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Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.

Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare
Municipality
Français lake.
Location within Matawinie RCM.
Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°07′N 73°36′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Matawinie
Constituted	January 1, 1956
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gaétan Morin
• Federal riding	Joliette
• Prov. riding	Berthier
Area [2][3]
• Total	36.30 km2 (14.02 sq mi)
• Land	34.52 km2 (13.33 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,795
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	12.6%
• Dwellings	1,019
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0K 2Y0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 343
Website	www.ste-marcelline.com

Etymology

The name Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare honors Saint Marcellina, a catholic saint who lived in the 4th century. She was chosen because she was the elder sister of Ambrose, another saint which the neighboring municipality of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare was named after. Since the municipality of Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare was created from territories of Saint=Ambroise-de-Kildare, it made sense to name the municipality after her. The name Kildare honors the town of Kildare in Ireland, a town from which most of the first settlers of the municipality came from.[1]

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare, Quebec[4]

Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,102 —     1996 1,221 +10.8% 2001 1,279 +4.8%

Year Pop. ±% 2006 1,423 +11.3% 2011 1,567 +10.1% 2016 1,594 +1.7%

Year Pop. ±% 2021 1,795 +12.6%

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 829 (total dwellings: 1019)

Language

Mother tongue:[5]

• English as first language: 2.2%
• French as first language: 95.3%
• English and French as first language: 1.4%
• Other as first language: 1.1%

Education

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Commission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone public schools:

• École de Sainte-Marcelline[6]

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:

• Rawdon Elementary School in Rawdon[7]
• Joliette High School in Joliette[8]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

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