Sainte-Marthe is a municipality located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,014.
Sainte-Marthe | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
![]() ![]() Ste-Marthe Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45°24′N 74°18′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | 27 December 1980 |
Government | |
• Mayor | François Pleau |
• Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 79.92 km2 (30.86 sq mi) |
• Land | 79.60 km2 (30.73 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 1,014 |
• Density | 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 448 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | J0P 1W0 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | www![]() |
The local economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture.[1]
Settlement began in 1835 with the arrival of Irish immigrants. In 1846, the parish was founded and named after Martha, the sister of Lazarus, since the neighbouring parish was called Saint-Lazare.[1]
That same year, the Municipality of Sainte Marthe was created out of the Municipality of Rigaud, but abolished on September 1, 1847. In 1851, its post office opened.[1] On July 1, 1855, the municipality was reestablised, which became a parish municipality in 1857.[5]
In 1928, the village itself separated from the surrounding rural parish and became the Village Municipality of Sainte-Marthe.[6]
On December 27, 1980, the parish and village merged to form the Municipality of Sainte-Marthe.[1]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 1,014 (-7.6% from 2016) | 1,097 (2.0% from 2011) | 1,075 (-0.5% from 2006) |
Land area | 79.60 km2 (30.73 sq mi) | 79.73 km2 (30.78 sq mi) | 79.80 km2 (30.81 sq mi) |
Population density | 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi) | 13.8/km2 (36/sq mi) | 13.5/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Median age | 48.4 (M: 48.4, F: 48.8) | 46.7 (M: 47.1, F: 46.3) | 44.5 (M: 44.7, F: 44.3) |
Total private dwellings | 448 | 451 | 430 |
Median household income | $68,928 | $56,221 |
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Population amounts prior to 1980 are total of Sainte-Marthe Village and Sainte-Marthe Parish. Source: Statistics Canada[12] |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Marthe, Quebec[12] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
1,075 |
875 | ![]() |
81.40% | 150 | ![]() |
13.95% | 15 | ![]() |
1.40% | 35 | ![]() |
3.25% | |||||
2006 |
1,075 |
890 | ![]() |
82.79% | 145 | ![]() |
13.49% | 25 | ![]() |
2.32% | 15 | ![]() |
1.40% | |||||
2001 |
1,090 |
945 | ![]() |
86.70% | 120 | ![]() |
11.01% | 10 | ![]() |
0.92% | 15 | ![]() |
1.38% | |||||
1996 |
1,095 |
860 | n/a | 78.54% | 135 | n/a | 12.33% | 10 | n/a | 0.91% | 90 | n/a | 8.22% |
List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):[13]
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[14]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[15]
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