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Saguenay City Intelligence

Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec anchored by aluminum smelting and forestry with hydroelectric energy supply, useful for resource-economy and cost-framing comparison. Saguenay is a north america city of about ~180K metro in Canada. On the composite city-intelligence score, Saguenay sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~180K metro
View of Saguenay, Canada

Image credit: Image: MicThibeault / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Saguenay profile to compare cost framing, energy context, and country-level healthcare framing alongside Quebec City and Sherbrooke.

Overall70/100
Affordability76/100
Air quality74/100
Energy80/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

70/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Saguenay data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Saguenay city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living76/100Saguenay's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality74/100Saguenay's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy80/100Saguenay's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety70/100Saguenay's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed75/100Saguenay's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk70/100Saguenay's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience70/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety78/100
Low crime80/100
Personal safety79/100
Night safety75/100
Road safety77/100

Saguenay is estimated to be a generally safe city (78/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life82/100
Healthcare85/100
Education86/100
Green space87/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure91/100
Mobility63/100

Saguenay has a very high quality-of-life estimate (82/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness83/100
Education86/100
Green space87/100
Overall safety78/100

Saguenay scores very high for family living (83/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability77/100
Walkability63/100
Cycling60/100
Infrastructure91/100

Saguenay is high for remote workers (77/100), based on connectivity, affordability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability80/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle48/100

Saguenay is very high for retirement (80/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Saguenay

Local public safety guidance for Saguenay, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Canada emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch in most regions of Canada.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Saguenay, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Canada emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Saguenay

Healthcare context for Saguenay, with national-level information from Canada where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Saguenay, see the Canada healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Canadian Institute for Health Information

National source of comparable Canadian health-system data and analysis recognised by federal and provincial governments.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Saguenay

Local mobility context for Saguenay, with national-level context from Canada where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Saguenay, see the Canada transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Saguenay. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Saguenay

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Saguenay will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Saguenay air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Saguenay modules

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Cost of Living in Saguenay

Saguenay's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Saguenay

Saguenay's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Saguenay

Saguenay's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Saguenay

Saguenay's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Saguenay

Saguenay's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Saguenay

Saguenay's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Saguenay

Cost of living estimates for Saguenay — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Saguenay

Climate profile for Saguenay — Humid Continental climate, annual average 9.3°C, comfort score 65/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Saguenay

Source-attributed visual context for Saguenay using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Saguenay

Weekend trip planning checklist for Saguenay — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Saguenay

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Saguenay

Estimate a monthly budget for Saguenay using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Saguenay

Plan a trip budget for Saguenay using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Saguenay

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Saguenay. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Quebec City, Canada

Same region · about 178 km from Saguenay. Explore Quebec City's city intelligence profile.

Trois-Rivières, Canada

Same region · about 255 km from Saguenay. Explore Trois-Rivières's city intelligence profile.

Sherbrooke, Canada

Weekend trip · about 341 km from Saguenay. Explore Sherbrooke's city intelligence profile.

Longueuil, Canada

Same region · about 369 km from Saguenay. Explore Longueuil's city intelligence profile.

Laval, Canada

Same region · about 375 km from Saguenay. Explore Laval's city intelligence profile.

Montreal, Canada

Same region · about 376 km from Saguenay. Explore Montreal's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Saguenay — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Saguenay profile to compare cost framing, energy context, and country-level healthcare framing alongside Quebec City and Sherbrooke. Its standout dimensions are energy (80/100) and cost of living (76/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (70/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Canada country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Saguenay appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.