Saint-Jules is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 547 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Pope Julius I.

Saint-Jules
Parish municipality
St-Jules' Church
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Saint-Jules Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°13′N 70°57′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Centre
Constituted	May 28, 1919
Named for	Pope Julius I[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Ghislaine Doyon
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Nord
Area [2][3]
• Total	55.70 km2 (21.51 sq mi)
• Land	55.73 km2 (21.52 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	547
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.5%
• Dwellings	215
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0N 1R0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.st-jules.qc.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Jules had a population of 547 living in 204 of its 215 total private dwellings, a change of 1.5% from its 2016 population of 539. With a land area of 55.73 km² (21.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.8/km² (25.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population

Population trend:[5]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2021	547	1.5%
2016	539	5.9%
2011	573	7.3%
2006	534	0.2%
2001	535	0.4%
1996	537	3.8%
1991	558	2.4%
1986	572	6.7%
1981	613	5.8%
1976	651	15.2%
1971	768	5.4%
1966	812	0.1%
1961	811	6.8%
1956	870	9.2%
1951	797	1.5%
1941	785	26.8%
1931	619	4.7%
1921	591	N/A%

Notable people

• Janvier Grondin, Coalition Avenir Québec politician
• Placide Poulin, businessman

References

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