Living in Saint-Zotique

In Saint-Zotique, tenants pay an average rent of €840 a month (2025) and unemployment is 5.1% (2021).

Saint-Zotique's population was 10,015 at the end of 2022. An unemployment rate of 5.12% was measured at the end of 2021. Saint-Zotique's foreign population totalled 420 at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-1026 sources

Population10,015people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary3,246EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent839.9EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate5.12%country median 8.4% — 39% belowOfficial source · Statistics Canada

Recorded crime3,641incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean5.77µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Lower unemployment than 89% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 91% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Saint-Zotique?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

The share of renter households spending 30% or more on housing reached 15.1% at the end of 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan⁹Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	15.1 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Dwellings	4,164 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Main residence dwellings	3,990 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	830.4 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	839.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official

Is Saint-Zotique a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–64%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student40%strong on cost, weak on education · range 29–51%

Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–67%

Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 43–69%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Saint-Zotique?

The median gross salary is about 3,246 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 3,246 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁵
Median gross salary (regional): 2,549 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁹

What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Zotique?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 5.12 % · Statistics Canada¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Saint-Zotique is 5.1%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Saint-Zotique 5.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	65 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Median gross salary	3,246 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,549 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	5.12 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Saint-Zotique?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,610of €2,524 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,524
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €840
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,610

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Saint-Zotique. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

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Safety

How safe is Saint-Zotique?

Police recorded 3,641 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁸

Recorded crime across major citiesSaint-Zotique highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,641 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁸Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

Saint-Zotique's nearest airport was YUL, 46 km away and offered 93 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	93 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	46 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YUL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Saint-Zotique. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Saint-Zotique?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.77 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.8WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Saint-Zotique is 5.8 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Saint-Zotique 5.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.77 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 8.47 · Feb 10.06 · Mar 23.65 · Apr 26.17 · May 31.1 · Jun 31.61 · Jul 36.04 · Aug 33.9 · Sep 33.53 · Oct 26.67 · Nov 20.63 · Dec 17.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -40.89 · Feb -36.67 · Mar -31.96 · Apr -13.6 · May -3.64 · Jun 1.85 · Jul 7.32 · Aug 6.54 · Sep -0.46 · Oct -5.36 · Nov -20.93 · Dec -35.48 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -11.41 · Feb -9.97 · Mar -3.81 · Apr 4.86 · May 12.58 · Jun 17.85 · Jul 20.85 · Aug 20.19 · Sep 16.11 · Oct 8.24 · Nov 1.01 · Dec -6.86 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

The city covered 25 km² at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Saint-Zotique had 3,990 households. Saint-Zotique recorded a median age of 41.2 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Saint-Zotique?

The published population was 10,015 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.8%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	25.04 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
City area	25.04 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	4.38 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Foreign residents	420 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Population density	384 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁷Official
Population	10,015 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹²Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

3,802

6,026

8,251

10,475

10,01520012005200920152022

Population rose 135.0% between 2001 and 2022, from 4,262 to 10,015.

International community in Saint-Zotique

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	420	100.0%
Europe	195	46.4%
Americas	80	19.0%
Africa	80	19.0%
France	75	17.9%
Asia	65	15.5%
Morocco	35	8.3%
Portugal	25	6.0%
Other places of birth in Europe	25	6.0%
Other places of birth in Africa	25	6.0%
Mexico	20	4.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Other places of birth in Americas	20	4.8%
Poland	20	4.8%
Turkey	20	4.8%
Romania	15	3.6%
United Kingdom	15	3.6%
Peru	10	2.4%
United States of America	10	2.4%
Germany	10	2.4%
Italy	10	2.4%
Algeria	10	2.4%
Philippines	10	2.4%
Viet Nam	10	2.4%
Other places of birth in Asia	10	2.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	9,585	100.0%
Canadian citizens	9,480	98.9%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	7,300	76.2%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	2,175	22.7%
Not Canadian citizens	105	1.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	9,620	100.0%
Single responses	9,390	97.6%
Official languages	9,250	96.2%
French	8,615	89.6%
English	635	6.6%
Multiple responses	230	2.4%
English and French	170	1.8%
Non-official languages	135	1.4%
Non-Indigenous languages	135	1.4%
Indo-European languages	100	1.0%
Italic (Romance) languages	50	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Spanish	40	0.4%
French and non-official language(s)	30	0.3%
Indo-Iranian languages	30	0.3%
Indo-Aryan languages	25	0.3%
English and non-official language(s)	15	0.2%
Afro-Asiatic languages	15	0.2%
Semitic languages	15	0.2%
Arabic	15	0.2%
Balto-Slavic languages	15	0.2%
Slavic languages	15	0.2%
Turkic languages	10	0.1%
Turkish	10	0.1%
English, French and non-official language(s)	10	0.1%
Polish	10	0.1%
Hindi	10	0.1%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	10	0.1%
Dravidian languages	5	0.1%
Tamil	5	0.1%
Russian	5	0.1%
Germanic languages	5	0.1%
High German languages	5	0.1%
German	5	0.1%
Iranian languages	5	0.1%
Persian languages	5	0.1%
Iranian Persian	5	0.1%
Italian	5	0.1%
Portuguese	5	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	4.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Households	3,990 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Labour force participation rate	68.5 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Median age	41.2 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Saint-Zotique

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Saint-Lazare as a Saint-Zotique alternative in the same region

19 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 12.2% Saint-Lazare vs 4.4% Saint-Zotique+178%
Median gross pay, city: €4,112 Saint-Lazare vs €3,246 Saint-Zotique+27%
Median gross pay, region: €2,963 Saint-Lazare vs €2,549 Saint-Zotique+16%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,641 Saint-Lazare vs 3,641 Saint-Zotiquesame level

Full comparison More about Saint-Lazare

Aurora as a Saint-Zotique alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 436 km, better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 4.4% Saint-Zotique+739%
Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €3,246 Saint-Zotique+34%
Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €2,549 Saint-Zotique+21%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 3,641 Saint-Zotiqueno percentage

Full comparison More about Aurora

Cities near Saint-Zotique

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Les Coteaux 3.9 km away

Salary: 3,072 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Coteau-du-Lac 7.6 km away

Salary: 3,513 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 9.1 km away

Salary: 2,876 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Lazare 19.0 km away

Salary: 4,112 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Hudson 23.6 km away

Salary: 4,521 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Vaudreuil-Dorion 23.8 km away

Salary: 3,268 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Saint-Zotique?

The published population was 10,015 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Saint-Zotique?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

How safe is Saint-Zotique?

What is the typical salary in Saint-Zotique?

The median gross salary is about 3,246 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Zotique?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Saint-Zotique?

The median gross salary is 2,549 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Saint-Zotique a good place to live?

Saint-Zotique may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Saint-Zotique?

Les Coteaux, Coteau-du-Lac, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Lazare, Hudson are near Saint-Zotique. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe live in Saint-Zotique?

The official country of birth distribution records 195 people (46.4%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Saint-Zotique, Canada: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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