Sainte-Madeleine is a village municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,356.
Sainte-Madeleine | |
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Village municipality | |
Sainte-Madeleine Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45°36′N 73°06′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Les Maskoutains |
Constituted | December 30, 1919 |
Named for | Mary Magdalene[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Alain Paradis |
• Federal riding | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
• Prov. riding | Borduas |
Area | |
• Total | 5.30 km2 (2.05 sq mi) |
• Land | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources. | |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 2,356 |
• Density | 439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 8.3% |
• Dwellings | 960 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | J0H 1S0 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-20 (TCH) | Route 116 Route 227 |
Website | www |
Le Camping Ste-Madeleine, founded in 1967 for visitors to EXPO 67, is the area's principal tourist attraction. The annual musical event, the Festival Country du Camping Sainte-Madeleine, held in late July, attracts approximately 5,000 visitors to the community of 2,356.
Individuals born in Sainte-Madeleine include artist France Jodoin.[5]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 1,847 | — |
1996 | 1,993 | +7.9% |
2001 | 2,011 | +0.9% |
2006 | 2,175 | +8.2% |
2011 | 2,356 | +8.3% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Madeleine had a population of 2,268 living in 957 of its 983 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 2,233. With a land area of 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 423.1/km2 (1,095.9/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
2021 | 2011 | |
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Population | 2,268 (+1.6% from 2016) | 2,356 (+8.3% from 2006) |
Land area | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
Population density | 422.9/km2 (1,095/sq mi) | 439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi) |
Median age | 40.8 (M: 40.4, F: 40.8) | 36.4 (M: 36.1, F: 36.8) |
Total private dwellings | 960 | 960 |
Median household income | $64,997 |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
2,355 |
2,305 | 8.0% | 97.88% | 15 | 50.0% | 0.64% | 10 | n/a% | 0.42% | 25 | 0.0% | 1.06% | |||||
2006 |
2,170 |
2,135 | 6.8% | 98.39% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.46% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 25 | 150.0% | 1.15% | |||||
2001 |
2,020 |
2,000 | 1.0% | 99.01% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.49% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 10 | n/a% | 0.49% | |||||
1996 |
1,990 |
1,980 | n/a | 99.50% | 10 | n/a | 0.50% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
Media related to Sainte-Madeleine at Wikimedia Commons
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