TingwickQuebec
It is part of Arthabaska, a census division. Home to 1,567 people, this town lies in Quebec.
Is Tingwick a good place to live?
Tingwick’s best grade is for cost of living (A). People here tend to be in good health (A−). It is hard to get around without a car (C−). Natural hazards are less of a worry than in most Canadian towns (A−).
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Tingwick gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. 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.
How Tingwick grades
Each subject compares Tingwick with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Tingwick gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
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What makes Tingwick stand out
The 3 things Tingwick does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tingwick.
Renting in Tingwick costs 12% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns
84% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly one in ten households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 12% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 9% | 13% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 84% | 70% | 74% |
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.
Flood mapping exists for Tingwick: 1 on record, latest by Gouvernement du Québec
Earthquake risk in Tingwick is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.047 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 0% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.047 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region
Around Tingwick, 61% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town
For Tingwick itself the measure is access, and it lags: 11 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 14% of the region’s adults on average, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). A baby born in the region can expect 81.6 years, 83.3 for a girl and 79.9 for a boy (2022/2024).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 61% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.6 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy published for the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec, not by town
Tingwick has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each
The commute to work averages 24 min.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 24 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Wet weather: 1,150 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Tingwick, more than on 84% of Canadian towns
In July the thermometer climbs to 25.1°C by day, lower than Quebec’s towns (26.5°C) and near Canadian towns (25.5°C). A normal July brings 131 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow peaks in December: 50 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 1,150 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| Snowfall a year | 220 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 25.1°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 169 | 161 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Arthabaska)
For safety, Tingwick gets a B
Violent incidents in its police area came to 14.7 per 1,000 residents a year, above Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 16.3 per 1,000 people a year. Tingwick shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of Arthabaska MRC.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 14.7 | 12.4 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
No protected area lies within 10 km of Tingwick
No national park lies within 100 km. A provincial park, Frontenac National Park (Québec), lies 43 km away.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
In Tingwick, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −3°C nights
For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Victoriaville forecast. A normal November brings 82 mm of rain and snow. Then December: −2°C by day, −10°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −13°C | 233 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −1°C | 255 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 13°C | 356 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | 3°C | 307 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Arthabaska); the forecast is on the Weather page
Each seat on Tingwick’s council speaks for just 220 residents, fewer than in 75% of Quebec municipalities
Drummond--Bois-Francs is the riding Tingwick votes in for the National Assembly of Québec, and its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Tingwick has one public library, Bibliothèque De Tingwick
It stands 2.4 km from the centre of Tingwick.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
11 schools in and around Tingwick: 8 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools
None of them teaches in English, though one in ten schools in Quebec do. The nearest secondary school is 5.6 km away, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Saint-Coeur-de-MarieIn TingwickElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École de la FermentièreNearest secondary school, 2.3 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 5.6 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Nearest elementary school | 2.2 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · The schools grade is given only where results are open; in Quebec, the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
30% of Tingwick’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
Visible minorities make up 2% of the population, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents. 17% of residents are children under 15.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
47.3% of Tingwick’s residents are women
Here the census found 780 men and 700 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.
| Tingwick | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 64% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 23% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 59% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
An older town: 42% of Tingwick’s homes predate 1961
| Heritage | Tingwick | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 42% | 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 Tingwick
Parc Marie-Victorin and 2 more in and around Tingwick
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Tingwick, the best known first.
GardenParc Marie-Victorin3.9 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Parc Marie-Victorin: Danielhbordeleau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Tingwick
2 notable people were born in Tingwick; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead: Unknown author, Public domain · Galen Clark: "Taber" , but possibly Carleton Watkins ., Public domain
About Tingwick
Town in Quebec
Statistics Canada treats Tingwick 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
- 1,567 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Arthabaska
- Census subdivision
- 2439025
Tingwick’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tingwick | 1,567 | — | — | A | B | A− |
| Kingsey Falls | 2,072 | 8.5 | — | A+ | B | B+ |
| Warwick | 4,939 | 8.6 | A | A− | B | A− |
| Danville | 3,944 | 9.7 | B+ | B+ | C+ | A |
| Val-des-Sources | 7,303 | 11 | B− | C+ | C+ | A+ |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 16 | A+ | A | B | A |
| Saint-Albert | 1,744 | 17 | — | A+ | B | A− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Tingwick
Do people in Tingwick speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 68.4% know French alone, and 30% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
Who are the people of Tingwick?
2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 2% have an Indigenous identity and 3% are immigrants.
What kind of homes are in Tingwick?
92% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.3 people; 29% are one person living alone.
Has Tingwick grown?
It added people: 1,410 in 2016, 1,484 in 2021, 5.2% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,567.
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).