Lac Saint-François-Xavier
45.8839° N, 74.3485° W
Depth contours from the 2010 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Saint-François-Xavier, Quebec. 45.8839° N, 74.3485° W
Maximum depth 16.9 m (2010 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-saint-francois-xavier/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- Géobase des bathymétries de lac du Québec (GBLQ), Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP), Données Québec.
- États trophiques des lacs (RSVL), Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP), Données Québec.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Lac Saint-François-Xavier is 16.9 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 52% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.7 km² and lies beside Montfort.
- Maximum depth
- 16.9 msurveyed 2010
- deeper than 52% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 0.7 km²
- larger than 68% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 9.5 km
- longer than 77% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 4.4 mSecchi depth, 2025
- clearer than 60% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 376 m
Today on the water
4 °C
Observed at Sainte-Agathe, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 5 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 10 | W 10 | NW 10 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 6.
Weather: Sainte-Agathe (local forecast), as of 4:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:36 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:06 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:22 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:52 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:57 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:40 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
The government depth survey from 2010 records a maximum depth of 16.9 m, drawn from 17 depth contours.
- Download the depth map (SVG)Printing this page gives the map on one sheet, with scale and sources.
- Official government depth map (PDF)
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 18 years between 2008 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 4.4 m.
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