Saint-Michel-de-BellechasseQuebec

Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse earns a D for hazard risk

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.13 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse.

Crime runs lighter where Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 40

Shared with the rest of Bellechasse MRC: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent incidents in its police area came to 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Property crime in the area its police cover: 9 per 1,000 people a year.

Renting in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse costs 13% of household income, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

87% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Around Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 59% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

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

Homes here are 19 km from a hospital on average, higher than both Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.8, women 84.4 and men 81.3 (2022/2024).

Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each

Commutes averaged 25 min, near both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). Nine in ten commuters drove, in line with Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Precipitation in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse tops that of 90% of Canadian towns: 1,216 mm a year

Snowfall adds up to 299 cm a year, above both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). A normal July brings 129 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow peaks in December: 77 cm in a normal year. Expect July highs of around 25.1°C in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse.

Protected land at Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse’s edge: Anse du Moulin Water Fowl Gathering Area

Biggest among them: I.O. Saint-Jean Ouest Water Fowl Gathering Area, 990 ha, 1.7 km off. Of the country within 10 km, 6.7% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Within 100 km there is no national park. For a provincial park, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) lies 41 km off.

34% of Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Visible minorities make up 1.4% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Around Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school: 4 schools in all

In Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −3°C nights

Then December: −3°C by day, −11°C at night. About 24 cm of snow falls in a normal November. In November, the normal is 84 mm of rain and snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Québec forecast.

More of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 67%, ahead of 79%

Dominique Vien (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse.

No public library stands in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse: the closest, Bibliothèque Marie-Josephte-Corrivaux (Saint-Vallier), is 7.6 km away

The next is Bibliothèque Luc-Lacourciere (Beaumont), 8.4 km away.

Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse keeps a building from 1740: Ancien presbytère de Saint-Michel

On the registers the town counts 3 historic places, 2 at the top. The list takes in a municipal citation. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1961 make up 38% of the stock, above Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A further one sits a short way past the edge of town.