuseumOld Trois-Rivières Prison13 km south

MuseumLa Cité de l'Énergie19 km west

CathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet26 km south

MuseumMokotakan39 km west

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

Photo credits (5)

Assumption Cathedral: Stéphane Batigne, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Trois-Rivières Prison: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
La Cité de l'Énergie: Sylvain Perron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mokotakan: Anne Ecuyer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Saint-Maurice

7 notable people were born in Saint-Maurice.

See all 7 →

Joseph-Philias MorinCanadian politician · 1899–1945

Omer HérouxCanadian journalist · 1876–1963

Pierre-Calixte NeaultCanadian politician · 1860–1924

Éric LaplanteCanadian ice hockey player · born 1979

Michel VeilletteCanadian politician in Mauricie, Québec · born 1939

Normand ToupinCanadian politician · born 1933

Photo credits

Joseph-Philias Morin: Unknown author, Public domain · Omer Héroux: J. A. Dumas, Public domain · Pierre-Calixte Neault: A. J. Côté, Public domain

About Saint-Maurice

Town in Quebec

TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Saint-Maurice is one municipality in Quebec, figures and all.

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

Population: 3,804 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Francheville
Metro area: Trois-Rivières
Census subdivision: 2437230

Saint-Maurice’s neighbours

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

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-CarmelChamplainTrois-RivièresSaint-NarcisseSainte-Geneviève-de-BatiscanBécancourSaint-Maurice

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Maurice	3,804	—	A⁺	A	A	A⁻
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel	6,613	11	A	A	A	A⁻
Champlain	1,957	12	—	B⁻	A	A⁻
Trois-Rivières	149,934	12	B⁺	C⁺	B⁻	A
Saint-Narcisse	1,848	13	—	B	A	B⁺
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan	1,137	16	—	A⁻	A	B⁺
Bécancour	14,943	18	A⁺	B⁺	A⁻	A⁻

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

Questions about Saint-Maurice

What kind of homes are in Saint-Maurice?

Mostly 85% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.5 people on average, and 25% have just one.

Has Saint-Maurice grown?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 3,286 to 3,432 residents (up 4.4%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 3,804.

How old are the people of Saint-Maurice?

The median resident is 38 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 24% are under 15 and 17% 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).