ShannonQuebec

TownGrade

A⁺

#1 of 2,556

#1 in Canadaof 2,556 ranked towns

With 7,088 residents, it is a town in Quebec. It grew by 7% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses.

6 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0

Population

7,088

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

32.4

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

61%

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 Shannon a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. People here tend to be in good health (A+). Recorded crime is low (A+). Natural hazards weigh more here (C). At $380,000, the median home value in 2021 came to 3.4 times local household income. The overall grade comes out at A+, better than almost every Canadian town. That places it #1 of 499 in Quebec.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. 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⁺Health A⁺Jobs & income A⁺Safety

How Shannon grades

Each subject compares Shannon 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

HealthNear the top of the towns comparedA⁺Open →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentA⁺Open →SafetyVery little crime by comparisonA⁺Open →Cost of livingAhead of most towns comparedA⁻Open →Hazard riskBased on seismic risk and radon tests, lowered where wildfire runs highCOpen →WalkabilityNear typical for the towns comparedB⁻Open →

SchoolsWith no open results to compare (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school), there’s no schools grade in Quebec.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Shannon stand out

The 3 things Shannon does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

Only 6% are 65 or over

The median of Canadian towns: 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

4% unemployment

Of the labour force, against 10% for the median of Canadian towns

74% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Health

Better than 97%

of Canadian towns on health

Its health grade: A+.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Shannon.

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁺

Trips to work from Shannon are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average

5%walk, cycle or take transit

The car took 94% of commuters, higher than both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van94%

Walk3%

Bicycle1%

Public transit0%

Census 2021	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	23 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	94%	90%	89%

$114,000

median household income, 2020

21%

worked from home, May 2021

15%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment3.7% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work5% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to885 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Québec

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

HealthHealth A⁺

Shannon earns an A+ for health

62%very good or excellent healthA⁺Health Grade

Shared with the rest of the Région de la Capitale-Nationale: health survey and life expectancy

In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). Closer to home, a hospital is 13 km from the average resident of Shannon, further than the usual 3.7 km. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 9.6% of adults, against 12% for Quebec. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.9, women 84.7 and men 81.1 (2022/2024).

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Shannon62%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Very good or excellent health	62%	56%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	14%	15%	17%
Smokers	9.6%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	82.9	82.5	81.5

82.9

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

13 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

9.6%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

2.8 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageShannon’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey62% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care13 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 2.8 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.7, men 81.1 Conditions and habits14% 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 A⁺

Crime runs lighter where Shannon is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 28

28Crime Severity Index

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Jacques-Cartier MRC

Property crime in the area its police cover: 8.8 per 1,000 people a year. The violent index for its police area came to 47, below both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, 6.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202329

202429

202527

2023–2025	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Crime Severity Index	28	56	67
Property crime per 1,000	8.8	16.6	31.2
Violent Crime Severity Index	47	88	86
Violent crime	6.8	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

48%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageShannon’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety28 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Shannon’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Shannon safe?”

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

HousingCost of living A⁻

Renting in Shannon costs 14% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

$380,000median home value, 2021A⁻Cost of living Grade

6% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Households that own their home make up 73%.

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

Shannon$380,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	6%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	14%	18%	20%

$1,276

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$1,620

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageShannon’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,276 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living3.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $380,000, against the median household income Owners and renters73% 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. · Data for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom covers the Québec metro area

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

Shannon is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Gouvernement du Québec

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Seismic risk runs high: $0.12 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Shannon’s survey area, 8.8% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. Figures for radon tests are published for the Capitale-Nationale health region as a whole, not for Shannon alone.

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

Shannon8.8%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.12	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	8.8%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.12

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

Low

wildfire band

9.2 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood studies on the national inventory

Full pageShannon’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Flood2 flood studies on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.12 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon8.8% 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

Who lives here

Shannon is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 54% speak both languages

32.4median age

2.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up 2.9% of residents, higher than Quebec’s towns (2.6%) yet lower than Canadian towns (6.4%).

ShannonQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

25%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree11%

Postsecondary qualification61%

Women and men · all residents

47.0% of Shannon’s residents are women

3,405 men and 3,025 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.

Who lives in Shannon
	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	25%	17%	16%
15 to 64	68%	62%	64%
65+	6.2%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	11%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	61%	59%	56%

Full pageShannon’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French54% speak both · 45% speak French but not English Ages32.4 median age · 6% are 65 or over Households2,330 households · 2.8 people per household Immigrants3% are immigrants · 2% belong to a visible minority

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

Climate

More rain and snow fall on Shannon than on 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm a year

25.0°CJuly afternoons

Rain and snow peak in July, at 119 mm. A normal winter brings 299 cm of snow, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Midwinter nights in Shannon bottom out at −16.7°C on average. Between the last spring frost, 10 May, and the first in autumn, 5 October, lie 148 days.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−5.1°C

Spring8.7°C

Summer23.8°C

Autumn11.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	299 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,173 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
July afternoon high	25.0°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−16.7°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

299 cm

of snow a year

170

days with frost a year

148

frost-free days, 10 May to 5 Oct

135

days with precipitation a year

Full pageShannon’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

Rain and snow1,173 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 25.0°C, January lows −16.7°C Snow299 cm of snow a year Weather station14 km to the station · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Québec Jean Lesage (Airport))

Weather

Expect November days around 4°C in Shannon, nights around −4°C

4°Ca normal November afternoon

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Vanier forecast. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 91 mm. Then December: −3°C by day, −11°C at night. About 24 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

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

November4°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−15°C	249 mm
Spring	9°C	−2°C	264 mm
Summer	24°C	13°C	342 mm
Autumn	11°C	2°C	318 mm

−4°C

a normal November night

91 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageShannon’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

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 (Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Turnout in Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier reached 69% in 2021, above 89% of ridings

Shannon’s council has 6 councillors and is led by Sarah Perreault, the mayor.

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Member of ParliamentJoël Godin council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D⁻

Bibliothèque Municipale De Shannon logs 1.6 visits per person served, fewer than 79% of Quebec’s town libraries

Bibliothèque Municipale De Shannon serves 6,996 people from a single building.

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The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong0.3 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Tourbière-de-Shannon Ecological Reserve reaches Shannon

0.9%of the land within 10 km protected

Parks and reserves take up 0.9% of the ground within 10 km, below Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. 9.9 km out lies the largest, Tantaré Ecological Reserve, at 1,450 ha. Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 24 km. The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 84 km away.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Shannon0.9%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.9%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	8	10	4

84 km

to La Mauricie National Park

24 km

to Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

Full pageShannon’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas21 protected areas within 10 km · Tantaré Ecological Reserve National & provincial parks84 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park Footpaths & routes1 named route · Piste A

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

Schools

Around Shannon, 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade: 2 schools in all

2schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Alexander-WolffIn ShannonElementary	Elementary	–	French public
École Dollard-des-Ormeaux EnglishIn ShannonAll grades	All grades	–	English public

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public1

English public1

Schools within 3 km	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
School boards	2	2	3

0.7 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school2 schools within 3 km · 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade Language1 of 2 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec The boards2 school boards · Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale Questions“What schools are there in Shannon?”

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

Shannon’s past, on the record: 1 historic place

1historic place

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

Petite école du 4e rang 1877

1877

oldest construction date on the record

14%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Shannon	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	14%	21%	18%

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On the registersOne historic place inside the town Older homes14% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Shannon 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 Shannon

15pages on Shannon

The big questions

SafetyA⁺Crime Severity Index 28 Housing & costA⁻Homes 3.4 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthA⁺Life expectancy 82.9 in its region Work & commuteA⁺74% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.9% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 32.4 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Parc d'eau and 13 more within 40 km

2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Shannon; with them, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

Water parkWater parkParc d'eauin town

MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec25 km east · 324K visitors a year

MuseumMusée de la civilisation26 km east · 497K visitors a year

CastleQuébec Citadel25 km east

CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral25 km east

WaterfallMontmorency Falls28 km east

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

Photo credits (5)

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec: colros, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée de la civilisation: Claude Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Québec Citadel: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral: Pierre-Olivier Fortin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montmorency Falls: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Shannon

No notable person born in Shannon is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Myriam BédardCanadian biathlete · born in Loretteville · born 1969

Mitsou GélinasCanadian actor, singer, · born in Loretteville · born 1970

Geneviève CastréeCanadian musician and cartoonist · born in Loretteville · 1981–2016

Marc-André BédardCanadian biathlete · born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier · born 1986

Alden PennerCanadian musician · born in Loretteville · born 1983

Dominique RacineCanadian Catholic prelate · born in Loretteville · 1828–1888

Photo credits

Mitsou Gélinas: proacguy1, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geneviève Castrée: Photograph by Julio Enriquez ., CC BY 2.0 · Marc-André Bédard: Mef.ellingen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alden Penner: Jessica Nguyen from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dominique Racine: J.E. Livernois Photo, Public domain

About Shannon

Town in Quebec

Statistics Canada treats Shannon as a single census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings keeps to that line.

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

Population: 7,088 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: La Jacques-Cartier
Metro area: Québec
Census subdivision: 2422020

Shannon’s neighbours

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

Fossambault-sur-le-LacVal-BélairSainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-CartierLac-Saint-CharlesSaint-Gabriel-de-ValcartierLorettevilleShannon

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Shannon	7,088	—	A⁺	A⁻	A⁺	A⁺
Fossambault-sur-le-Lac	2,505	7.5	A	B⁺	A⁺	A⁺
Val-Bélair	30,003	8.1	A	B⁺	B⁻	A⁺
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier	9,830	8.2	A⁺	B⁺	A⁺	A⁺
Lac-Saint-Charles	9,985	11	A	B⁺	B⁻	A⁺
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier	3,400	11	A	A⁻	A⁺	A⁺
Loretteville	15,653	12	B⁺	C⁻	B⁻	A⁺

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

Questions about Shannon

Do people in Shannon speak French?

Yes: this is Quebec. 45.2% of residents speak only French and 54% speak both French and English (Canadian towns’ median: 8%).

Who are the people of Shannon?

At the 2021 census, 3% were immigrants and 2% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 4% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

Is Shannon a young town or an old one?

32.4 is the median age, 45.2 the median among Canadian towns; 6% of residents are 65 or over and 25% under 15.

What kind of homes are in Shannon?

Single-detached houses make up 72% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 18% of households are one person, and the average is 2.8.

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).