Sainte-Jeanne-d'ArcQuebec

It is part of the Dolbeau-Mistassini metro area. With 1,111 residents, it is a town in Quebec.

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Population

1,111

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

51.2

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

59%

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-Jeanne-d'Arc a good place to live?

Cost of living is its strong suit (A+). Health is a strength too (A). It is hard to get around without a car (D). Jobs & income is weaker too (C). Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B− for hazard risk.

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has its subject grades alone.

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⁺Cost of living AHealthWeakestDWalkability

What makes Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc stand out

The 3 things Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

1.9 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $140,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Cost of living

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: A+.

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

3% walk, cycle or take transit

Compare 8% for the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

How Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc grades

Each subject compares Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 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; Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has its subject grades alone.

Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesA⁺Open →HealthIn the top fifth of the towns comparedAOpen →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesDOpen →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work trail most townsCOpen →SafetyClose to the middle of the towns comparedC⁺Open →Hazard riskGraded on two hazards, earthquakes and radon, with nearby wildfire counted only against itB⁻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 →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc.

HousingCost of living A⁺

Rent takes less of local pay in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 11% of household income

Shared with the rest of the Dolbeau-Mistassini metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners make up 87% of households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 3% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

$140,000median home value, 2021A⁺Cost of living Grade

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

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc$140,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	3%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	11%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	87%	70%	74%

$677

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$710

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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Renting$677 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living1.9 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $140,000, against the median household income Owners and renters87% 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.

HealthHealth A

More adults feel healthy around Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc: 66% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, higher than Quebec’s towns (15%) yet lower than Canadian towns (17%). The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, 11% of adults to 12%. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.8 years at birth, 83.2 for women and 80.4 for men. What sets Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 12 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc alone, so this card uses the figure for the Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean.

66%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc66%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	66%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Smokers	11%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	81.8	82.5	81.5

81.8

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

12 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

11%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

10 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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Health survey66% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care12 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 10 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.2, men 80.4 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

Climate

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has colder winters than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −23.4°C

A July afternoon in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc typically reaches 23.9°C. The thermometer drops below freezing on 203 days a year, above both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). A normal December brings 55 cm of snow, the most of any month. Also worth knowing: rain and snow peak in July, at 112 mm.

23.9°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−8.6°C

Spring6.9°C

Summer22.7°C

Autumn9.7°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
January night low	−23.4°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C
Snowfall a year	271 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	23.9°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	203	161	159

271 cm

of snow a year

203

days with frost a year

124

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 23.9°C, January lows −23.4°C Rain and snow911 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow271 cm of snow a year Weather station33 km to the station · Normandin

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Commuters in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Walk3%

Census 2021	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	29 min	27 min	26 min

$71,500

median household income, 2020

11%

worked from home, May 2021

13%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment9.4% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work3% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to245 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Dolbeau-Mistassini

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

Who lives here

16% of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.5% of residents, above Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here.

51.2median age

Sainte-Jeanne-d'ArcQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

22%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree20%

Postsecondary qualification59%

Women and men · all residents

48.4% of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s residents are women

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

Who lives in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	15%	17%	16%
15 to 64	63%	62%	64%
65+	22%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	20%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	59%	59%	56%

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English and French16% speak both · 84% speak French but not English Ages51.2 median age · 22% are 65 or over Households495 households · 2.2 people per household Immigrants0% belong to a visible minority

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

SafetySafety C⁺

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is graded a C+ for safety

Measured across Maria-Chapdelaine MRC: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent incidents in its police area came to 17.1 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Its police area records 17.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

69Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202370

202470

202566

2023–2025	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Violent crime	17.1	12.4	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	107	88	86
Property crime per 1,000	17.6	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	69	56	67

non-violent Crime Severity Index

59%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

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Safety69 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc safe?”

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

Weather

A normal November in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc runs from −7°C to 2°C

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 71 mm. A typical November adds 39 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Dolbeau-Mistassini forecast, on the Weather page.

2°Ca normal November afternoon

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

November2°C

December−7°C

January−11°C

February−9°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−9°C	−21°C	166 mm
Spring	7°C	−6°C	193 mm
Summer	23°C	10°C	302 mm
Autumn	10°C	0°C	250 mm

−7°C

a normal November night

71 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 (Normandin); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

A small constituency per seat: 160 residents in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, fewer than in 93% of Quebec municipalities

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has 6 councillors and a mayor, Michel Chiasson.

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Member of ParliamentMario Simard council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁻

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has two public libraries, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc public library and Bibliothèque Publique De Sainte-Jeanne-D'Arc

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

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The libraries2 Libraries Places to belong0.9 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

02751R001 Biological Refuge begins at the edge of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

4.9 km from town is Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. No national park lies within 100 km. 3.8% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

3.8%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc3.8%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	14	10	4
Protected land within 10 km	3.8%	4.9%	2.3%

4.9 km

to Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas14 protected areas within 10 km · Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)National & provincial parks4.9 km to a provincial park · Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁻

Hazards in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 2.8% of tested homes

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean health region

NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.16 per $1,000 of building value, near Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and higher than Canadian towns ($0.030). Fire seldom reaches Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.004% a year). No one has filed a flood map for Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc on the national inventory.

Lowwildfire bandB⁻Hazard risk Grade

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

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc2.8%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	2.8%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.16	$0.14	$0.030

$0.16

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

Low

wildfire band

4.3 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

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Radon2.8% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.16 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Schools

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s teenagers travel 9.2 km to the nearest high school

Elementary school is 2.2 km away at the nearest, higher than both Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

3schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Bon-PasteurIn Sainte-Jeanne-d'ArcElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 3 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	9.2 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
Nearest elementary school	2.2 km	0.5 km	0.5 km

9.2 km

to the nearest secondary school

2.2 km

to the nearest elementary school

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Every school3 elementary schools Language0 of 3 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?”

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.

History

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc: 1 historic place, with the highest designation

Outside the boundary but close by, there is one more. Before 1961 is when 18% of the homes went up, about level with Canadian towns (18%) and below Quebec’s towns (21%).

1historic place

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations1

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings0

Among them

Ancien moulin de Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 1902

1902

oldest construction date on the record

historic place just outside the town

Heritage	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	18%	21%	18%

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On the registersOne historic place inside the town Highest designations1 top designation · Ancien moulin de Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc Older homesCanadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Nearby attractions

Vieux Moulin and 4 more within 40 km

One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc; with it, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumVieux Moulinin town

Abbey or prioryMonastère Notre-Dame de Mistassini14 km northwest

ZooZoo Sauvage de St-Félicien36 km southwest

MuseumMusée du fromage cheddar34 km south

National parkNational park · SépaqPointe-Taillon National Park25 km southeast

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

Photo credits (3)

Monastère Notre-Dame de Mistassini: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Zoo Sauvage de St-Félicien: Gas2012, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée du fromage cheddar: Nyson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

15pages on Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

The big questions

SafetyC⁺Crime Severity Index 69 Housing & costA⁺Homes 1.9 × income Property pricesSchools3 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 81.8 in its region Work & commuteC57% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors3.8% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 24°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 51.2 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Famous people from around Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

No notable person born in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Sylvain GagnonShort track speed skater · born in Dolbeau-Mistassini · born 1970

Marie-Nicole LemieuxCanadian singer · born in Dolbeau-Mistassini · born 1975

Fred FortinCanadian musician · born in Dolbeau-Mistassini · born 1971

Alain CaronCanadian ice hockey player · born in Dolbeau-Mistassini · 1938–1986

Paul BéginCanadian politician · born in Dolbeau-Mistassini · born 1943

Carole-Marie AllardCanadian politician · born in Dolbeau-Mistassini · 1949–2024

Photo credits

Marie-Nicole Lemieux: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fred Fortin: Jphilippetremblay, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paul Bégin: Richard Aubry, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s neighbours

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

Dolbeau-MistassiniSainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	1,111	—	—	A⁺	C⁺	A
Dolbeau-Mistassini	13,581	10	A	A	C⁺	A⁺

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

Questions about Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

Who are the people of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?

Visible minorities are 0% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 0%, and Indigenous people 6%.

What kind of homes are in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?

A household averages 2.2 people; 25% are one person living alone.

Do people in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc speak French?

It is a French-speaking town: 83.6% know French alone, and 16% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.

Has Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc grown?

It added people: 1,050 in 2016, 1,101 in 2021, 4.9% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,111.

About Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

Town in Quebec

The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 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: 1,111 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Maria-Chapdelaine
Metro area: Dolbeau-Mistassini
Census subdivision: 2492015

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).