Saint-WenceslasQuebec

Renting in Saint-Wenceslas costs 15% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns

Home ownership covers 85% of households. 6% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Saint-Wenceslas earns a B+ for hazard risk

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.12 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study for Saint-Wenceslas. Saint-Wenceslas shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region.

Very good or excellent health for 61% of adults around Saint-Wenceslas; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Measured across the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec: health survey and life expectancy

Lives in the region last 81.6 years on average (2022/2024): 83.3 for women, 79.9 for men. Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is 25 km from the average resident of Saint-Wenceslas, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Saint-Wenceslas earns a B for safety

Property crime in its police area ran at 13.8 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). The index for the force that serves it came to 57, near Quebec’s towns (56) and lower than Canadian towns (67). Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Saint-Wenceslas alone, so this card uses the figure for Nicolet-Yamaska MRC.

Saint-Wenceslas has colder winter nights than 77% of Canadian towns

A normal winter brings 213 cm of snow, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to July: 103 mm on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 56 cm.

Saint-Wenceslas has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

The commute to work averages 25 min. The car took 90% of commuters, close to both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

From Saint-Wenceslas, Yamaska National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (79 km)

The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 62 km away. Within 10 km is a single protected area.

Saint-Wenceslas in November: highs near 5°C, lows near −3°C

A normal November brings 75 mm of rain and snow. Then December: −3°C by day, −10°C at night. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −16°C in January.

170 residents per council seat in Saint-Wenceslas, a lower ratio than 88% of Quebec 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-Wenceslas.

Saint-Wenceslas has two public libraries, Bibliothèque Jeanne-Hébert and Bibliothèque De Saint-Wenceslas

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Saint-Wenceslas in particular.

22% of Saint-Wenceslas’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Children are nearly a fifth of the town. 2.6% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, about level with Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and below Canadian towns (6.4%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.

The 3 schools of Saint-Wenceslas: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

Teenagers have 7.6 km to go to the closest secondary school, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Older housing stands out in Saint-Wenceslas: 33% predates 1961