Saint-OursQuebec

A town of 1,817 in Quebec. Its census division is Pierre-De Saurel.

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Population

1,817

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

61%

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-Ours a good place to live?

Saint-Ours’s strongest subject is health (A−). Where it falls short is jobs & income (C). The typical owner put their home at $300,000 in 2021: 4 years of the median household’s income. Natural hazards weigh more here (C). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for walkability.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Saint-Ours 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

How Saint-Ours grades

Each subject compares Saint-Ours 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-Ours has its subject grades alone.

HealthResidents are healthier than in most townsA⁻Open →Hazard riskWeaker than most of the towns comparedCOpen →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentCOpen →Cost of livingHomes are easier to afford than in most townsBOpen →SafetyAbout average among the towns comparedBOpen →WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carB⁻Open →

SchoolsNo schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Ours stand out

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

Picked automatically from the data

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

The median of Canadian towns: 10%

54% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

4% walk, cycle or take transit

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

28% are 65 or over

Midway across Canadian towns: 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

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

HealthHealth A⁻

Very good or excellent health for 55% of adults in Saint-Ours’ health region

55%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Smokers make up just over a tenth of the region’s adults, lower than both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 82.5 years at birth, 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men. Measured from where Saint-Ours’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 18 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de la Montérégie, with Saint-Ours one part of it.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Ours55%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Very good or excellent health	55%	56%	52%
Smokers	11%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	82.5	82.5	81.5

82.5

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

18 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

11%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

2.3 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Ours’ health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey55% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care18 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 2.3 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.2, men 80.8 Conditions and habits15% 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 C

Saint-Ours is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Gouvernement du Québec

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.15 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Radon around Saint-Ours is ordinary for Canada: 8.2% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Monteregie health region, Saint-Ours included.

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

Saint-Ours8.2%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.15	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	8.2%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.15

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

Low

wildfire band

4.5 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

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FloodOne flood study on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.15 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon8.2% 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

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Commuters in Saint-Ours travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 33 min on average

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Bicycle2%

Walk2%

Census 2021	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	33 min	27 min	26 min

$76,000

median household income, 2020

20%

worked from home, May 2021

23%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Unemployment5.3% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to140 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Sorel-Tracy

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

HousingCost of living B

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Ours than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

$300,000median home value, 2021BCost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 9% of households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). 84% of households are owner-occupiers.

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

Saint-Ours$300,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	14%	18%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	9%	13%	18%
Households owning their home	84%	70%	74%

$596

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$940

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Renting$596 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $300,000, against the median household income Owners and renters84% 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.

Who lives here

36% of Saint-Ours’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

54median age

Visible minorities make up 1.5% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Immigrants make up 2.7% of residents, about level with Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and below Canadian towns (6.4%).

Saint-OursQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

28%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree17%

Postsecondary qualification61%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.4% of Saint-Ours

835 women and 890 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.

Who lives in Saint-Ours
	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	13%	17%	16%
15 to 64	59%	62%	64%
65+	28%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	17%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	61%	59%	56%

Full pageSaint-Ours’ Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French36% speak both · 64% speak French but not English Ages54 median age · 28% are 65 or over Households795 households · 2.1 people per household Immigrants3% are immigrants · 2% belong to a visible minority

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

Climate

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Ours than on 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm a year

26.0°CJuly afternoons

The most precipitation falls in August: 114 mm in a normal year. Snowfall adds up to 202 cm a year, below Quebec’s towns (217 cm) but above Canadian towns (141 cm). Snow peaks in December: 49 cm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 12 May and returns around 27 September: 136 days without it.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.9°C

Spring10.5°C

Summer25.0°C

Autumn13.1°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Precipitation a year	1,109 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
Snowfall a year	202 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	26.0°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−14.8°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

202 cm

of snow a year

136

frost-free days, 12 May to 27 Sep

145

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Ours’ climate pageOpen the full Climate page

Rain and snow1,109 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 26.0°C, January lows −14.8°C Snow202 cm of snow a year Weather station15 km to the station · Fleury

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Fleury)

SafetySafety B

Saint-Ours earns a B for safety

59Crime Severity Index

Shared with the rest of Pierre-De Saurel MRC: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent incidents in its police area came to 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 16.9 property crimes are reported each year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202361

202459

202556

2023–2025	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	16.9	16.6	31.2
Violent crime	14.2	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

47%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Ours’ safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety59 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Ours’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Ours safe?”

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

Weather

Expect November days around 6°C in Saint-Ours, nights around −2°C

6°Ca normal November afternoon

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Contrecoeur forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −9°C. November normally sees 90 mm of precipitation. Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night.

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

November6°C

December−2°C

January−6°C

February−4°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−4°C	−13°C	227 mm
Spring	10°C	0°C	265 mm
Summer	25°C	14°C	322 mm
Autumn	13°C	4°C	295 mm

−2°C

a normal November night

90 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 (Fleury); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

The council of Saint-Ours is led by its mayor, Sylvain Dupuis

Richelieu is the riding Saint-Ours 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.

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Member of ParliamentLouis Plamondon council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

Saint-Ours has one public library, Bibliothèque de Saint-Ours

The library is 0.2 km from the centre of Saint-Ours.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong0.6 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

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

4schools within 3 km

Boards running schools in the area: 2, about level with Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

School	Level	Students	System
École Pierre-de-Saint-OursIn Saint-OursElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 4 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	11 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
School boards	2	2	3

11 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school4 elementary schools Language0 of 4 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec The boards2 school boards · Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Ours?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · In Quebec, no schools grade. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

Outdoors

The nearest provincial park to Saint-Ours is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 33 km away

6.4%of the land within 10 km protected

A drive of 79 km reaches La Mauricie National Park, the nearest national park. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 6.4% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. fleuve Saint-Laurent, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie Water Fowl Gathering Area (1,525 ha) is the biggest, 4.8 km from town. Count 16 protected areas within 10 km of town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Ours6.4%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	6.4%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	9	10	4

79 km

to La Mauricie National Park

33 km

to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

beach within 5 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas16 protected areas within 10 km · fleuve Saint-Laurent, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks79 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park

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

History

History in Saint-Ours goes back to 1792: Domaine seigneurial de Saint-Ours

3historic places

Inside the town the registers count 3 historic places; 2 are top designations. The list takes in a municipal citation. At the 2021 census, 40% of homes dated from before 1961, above Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations2

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

1792

oldest construction date on the record

40%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	40%	21%	18%

Full pageSaint-Ours’ history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers3 historic places inside the town Highest designations2 top designations · Saint-Ours Canal Older homes40% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Ours 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-Ours

15pages on Saint-Ours

The big questions

SafetyBCrime Severity Index 59 Housing & costBHomes 4 × income Property pricesSchools4 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 82.5 in its region Work & commuteC54% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors6.4% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 26°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 54 History3 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Saint-Ours Canal National Historic Site and 9 more within 40 km

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

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumSaint-Ours Canal National Historic Sitein town

FortFort Richelieu18 km north

CathedralSt Charles Borromeo Cathedral27 km west

CathedralCathedral of St. Hyacinth, Saint-Hyacinthe34 km southeast

MuseumMusée d'art de Joliette27 km west

GardenMaison Antoine-Lacombe32 km west

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

Photo credits (5)

Fort Richelieu: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Charles Borromeo Cathedral: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of St. Hyacinth, Saint-Hyacinthe: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'art de Joliette: Jaboileaumiss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maison Antoine-Lacombe: Dreamdan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Saint-Ours

9 notable people were born in Saint-Ours.

See all 9 →

Narcisse PérodeauCanadian politician · 1851–1932

Joseph DaigleCanadian politician · 1831–1908

Louis CoderreCanadian politician · 1865–1935

Hélène FrédérickFrench writer · born 1976

François-Roch de Saint-OursCanadian politician · 1800–1839

Joseph-Adolphe DorionCanadian politician · 1832–1900

About Saint-Ours

Town in Quebec

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

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

Population: 1,817 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Pierre-De Saurel
Census subdivision: 2453032

Saint-Ours’ neighbours

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

Saint-Roch-de-RichelieuContrecoeurSainte-Victoire-de-SorelLanoraieLavaltrieSaint-Antoine-sur-RichelieuSaint-Ours

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Ours	1,817	—	—	B	B	A⁻
Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu	2,984	1.1	A⁻	A⁻	B	A⁻
Contrecoeur	10,708	6.4	A	B	A	B⁺
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel	2,599	9.8	A⁻	B⁺	B	A
Lanoraie	5,694	10	B⁻	C⁺	B	B⁺
Lavaltrie	15,996	11	B⁻	C⁺	B	B
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu	1,880	11	—	B	A	B⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Ours

Who are the people of Saint-Ours?

2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 2% have an Indigenous identity and 3% are immigrants.

Is Saint-Ours a young town or an old one?

Half its people are older than 54 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 13%, people 65 and over 28%.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Ours?

Mostly 83% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.1 people on average, and 30% have just one.

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).