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Sainte-Marie, 2023

Archive of hometown notes from Sainte-Marie: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.

December 2023

Basement air context for Sainte-Marie

How Sainte-Marie sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Sainte-Marie follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Sainte-Marie in national context first.

A bright spot in Sainte-Marie

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson is a reason people stay fond of Sainte-Marie.

December 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

City Score neighbours for Sainte-Marie

How Sainte-Marie compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Sainte-Marie's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

Sainte-Marie: Sainte-Marie is a Nouvelle-Beauce town where mariverains

Sainte-Marie is a Nouvelle-Beauce town where mariverains still check the niveau de l'eau de la rivière before a wet spring weekend. The

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

November 2023

November 2023: property tax in Sainte-Marie

Published residential mill-rate context for Sainte-Marie.

Residential mill rates for Sainte-Marie appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Sainte-Marie beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

A lesser-known corner of Sainte-Marie

Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Centre Caztel, Sainte-Marie · November 2023

Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

Autoroute Robert-Cliche (A-73) and route du Président-Kennedy (173) are the named access corridors on the discover page.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie: A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière · November 2023

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

November 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

October 2023

October 2023: building permits in Sainte-Marie

Where Sainte-Marie sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.

Construction intent in Sainte-Marie shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Sainte-Marie permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Centre Caztel, Sainte-Marie · October 2023

Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Why secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson still draws people in Sainte-Marie

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson is a reason people stay fond of Sainte-Marie.

October 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

Autoroute Robert-Cliche (A-73) and route du Président-Kennedy (173) are the named access corridors on the discover page.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie: Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

October 2023: property tax in Sainte-Marie

Published residential mill-rate context for Sainte-Marie.

Residential mill rates for Sainte-Marie appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Sainte-Marie beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

September 2023

Sainte-Marie: Mariverain identity stays town-scale even when regional

Mariverain identity stays town-scale even when regional news arrives: Chaudière levels, Caztel bookings, bike sectors, and highway exits.

September 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie water: Sainte-Marie’s Chaudière intake sits in the flood-prone

Sainte-Marie draws municipal drinking water from Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud), treated at Installation de production Sainte-Marie (X2134730).

Ask where Sainte-Marie drinking water begins and the answer is Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud), then Installation de production Sainte-Marie (X2134730). That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.

City vulnerability report (2026): screening, coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, ozonation, UV reactors, then chlorine gas disinfection and caustic soda pH adjustment. Feeds Saint-Joseph and Bisson reservoirs. MELCC lists chlorination, filtration, ozonation, and ultraviolet.

See the Sainte-Marie water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Landmark: Centre Caztel

Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie on the hazard board

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Sainte-Marie.

Sainte-Marie appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

August 2023

Still finding Cité Sainte-Marie

Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie broadband availability

Advertised broadband availability for Sainte-Marie.

Broadband rows for Sainte-Marie come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Sainte-Marie internet page.

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson still surprises

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

August 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie on the radon map

How Sainte-Marie sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Sainte-Marie follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Sainte-Marie in national context first.

July 2023

Why Centre Caztel still draws people in Sainte-Marie

Centre Caztel is a reason people stay fond of Sainte-Marie.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

How Sainte-Marie compares nearby

How Sainte-Marie compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Sainte-Marie's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

Cité Sainte-Marie in Sainte-Marie

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

July 2023: property tax in Sainte-Marie

Published residential mill-rate context for Sainte-Marie.

Residential mill rates for Sainte-Marie appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Sainte-Marie beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Sainte-Marie: SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by

Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

July 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

June 2023

A named place in Sainte-Marie

Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

What still surprises about Sainte-Marie

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

June 2023: building permits in Sainte-Marie

Where Sainte-Marie sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.

Construction intent in Sainte-Marie shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Sainte-Marie permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Landmark: Cité Sainte-Marie

Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

May 2023

Centre Caztel keeps Sainte-Marie lively

Centre Caztel is a reason people stay fond of Sainte-Marie.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

Autoroute Robert-Cliche (A-73) and route du Président-Kennedy (173) are the named access corridors on the discover page.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Worth knowing in Sainte-Marie: A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière

Mariverain identity stays town-scale even when regional news arrives: Chaudière levels, Caztel bookings, bike sectors, and highway exits.

May 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

May 2023: property tax in Sainte-Marie

Published residential mill-rate context for Sainte-Marie.

Residential mill rates for Sainte-Marie appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Sainte-Marie beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Worth knowing in Sainte-Marie: SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by

Sainte-Marie is a Nouvelle-Beauce town where mariverains still check the niveau de l'eau de la rivière before a wet spring weekend. The

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie water via Installation de production Sainte-Marie

Sainte-Marie draws municipal drinking water from Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud), treated at Installation de production Sainte-Marie (X2134730).

May 2023 is a good week to revisit Sainte-Marie's source: Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud). Treatment at Installation de production Sainte-Marie (X2134730) sits between the intake and the tap.

City vulnerability report (2026): screening, coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, ozonation, UV reactors, then chlorine gas disinfection and caustic soda pH adjustment. Feeds Saint-Joseph and Bisson reservoirs. MELCC lists chlorination, filtration, ozonation, and ultraviolet.

See the Sainte-Marie water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

April 2023

Cité Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Marie

Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Natural hazards near Sainte-Marie

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Sainte-Marie.

Sainte-Marie appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

Still finding secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson

Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

April 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Internet coverage in Sainte-Marie

Advertised broadband availability for Sainte-Marie.

Broadband rows for Sainte-Marie come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Sainte-Marie internet page.

March 2023

Centre Caztel still surprises

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Indoor radon around Sainte-Marie

How Sainte-Marie sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Sainte-Marie follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Sainte-Marie in national context first.

Cité Sainte-Marie keeps Sainte-Marie lively

Cité Sainte-Marie is a reason people stay fond of Sainte-Marie.

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie beside its neighbours

How Sainte-Marie compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Sainte-Marie's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

February 2023

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson in Sainte-Marie

Mariverain identity stays town-scale even when regional news arrives: Chaudière levels, Caztel bookings, bike sectors, and highway exits.

February 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

February 2023: property tax in Sainte-Marie

Published residential mill-rate context for Sainte-Marie.

Residential mill rates for Sainte-Marie appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Sainte-Marie beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Centre Caztel, Sainte-Marie

Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, Sainte-Marie

Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

February 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

Autoroute Robert-Cliche (A-73) and route du Président-Kennedy (173) are the named access corridors on the discover page.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

January 2023

Sainte-Marie: A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

Walk or drive through Sainte-Marie long enough and Cité Sainte-Marie comes up. Education-sport-culture campus area named on municipal pages, a cluster rather than a single building.

Centre Caztel anchors sports and events, and Cité Sainte-Marie labels the education-sport-culture campus area on the city home so parents and coaches share one place name. Mountain-bike maps split into secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, so trail talk stays specific instead of vague forest directions. SAMAR (Société de l'arbre mariveraine) and TEDxSainteMarie show up on leisure menus, which is a tidy mix of tree society and local talks. MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce framing keeps Sainte-Marie tied to the wider Beauce county map that Beauce Média also covers.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

January 2023: building permits in Sainte-Marie

Where Sainte-Marie sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.

Building-permit value for Sainte-Marie comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.

Open the Sainte-Marie permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson keeps Sainte-Marie lively

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson is a reason people stay fond of Sainte-Marie.

January 2023 in Sainte-Marie: secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson. Named mountain-bike trail sectors on leisure maps. Locals give trail directions by these labels.

SAMAR is the Société de l'arbre mariveraine tree society listed by the city.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Sainte-Marie and Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud)

Sainte-Marie draws municipal drinking water from Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud), treated at Installation de production Sainte-Marie (X2134730).

Ask where Sainte-Marie drinking water begins and the answer is Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud), then Installation de production Sainte-Marie (X2134730). That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.

City vulnerability report (2026): screening, coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, ozonation, UV reactors, then chlorine gas disinfection and caustic soda pH adjustment. Feeds Saint-Joseph and Bisson reservoirs. MELCC lists chlorination, filtration, ozonation, and ultraviolet.

See the Sainte-Marie water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Centre Caztel in Sainte-Marie

Sainte-Marie is a Nouvelle-Beauce town where mariverains still check the niveau de l'eau de la rivière before a wet spring weekend. The

Centre Caztel still orients Sainte-Marie. Sports and events complex featured on the city home. Default indoor booking address for mariverain weekends.

A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière Chaudière.

More on Sainte-Marie: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.