Saint-RobertQuebec

It lies in Pierre-De Saurel. 1,846 residents make their home in this town in Quebec.

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Photo: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec · Public domain

Population

1,846

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

47.2

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

52%

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-Robert a good place to live?

Saint-Robert’s strongest subject is health (A). Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D). Incomes are on the low side (C−). It also trails on hazard risk (C).

Saint-Robert 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.

StrongestAHealth ACost of livingWeakestDWalkability C⁻Jobs & income

How Saint-Robert grades

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

WalkabilityIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedDOpen →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areAOpen →Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Jobs & incomeBelow the middle of the towns comparedC⁻Open →Hazard riskGraded on earthquake risk and radon, with high wildfire risk able to lower itCOpen →SafetyGraded on crime per residentBOpen →

SchoolsWith no open results to compare (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school), there’s no schools grade in Quebec.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Robert stand out

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

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

1% walk, cycle or take transit

Next to 8%, the median among Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.6 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

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

Walkability

Behind 94%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: D.

The data

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

HealthHealth A

Few places match Saint-Robert for health: it beats 86% of Canadian towns

55%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

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

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.5, women 84.2 and men 80.8 (2022/2024). The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, just over one in ten adults to 12%. Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 55% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, about level with Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%).

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Robert55%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Robert	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

9.4 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

11%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

8.7 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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

Health survey55% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care9.4 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 8.7 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

HousingCost of living A

Most households in Saint-Robert own their home: 86%, more than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns

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

Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Rent took 15% of household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

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

Saint-Robert$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Robert	Quebec	Canada
Households owning their home	86%	70%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	10%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	15%	18%	20%

$665

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$730

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Owners and renters86% own their home Cost of living2.6 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Renting$665 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.

Work & commuteJobs & income C⁻

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

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van98%

Walk1%

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

$78,500

median household income, 2020

11%

worked from home, May 2021

13%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Unemployment6.7% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work1% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to315 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Sorel-Tracy

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

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

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.15 per $1,000 of building value, near Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and higher than Canadian towns ($0.030). Radon around Saint-Robert is ordinary for Canada: nearly a tenth of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical).

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

Saint-Robert8.2%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Robert	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

6.7 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

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

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 · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Monteregie health region

Climate

Saint-Robert is wetter than four in five Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year

26.0°CJuly afternoons

Between the last spring frost, 12 May, and the first in autumn, 27 September, lie 136 days. August is the wettest month, with 114 mm of rain and snow on average. 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.

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-Robert	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-Robert’s 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 station21 km to the station · Fleury

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

Outdoors

The nearest provincial park to Saint-Robert is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 45 km away

5.9%of the land within 10 km protected

La Mauricie National Park is the closest national park, 69 km from town. Of the country within 10 km, 5.9% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Îles de la Girodeau - Grande Île Water Fowl Gathering Area (4,676 ha) is the biggest, 4.5 km from town. Count 50 protected areas within 10 km of town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Robert5.9%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Robert	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	5.9%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	13	10	4

69 km

to La Mauricie National Park

45 km

to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

beach within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

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

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas50 protected areas within 10 km · Îles de la Girodeau - Grande Île Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks69 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park

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

SafetySafety B

Saint-Robert earns a B for safety

59Crime Severity Index

Violent incidents in its police area came to 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year, above Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Its police area records 16.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Saint-Robert doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from Pierre-De Saurel MRC.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202361

202459

202556

2023–2025	Saint-Robert	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-Robert’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

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

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

Weather

In Saint-Robert, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

6°Ca normal November afternoon

Precipitation in November averages 90 mm. By December, a normal day reaches −2°C and a night falls to −9°C. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Sorel-Tracy forecast.

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

Per resident, Saint-Robert spends less than 95% of Québec’s local municipalities

Louis Plamondon (Bloc Québécois) is the MP for Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Saint-Robert.

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

council seats7 Provincial legislatureRichelieu

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

Bibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Robert is Saint-Robert’s public library

It sits 2.2 km from the centre of Saint-Robert.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong0.5 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

No high school in or near Saint-Robert: the closest is 11 km off

2schools within 3 km

An elementary school stands 2.4 km from the centre, above both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

School	Level	Students	System
École Christ-RoiIn Saint-RobertElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 2 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Robert	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	11 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
Nearest elementary school	2.4 km	0.5 km	0.5 km

11 km

to the nearest secondary school

2.4 km

to the nearest elementary school

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

Every school2 elementary schools Language0 of 2 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Robert?”

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

Who lives here

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

47.2median age

0.6% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. Children under 15 make up 15% of residents.

Saint-RobertQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

21%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree31%

Postsecondary qualification52%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 45.2% of Saint-Robert

By the 2021 count the town had 820 women and 995 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.

Who lives in Saint-Robert
	Saint-Robert	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	15%	17%	16%
15 to 64	64%	62%	64%
65+	21%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	31%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	52%	59%	56%

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English and French20% speak both · 79% speak French but not English Ages47.2 median age · 21% are 65 or over Households785 households · 2.3 people per household Immigrants1% are immigrants · 0% belong to a visible minority

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Robert

15pages on Saint-Robert

The big questions

SafetyBCrime Severity Index 59 Housing & costAHomes 2.6 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 82.5 in its region Work & commuteC⁻55% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors5.9% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 26°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 47.2 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Fort Richelieu and 7 more within 40 km

Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Saint-Robert; these are the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

FortFort Richelieu13 km west

CathedralSt Charles Borromeo Cathedral36 km west

CathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet40 km northeast

MuseumMusée d'art de Joliette36 km west

GardenMaison Antoine-Lacombe40 km west

MuseumVillage Québécois d'Antan40 km east

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

Photo credits (6)

Fort Richelieu: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Charles Borromeo Cathedral: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet: Fralambert, 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
Village Québécois d'Antan: Emmanuel Huybrechts from Laval, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Saint-Robert

No notable person born in Saint-Robert is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Marc-André FleuryCanadian professional ice hockey player · born in Sorel-Tracy · born 1984

François BeaucheminCanadian ice hockey player · born in Sorel-Tracy · born 1980

Anthony BeauvillierCanadian ice hockey player · born in Sorel-Tracy · born 1997

LuFistoCanadian professional wrestler · born in Sorel-Tracy · born 1980

Michèle CournoyerCanadian animator · born in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel · born 1943

Robert NelsonCanadian politician · born in Sorel-Tracy · 1794–1873

Photo credits

Marc-André Fleury: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 · François Beauchemin: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anthony Beauvillier: Acsport79, CC BY-SA 4.0

About Saint-Robert

Town in Quebec

The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Saint-Robert is one census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings describes all of it.

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

Population: 1,846 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Pierre-De Saurel
Census subdivision: 2453020

Saint-Robert’s neighbours

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

YamaskaSainte-Anne-de-SorelSainte-Victoire-de-SorelSorel-TracySaint-Joseph-de-SorelSaint-Ignace-de-LoyolaSaint-Robert

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Robert	1,846	—	—	A	B	A
Yamaska	1,815	4.7	—	B⁻	B	A⁻
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel	2,770	9.6	A	A⁻	B	A
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel	2,599	9.7	A⁻	B⁺	B	A
Sorel-Tracy	36,537	12	B	C⁺	B	A
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel	1,602	13	—	C	B	A
Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola	2,170	14	—	B⁻	B	A⁻

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

Questions about Saint-Robert

Who are the people of Saint-Robert?

Visible minorities are 0% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 1%, and Indigenous people 2%.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Robert?

Single-detached houses make up 94% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 25% of households are one person, and the average is 2.3.

Do people in Saint-Robert speak French?

French comes first: 78.8% speak it alone, while 20% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).

Is Saint-Robert growing?

It added people: 1,803 in 2016, 1,813 in 2021, 0.6% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,846.

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).