Sainte-ThérèseQuebec
The town, home to 27,253 people, lies in Quebec. Statistics Canada counts it in the Montréal metro area.
Is Sainte-Thérèse a good place to live?
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Its strongest subject is health (A+). Walkability is another plus (A+). The drawback is cost of living (D). All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #289 of 499 in Quebec. It comes out better than just over three fifths of Canadian towns. Natural hazards weigh more here (D).
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety is the regional police service's figure, shared with its other towns. 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.
What makes Sainte-Thérèse stand out
The 3 things Sainte-Thérèse does most differently from other towns.
How Sainte-Thérèse grades
Each subject compares Sainte-Thérèse with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
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Société d'Histoire des Mille-Iles and 19 more in and around Sainte-Thérèse
What there is to see in Sainte-Thérèse and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
MuseumWater interpretation center3.3 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumMusée Régional Joseph-Filionin townMuseumMuseumMicromusée du Plan Bouchard2.3 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumCentre interprétation de l'Eau3.3 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumCentre d'exploration du Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles3.4 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Water interpretation center: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Thérèse.
For health, Sainte-Thérèse is ahead of almost every Canadian town
Health survey and life expectancy for the Région des Laurentides
The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.2, with women at 83.7 and men at 80.8. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 60%, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). What sets Sainte-Thérèse apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 60% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.2 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Renting in Sainte-Thérèse eats 25% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 20% of households, above Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $348,000, above Quebec’s towns ($300,000) but below Canadian towns ($406,000). Sainte-Thérèse doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Montréal metro area.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 25% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 20% | 13% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
Sainte-Thérèse faces more hazards than 89% of Canadian towns
More homes than usual carry radon here, 10% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.20 for each $1,000 of buildings, above Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Sainte-Thérèse.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.20 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 10% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: the Laurentides health region
Violent crime weighs less where Sainte-Thérèse is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 61
Shared with the rest of the Thérèse-de-Blainville service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
The index for the force that serves it came to 48, lower than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 10.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 17.2 property crimes are reported each year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 61 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 48 | 56 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Household incomes in Sainte-Thérèse are lower than in 78% of Canadian towns
The car took 86% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and below Quebec’s towns (90%). Getting to work takes 27 min on average.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 86% | 90% | 89% |
| Average trip | 27 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Summer arrives in force in Sainte-Thérèse, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 14 October, 167 days. Snow totals 217 cm over the year, about level with Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). A normal January brings 52 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in October, at 103 mm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 217 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.7°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 146 | 161 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 1,041 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))
Sainte-Thérèse in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C
Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −9°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 16 cm. A normal November brings 84 mm of rain and snow. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −14°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −12°C | 243 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 1°C | 253 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 15°C | 268 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 5°C | 277 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Sainte-Thérèse’s mayor: Christian Charron
Of the 78 Commons seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
More visits per person served than nine in ten Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque Municipale de Sainte-Thérèse counts 9.4
A single building, Bibliothèque Municipale de Sainte-Thérèse, serves 27,288 people.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
More people in Sainte-Thérèse speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 53%
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children are 12% of the town.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 52.5% of Sainte-Thérèse
Women numbered 13,925 and men 12,605 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.
| Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 61% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 19% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 58% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
The nearest provincial park to Sainte-Thérèse is Oka National Park (Québec), 19 km away
The largest is rivière des Mille Îles - Île Morris Muskrat Habitat: 40 ha, 2.0 km from the edge of town. Within 10 km, 1% of the land is protected, below both Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The Les parcours Boomerang is the one mapped walking route close by.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 1% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 6 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Around Sainte-Thérèse, 25 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade: 37 schools in all
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Arthur-VaillancourtIn Sainte-ThérèseElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Académie Ste-Thérèse, Campus Jacques-About IndependentIn Sainte-ThérèseAll grades | All grades | – | Independent |
| École primaire McCaig EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec.
3 historic places in Sainte-Thérèse, one of them a top designation
Designations here include 2 municipal citations. Of the dated places, Ancien séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse is the oldest, from 1881. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 16% of homes, below Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
| Heritage | Sainte-Thérèse | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 16% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Sainte-Thérèse
Famous people from Sainte-Thérèse
20 notable people were born in Sainte-Thérèse.
Photo credits
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau: William Notman, Public domain · Louise Harel: Desjarjo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre-Julien Leclair: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain · Alfred Rochon: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain · Aristide Filiatreault: illustrations de René Béliveau, Public domain
Sainte-Thérèse’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | — | B | D | B+ | A+ |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | 3.3 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 3.6 | A | B | B+ | A+ |
| Blainville | 61,739 | 3.8 | A+ | B− | A | A+ |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 5.4 | A | B+ | B+ | A+ |
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 6.5 | A | B | B | A− |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 6.9 | B+ | C | B+ | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Sainte-Thérèse
Do people in Sainte-Thérèse speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 45.3% know French alone, and 53% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
What kind of homes are in Sainte-Thérèse?
Single-detached houses make up 28% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 7% are in high-rise apartments. 42% of households are one person, and the average is 2.
Who are the people of Sainte-Thérèse?
Visible minorities are 7% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 8%, and Indigenous people 2%.
Is Sainte-Thérèse growing?
Yes: the census counted 25,989 in 2016 and 26,533 in 2021, a rise of 2.1%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 27,253.
About Sainte-Thérèse
Town in Quebec
Every figure TownRatings gives for Sainte-Thérèse 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
- 27,253 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Thérèse-De Blainville
- Metro area
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2473010
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).