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Sainte-Marie, 2026

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

August 2026

August 2026: 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.

July 2026

Centre Caztel, Sainte-Marie · July 2026

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 · July 2026

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

July 2026 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: A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière · July 2026

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.

July 2026: building permits in Sainte-Marie

Where Sainte-Marie sits in published building-permit figures for July 2026.

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.

June 2026

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, Sainte-Marie · June 2026

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

June 2026 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.

Cité Sainte-Marie keeps Sainte-Marie lively · June 2026

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.

Centre Caztel in Sainte-Marie · June 2026

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.

June 2026: 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.

Cité Sainte-Marie in Sainte-Marie · June 2026

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.

May 2026

May 2026: Sainte-Marie drinking water

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).

Sainte-Marie municipal drinking water starts at Rivière Chaudière (permanent intake; two submerged screens ~2.4 m depth at 1065 rue Notre-Dame Sud) and is treated at Installation de production Sainte-Marie (X2134730). Lab numbers on the water page describe the published geography, not every private 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.

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson, Sainte-Marie · May 2026

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

May 2026 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.

Natural hazards near Sainte-Marie · May 2026

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.

Centre Caztel, Sainte-Marie · May 2026

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.

April 2026

Internet coverage in Sainte-Marie · April 2026

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.

Sainte-Marie: A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière · April 2026

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.

Indoor radon around Sainte-Marie · April 2026

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.

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson keeps Sainte-Marie lively · April 2026

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

April 2026 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.

March 2026

Sainte-Marie beside its neighbours · March 2026

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.

Centre Caztel in Sainte-Marie · March 2026

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.

March 2026: 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.

Cité Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Marie · March 2026

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 · March 2026

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.

February 2026

Sainte-Marie: A dedicated municipal page tracks water levels on the rivière · February 2026

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

February 2026 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 2026: building permits in Sainte-Marie

Where Sainte-Marie sits in published building-permit figures for February 2026.

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 · February 2026

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 keeps Sainte-Marie lively · February 2026

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

February 2026 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 2026

Cité Sainte-Marie in Sainte-Marie · January 2026

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.

January 2026: 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.

secteur PBV and réservoir Bisson in Sainte-Marie · January 2026

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

January 2026 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.

January 2026: Sainte-Marie drinking water

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.