Saint-ModesteQuebec

Renting in Saint-Modeste costs 11% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the Rivière-du-Loup metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners make up nine in ten households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%). 5% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Commuters in Saint-Modeste have a short way to work, 19 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

97% of commuters drove to work at the census.

On hazards, Saint-Modeste comes out behind 94% of Canadian towns

The radon tests numbers here cover the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.20 per $1,000 of buildings, above Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. Wildfire is rare near Saint-Modeste: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.004% a year. More homes than usual carry radon here, 14% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Around Saint-Modeste, 60% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

What sets Saint-Modeste apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 10 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.7, women 83.1 and men 80.3 (2022/2024). The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, above Quebec’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%).

Saint-Modeste has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 22.5°C

January nights fall to −15.5°C on average, below both Quebec’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). A normal December brings 66 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to October: 124 mm on average.

For safety, Saint-Modeste gets a B+

The index for the force that serves it came to 48, lower than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.3 property crimes are reported each year. Its police area records 10.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

A town of families: 24% of people in Saint-Modeste are under 15, more than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 0.9% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. People 65 and over make up 15% of the town.

A normal November in Saint-Modeste runs from −3°C to 3°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 22 cm. December follows at −4°C by day and −10°C by night. November normally sees 78 mm of precipitation. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 23°C and January nights −16°C.

Louis-Marie Bastille heads the council of Saint-Modeste as mayor

Across Quebec, 44 of the 78 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Bibliothèque De Saint-Modeste is Saint-Modeste’s public library

It sits 3.4 km from the centre of Saint-Modeste.

The nearest high school to Saint-Modeste is 11 km away

Young children have 3.6 km to the nearest elementary school, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

12 km from Saint-Modeste to Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5.9% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. 5.2 km out lies the largest, Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, at 174,227 ha. Within 100 km there is no national park.