Sainte-Marie-SaloméQuebec

Commuters in Sainte-Marie-Salomé travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

56% of adults around Sainte-Marie-Salomé rate their health very good or excellent

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

Across the region, life runs to 82.0 years on average: women 83.7, men 80.3, in 2022/2024. 14% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, higher than both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Measured from where Sainte-Marie-Salomé’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 11 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

Sainte-Marie-Salomé is graded a B for safety

Property crime in its police area ran at 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 54 over 2023–25, about level with Quebec’s towns (56) and below Canadian towns (67).

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

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 26.6°C, near Quebec’s towns (26.5°C) and higher than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Rain and snow peak in August, at 114 mm. Snow peaks in December: 49 cm in a normal year. Also worth knowing: in January, overnight lows in Sainte-Marie-Salomé settle at −16.0°C.

Sainte-Marie-Salomé’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 3.9% of area homes over the radon guideline

Shared with the rest of the Lanaudiere health region: radon tests

Fire seldom reaches Sainte-Marie-Salomé: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.001% a year). The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.18 for each $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 28 km away, is the closest provincial park to Sainte-Marie-Salomé

Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 85 km away. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km.

A normal November in Sainte-Marie-Salomé runs from −3°C to 5°C

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −10°C. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. In November, the normal is 90 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Joliette forecast, on the Weather page.

99% of Québec’s local municipalities spend more per resident than Sainte-Marie-Salomé

Federally, Sainte-Marie-Salomé sits in Montcalm, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Luc Thériault of the Bloc Québécois.

No public library stands in Sainte-Marie-Salomé: the closest, Bibliothèque municipale Crabtree, is 5.4 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque Municipale Marcel-Dugas (Saint-Jacques), 6.7 km away.

Sainte-Marie-Salomé’s teenagers travel 6.8 km to the nearest high school

Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, near Quebec’s towns (2) and lower than Canadian towns (3).

Only 11% of households in Sainte-Marie-Salomé spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town

A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, below both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%). 78% of households are owner-occupiers.

26% of Sainte-Marie-Salomé’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

0.8% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Children are 17% of the town. Retirement age and beyond: a fifth of residents are 65 or older.