Quebec City sits at City Score rank #284 with a standing of 43%, from 7 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. Dropping 68 places versus 2022 (#216 → #284).
Latest owned placements: building permit value rank #18 of 25 (2025); indoor radon rank #83 of 327 at 120 Bq/m³ survey mean. Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
Among Canadian cities on the hub, Quebec City carries a City Score standing of 43% (rank #284 of 343) with 7 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 4 points below the Quebec peer average across 34 ranked cities. Within Quebec, Quebec City ranks #26 of 34 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is police-reported crime severity (standing 79%, rank #81 of 102, 55.0 CSI). The weakest observed pillar is seismic hazard (standing 12%, rank #40 of 343). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Québec, Quebec (table 35100026), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 250 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Quebec City. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
