Saint-RaphaëlQuebec

The town has 2,488 residents and lies in Quebec. Statistics Canada places it in the Bellechasse census division.

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Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0

Population

2,488

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

47.6

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

51%

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-Raphaël a good place to live?

Saint-Raphaël’s strongest subject is cost of living (A). Work and incomes lag (C−). Hazard risk is weaker too (D). Getting around depends on the car (C+).

Saint-Raphaël is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.

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.

StrongestACost of living ASafetyWeakestDHazard risk C⁻Jobs & income

How Saint-Raphaël grades

Each subject compares Saint-Raphaël 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

Saint-Raphaël is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.

Hazard riskIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedDOpen →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesAOpen →SafetyVery little crime by comparisonAOpen →Jobs & incomeWeaker than most of the towns comparedC⁻Open →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areB⁺Open →WalkabilityMost errands need a carC⁺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-Raphaël stand out

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

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

2% are immigrants

Against 6% in the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.7 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $186,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

4% walk, cycle or take transit

Canadian towns centre on 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

Hazard risk in Saint-Raphaël is higher than in 89% of Canadian towns

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

Source area for radon tests: the Chaudiere-Appalaches health region

Of the homes tested for radon, 13% were over 200 Bq/m³, above both Quebec’s towns (8.2%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). 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. The national flood inventory has no study for Saint-Raphaël.

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

Saint-Raphaël13%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	13%	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

18 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

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

WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.11 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon13% 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

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Saint-Raphaël costs 14% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

$186,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

One in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 83%.

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

Saint-Raphaël$186,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	14%	18%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	10%	13%	18%
Households owning their home	83%	70%	74%

$556

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$800

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Renting$556 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living2.7 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $186,000, against the median household income Owners and renters83% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

SafetySafety A

The police who cover Saint-Raphaël record less serious crime than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 40

40Crime Severity Index

Violent incidents in its police area came to 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Its police area records 9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across Bellechasse MRC, with Saint-Raphaël one part of it.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202335

202442

202542

2023–2025	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	9	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	40	56	67
Violent crime	8.5	12.4	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	73	88	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

55%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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

Safety40 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Raphaël’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Raphaël safe?”

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C⁻

Commuters in Saint-Raphaël travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van96%

Walk4%

Census 2021	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	30 min	27 min	26 min

$69,500

median household income, 2020

10%

worked from home, May 2021

22%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Unemployment6.3% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to205 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Lévis

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

HealthHealth B⁺

Very good or excellent health for 59% of adults around Saint-Raphaël; the typical Canadian town: 52%

59%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

Measured from where Saint-Raphaël’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 22 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, between Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.8, with women at 84.4 and men at 81.3.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Raphaël59%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Raphaël	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

82.8

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

22 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

2.1 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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

Health survey59% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care22 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 2.1 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.4, men 81.3 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 · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches

Climate

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Raphaël than on 90% of Canadian towns: 1,216 mm a year

25.1°CJuly afternoons

Expect July highs of around 25.1°C in Saint-Raphaël. Snowfall adds up to 299 cm a year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. For the wettest month, look to July: 129 mm on average. Snow peaks in December: 77 cm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.0°C

Spring8.3°C

Summer23.9°C

Autumn11.5°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	299 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,216 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
July afternoon high	25.1°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−16.0°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

299 cm

of snow a year

174

days with frost a year

142

days with precipitation a year

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

Rain and snow1,216 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 25.1°C, January lows −16.0°C Snow299 cm of snow a year Weather station12 km to the station · Saint Michel

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

Schools

Around Saint-Raphaël, 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school: 4 schools in all

4schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École de l'ÉveilIn Saint-RaphaëlElementary	Elementary	–	French public
Centre de formation en entreprise et récupération de BellechasseIn Saint-RaphaëlSecondary	Secondary	–	French public

See all 4 schools →

0.9 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSaint-Raphaël’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school4 schools within 3 km · 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school Language0 of 4 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Raphaël?”

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.

Weather

Saint-Raphaël in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −3°C

4°Ca normal November afternoon

Snow is normal by November, about 24 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches −3°C and a night falls to −11°C. November normally sees 84 mm of precipitation. Also worth knowing: for today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Montmagny forecast.

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

November4°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−14°C	261 mm
Spring	8°C	−1°C	270 mm
Summer	24°C	13°C	366 mm
Autumn	12°C	3°C	319 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

84 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageSaint-Raphaël’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

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 (Saint Michel); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Saint-Raphaël’s council spends less per resident than four in five Québec’s local municipalities

Federally, Saint-Raphaël sits in Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Dominique Vien of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Full pageSaint-Raphaël’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Who runs itMunicipality council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁻

Saint-Raphaël has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque Biblio Du Centenaire (Saint-Neree), 8.9 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque Marie-Josephte-Corrivaux (Saint-Vallier) (Saint-Vallier), 11 km away.

Full pageSaint-Raphaël’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

Places to belong0.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

From Saint-Raphaël, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (51 km)

1.9%of the land within 10 km protected

The largest named area nearby is I.O. Saint-Jean Ouest Water Fowl Gathering Area, 990 ha, 9.7 km away. 19 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Within 100 km there is no national park.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Raphaël1.9%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	17	10	4
Protected land within 10 km	1.9%	4.9%	2.3%

51 km

to Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)

public protected areas within 10 km

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

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas19 protected areas within 10 km · I.O. Saint-Jean Ouest Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks51 km to a provincial park · Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)

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

Who lives here

20% of Saint-Raphaël’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

47.6median age

Visible minorities make up 1.3% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

Saint-RaphaëlQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

22%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree27%

Postsecondary qualification51%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.3% of Saint-Raphaël

1,185 women and 1,270 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.

Who lives in Saint-Raphaël
	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	16%	17%	16%
15 to 64	62%	62%	64%
65+	22%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	27%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	51%	59%	56%

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

English and French20% speak both · 80% speak French but not English Ages47.6 median age · 22% are 65 or over Households1,085 households · 2.2 people per household Immigrants2% are immigrants · 1% belong to a visible minority

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

History

Canada’s registers list 3 historic places in Saint-Raphaël

3historic places

3 more stand just outside, within 5 km of the town’s edge. The oldest dated place, Église Saint-Raphaël, goes back to 1849. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for a third of homes, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings3

Among them

1849

oldest construction date on the record

33%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Saint-Raphaël	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	33%	21%	18%

Full pageSaint-Raphaël’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers3 historic places inside the town Older homes33% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Saint-Raphaël 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-Raphaël

15pages on Saint-Raphaël

The big questions

SafetyACrime Severity Index 40 Housing & costAHomes 2.7 × income Property pricesSchools4 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 82.8 in its region Work & commuteC⁻60% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors1.9% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 47.6 History3 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Vin Artisanal Le Ricaneux and 12 more within 40 km

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

All attractions →

AttractionAttractionVin Artisanal Le Ricaneux4.6 km outside town, to the west

MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec36 km west · 324K visitors a year

MuseumMusée de la civilisation35 km west · 497K visitors a year

WaterfallMontmorency Falls32 km west

CastleQuébec Citadel35 km west

CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral35 km west

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

Photo credits (5)

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec: colros, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée de la civilisation: Claude Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montmorency Falls: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Québec Citadel: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral: Pierre-Olivier Fortin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Saint-Raphaël

4 notable people were born in Saint-Raphaël.

See all 4 →

Marc PicardCanadian politician · born 1955

Roch BolducCanadian politician · born 1928

Jean-Jules RichardCanadian writer · 1911–1975

Bruno RémillardCanadian statistician · born 1961

About Saint-Raphaël

Town in Quebec

For Saint-Raphaël, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Quebec, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

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

Population: 2,488 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Bellechasse
Census subdivision: 2419082

Saint-Raphaël’s neighbours

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

Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-SudSaint-VallierArmaghSaint-GervaisSaint-Michel-de-BellechasseSaint-Charles-de-BellechasseSaint-Raphaël

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Raphaël	2,488	—	—	A	A	B⁺
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud	1,550	8.6	—	A	B⁺	A⁻
Saint-Vallier	1,026	11	—	B⁺	A	B⁺
Armagh	1,437	14	—	A	A	B⁺
Saint-Gervais	2,235	14	—	A⁻	A	B⁺
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse	1,902	15	—	A⁻	A	B⁺
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse	2,739	15	A⁺	A⁻	A	B⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Raphaël

Do people in Saint-Raphaël speak French?

It is a French-speaking town: 80.4% know French alone, and 20% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Raphaël?

Mostly 82% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys.

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).