Saint-Barnabé-Sud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 962. It is the birthplace of historian Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Allaire.

Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Municipality
Location within Les Maskoutains RCM.
Saint-Barnabé-Sud Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°44′N 72°55′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Les Maskoutains
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Richard Leblanc
• Federal riding	Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
• Prov. riding	Saint-Hyacinthe
Area [2][4]
• Total	58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)
• Land	57.20 km2 (22.09 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[5]
• Total	962
• Density	16.8/km2 (44/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	11.7%
• Dwellings	389
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0H 1G0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 235

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec[11]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		965		920	9.5%	95.3%		10	100.0%	1.0%		5	50.0%	0.5%		15	200.0%	1.6%
2016		860		840	0.0%	97.7%		5	50.0%	0.6%		10	n/a%	1.2%		5	n/a%	0.6%
2011		850		840	2.9%	98.8%		10	n/a%	1.2%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2006		865		865	0.0%	100.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%
2001		895		865	0.0%	96.7%		10	50.0%	1.1%		10	n/a%	1.1%		10	n/a%	1.1%
1996		885		865	n/a	97.7%		20	n/a	2.3%		0	n/a	0.0%		0	n/a	0.0%

Communities

• Saint-Barnabé-Sud

Death of infant, 2010

On June 7, 2010, police reported that a 20-day-old infant in Saint-Barnabé-Sud had been killed by a dog, a Siberian Husky, that afternoon.[12][13]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

• "Saint-Barnabé-Sud". Commission de toponymie. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
• Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
• Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales