Sainte-FélicitéQuebec

Home to 1,053 people, this town lies in Quebec. It is part of the Matane metro area.

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Population

1,053

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

52.4

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

45%

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 Sainte-Félicité a good place to live?

Housing is within reach (A−). Add health to its strengths (B+). Where it falls short is jobs & income (D). It is hard to get around without a car (D−). Hazard risk is weaker too (D).

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Sainte-Félicité gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. 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⁻Cost of livingWeakestD⁻Walkability DJobs & income

What makes Sainte-Félicité stand out

The 3 things Sainte-Félicité does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.3 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $130,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Walkability

Behind 98%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: D−.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

29% are 65 or over

Compare 19% for the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

How Sainte-Félicité grades

Each subject compares Sainte-Félicité 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

With fewer than 2,500 residents, Sainte-Félicité gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.

WalkabilityNear the bottom of the towns comparedD⁻Open →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workDOpen →Hazard riskAmong the most exposed to natural hazardsDOpen →Cost of livingNear the top of the towns comparedA⁻Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesB⁺Open →SafetyLess crime than in most townsBOpen →

SchoolsIn Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Félicité.

Work & commuteJobs & income D

The car carries 97% of commuters in Sainte-Félicité, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, near both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van97%

Census 2021	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Car or van	97%	90%	89%
Average trip	26 min	27 min	26 min

$57,200

median household income, 2020

worked from home, May 2021

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSainte-Félicité’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Getting to work0% walk, cycle or take transit Unemployment8.6% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Where people commute to270 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Matane

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

Climate

Summers stay cool in Sainte-Félicité: July afternoons reach 19.7°C, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Snow peaks in January: 72 cm in a normal year. Snowfall adds up to 323 cm a year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Also worth knowing: july is the wettest month, with 111 mm of rain and snow on average.

19.7°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.6°C

Spring4.8°C

Summer18.4°C

Autumn9.5°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
July afternoon high	19.7°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Snowfall a year	323 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Days with frost a year	170	161	159
Precipitation a year	966 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm

323 cm

of snow a year

170

days with frost a year

124

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSainte-Félicité’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 19.7°C, January lows −13.9°C Rain and snow966 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow323 cm of snow a year Weather station49 km to the station · Cap-Chat

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Cap-Chat)

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

On hazards, Sainte-Félicité comes out behind 85% of Canadian towns

Radon tests for the Bas-Saint-Laurent health region

Radon is higher than usual: 14% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Seismic risk runs high: $0.070 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Sainte-Félicité on the national inventory.

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

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

Sainte-Félicité14%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.070	$0.14	$0.030

$0.070

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

Low

wildfire band

24 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageSainte-Félicité’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$0.070 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon14% 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⁻

More households own their home in Sainte-Félicité than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns: 81%

Measured across the Matane metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took 17% of household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 5% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

$130,000median home value, 2021A⁻Cost of living Grade

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

Sainte-Félicité$130,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	5%	13%	18%
Households owning their home	81%	70%	74%
Rent as a share of income	17%	18%	20%

$786

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$416

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSainte-Félicité’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Owners and renters81% own their home Cost of living2.3 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $130,000, against the median household income Renting$786 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey

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.

HealthHealth B⁺

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

Measured from where Sainte-Félicité’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 15 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.7 years at birth, 83.1 for women and 80.3 for men. Smoking takes in just over one in ten adults, age-standardised, in line with Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Sainte-Félicité included.

60%very good or excellent healthB⁺Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Sainte-Félicité60%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	60%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	81.7	82.5	81.5

81.7

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

15 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

14 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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Health survey60% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care15 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 14 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.1, men 80.3 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

SafetySafety B

Sainte-Félicité’s grade for safety: a B

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Sainte-Félicité itself

Violent incidents in its police area came to 15.3 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Its police area records 13.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

54Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202354

202452

202556

2023–2025	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	13.6	16.6	31.2
Violent crime	15.3	12.4	12
Crime Severity Index	54	56	67

non-violent Crime Severity Index

59%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSainte-Félicité’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety54 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Sainte-Félicité’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Sainte-Félicité safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: one figure for all of Matane MRC

Who lives here

13% of Sainte-Félicité’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.1% of residents, above Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

52.4median age

Sainte-FélicitéQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

29%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree36%

Postsecondary qualification45%

Women and men · all residents

48.6% of Sainte-Félicité’s residents are women

565 men and 535 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.

Who lives in Sainte-Félicité
	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	16%	17%	16%
15 to 64	56%	62%	64%
65+	29%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	36%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	45%	59%	56%

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English and French13% speak both · 87% speak French but not English Ages52.4 median age · 29% are 65 or over Households505 households · 2.1 people per household Immigrants0% belong to a visible minority

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

Weather

Expect November days around 4°C in Sainte-Félicité, nights around −2°C

About 31 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: −2°C by day, −8°C at night. Expect about 87 mm of rain and snow over November. Over the year, July is warmest at 20°C by day and January coldest at −14°C by night.

4°Ca normal November afternoon

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

November4°C

December−2°C

January−6°C

February−6°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−12°C	203 mm
Spring	5°C	−2°C	212 mm
Summer	18°C	11°C	275 mm
Autumn	9°C	3°C	276 mm

−2°C

a normal November night

87 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 (Cap-Chat); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

150 residents per council seat in Sainte-Félicité, a lower ratio than 96% of Quebec municipalities

For federal votes, Sainte-Félicité belongs to Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Alexis Deschênes (Bloc Québécois) holds it.

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council seats7 Provincial legislatureMatane-Matapédia

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁻

Sainte-Félicité has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque municipale Fonds de solidarité FTQ, 15 km away

No library board reports for Sainte-Félicité alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

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Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Around Sainte-Félicité, 27% of the land is set aside for nature

Sector of Matane-Les Méchins Territorial reserve for protected area purposes (31,628 ha) is the biggest, 1.7 km from town. Gaspésie National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 35 km. No national park lies within 100 km.

27%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Sainte-Félicité27%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	27%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	5	10	4

35 km

to Gaspésie National Park (Québec)

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas5 protected areas within 10 km · Sector of Matane-Les Méchins Territorial reserve for protected area purposes National & provincial parks35 km to a provincial park · Gaspésie National Park (Québec)

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

Schools

The nearest high school to Sainte-Félicité is 13 km away

2schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École des Grands-Horizons (Sainte-Félicité)In Sainte-FélicitéElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 2 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	13 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

13 km

to the nearest secondary school

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

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Schools grade in Quebec: none (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school).

History

An older town: 44% of Sainte-Félicité’s homes predate 1961

44%built before 1961

44%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Sainte-Félicité	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	44%	21%	18%

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Older homes44% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Sainte-Félicité 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 Sainte-Félicité

15pages on Sainte-Félicité

The big questions

SafetyBCrime Severity Index 54 Housing & costA⁻Homes 2.3 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthB⁺Life expectancy 81.7 in its region Work & commuteD50% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors27% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 20°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 52.4 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from around Sainte-Félicité

One notable person was born in Sainte-Félicité; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

Isabelle BoulayCanadian singer · born 1972

Bruno LangloisCanadian racing cyclist · born in Matane · born 1979

Ève SalvailCanadian actor and model · born in Matane · born 1973

Nancy CharestCanadian lawyer and politician · born in Matane · 1959–2014

Rodrigue TremblayCanadian politician · born in Matane · born 1939

Yves RacineCanadian ice hockey defenceman · born in Matane · born 1969

Photo credits

Bruno Langlois: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ève Salvail: Bull-Doser, Public domain · Nancy Charest: Michael Ignatieff . Photo: Greg Kolz., CC BY 2.0 · Rodrigue Tremblay: The original uploader was Carole Jean at French Wikipedia ., CC BY 1.0

Sainte-Félicité’s neighbours

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

MataneSainte-Félicité

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Sainte-Félicité	1,053	—	—	A⁻	B	B⁺
Matane	14,180	14	A⁻	B⁺	B	A

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

Questions about Sainte-Félicité

Who are the people of Sainte-Félicité?

Visible minorities are 0% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 0%, and Indigenous people 5%.

How old are the people of Sainte-Félicité?

Half its people are older than 52.4 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 16%, people 65 and over 29%.

What kind of homes are in Sainte-Félicité?

Mostly 84% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 1% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.1 people on average, and 33% have just one.

Do people in Sainte-Félicité speak French?

Almost everyone does. 13% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 87% speak French and no English.

About Sainte-Félicité

Town in Quebec

Every figure TownRatings gives for Sainte-Félicité covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Quebec.

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

Population: 1,053 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: La Matanie
Metro area: Matane
Census subdivision: 2408023

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).