Saint-Frédéric is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,065 as of 2021. It is named after Reverend Frédéric Caron, first priest of Saint-Frédéric.

Saint-Frédéric
Parish municipality
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Saint-Frédéric Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°58′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Centre
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Martin Nadeau
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Nord
Area [2][3]
• Total	72.30 km2 (27.92 sq mi)
• Land	72.35 km2 (27.93 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,065
• Density	14.7/km2 (38/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	6.8%
• Dwellings	443
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0N 1P0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 112 Route 276
Website	www.saint-frederic.com

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Frédéric had a population of 1,065 living in 422 of its 443 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 997. With a land area of 72.35 km² (27.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.7/km² (38.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2021: 1,065 (2006 to 2011 population change: 6.8%)
• Population in 2016: 1,044
• Population in 2011: 1,085
• Population in 2006: 1,049
• Population in 2001: 1,087
• Population in 1996: 1,006
• Population in 1991: 1,008
• Population in 1986: 1,044
• Population in 1981: 1,023
• Population in 1976: 900
• Population in 1971: 940
• Population in 1966: 938
• Population in 1961: 1,056
• Population in 1956: 1,003
• Population in 1951: 1,032
• Population in 1941: 1,306
• Population in 1931: 1,113
• Population in 1921: 1,189
• Population in 1911: 1,710
• Population in 1901: 1,814
• Population in 1891: 1,814
• Population in 1881: 1,801
• Population in 1871: 1,765
• Population in 1861: 1,051

Notable people

• Louis-Albert Vachon, archbishop of Quebec

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire