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 | |
Location within Les Maskoutains RCM | |
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 | |
| • Dwellings | 960 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J0H 1S0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways | |
| 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 |
English |
French & English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
2,355 |
2,305 | 97.88% | 15 | 0.64% | 10 | 0.42% | 25 | 1.06% | |||||||||
2006 |
2,170 |
2,135 | 98.39% | 10 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 25 | 1.15% | |||||||||
2001 |
2,020 |
2,000 | 99.01% | 10 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 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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