Saint-Damase is a municipality located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,506. The municipality was created on October 5, 2001, by the merger of the Parish and the Village of Saint-Damase.
Saint-Damase | |
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Municipality | |
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Location within Les Maskoutains RCM | |
![]() ![]() Saint-Damase Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45°32′N 73°00′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Les Maskoutains |
Constituted | October 5, 2001 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Germain Chabot |
• Federal riding | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
• Prov. riding | Saint-Hyacinthe |
Area | |
• Total | 80.90 km2 (31.24 sq mi) |
• Land | 79.07 km2 (30.53 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 2,506 |
• Density | 31.7/km2 (82/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,025 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | J0H 1J0 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
2021 | 2011 | |
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Population | 2,447 (-1.1% from 2016) | 2,506 (+0.8% from 2006) |
Land area | 79.65 km2 (30.75 sq mi) | 79.07 km2 (30.53 sq mi) |
Population density | 30.7/km2 (80/sq mi) | 31.7/km2 (82/sq mi) |
Median age | 44.4 (M: 43.6, F: 44.8) | 41.3 (M: 41.1, F: 41.4) |
Total private dwellings | 1,025 | 1,025 |
Median household income | $65,287 |
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(M) merger of Parish and Village of Saint-Damase on October 5, 2001. |
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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Damase, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
2,500 |
2,460 | ![]() |
98.40% | 15 | ![]() |
0.60% | 5 | ![]() |
0.20% | 20 | ![]() |
0.80% | |||||
2006 |
2,465 |
2,435 | ![]() |
98.78% | 10 | ![]() |
0.41% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 20 | ![]() |
0.81% | |||||
2001 |
2,485 |
2.420 | n/a | 97.38% | 35 | n/a | 1.41% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 30 | n/a | 1.21% |
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