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Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Located between the Gatineau River and Thirty-One Mile Lake, it is the smallest municipality in terms of population in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau
Municipality
Ste-Thérèse- de-la-Gatineau Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 75°52′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Outaouais
RCM	La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Constituted	January 1, 1946
Government [2]
• Mayor	Roch Carpentier
• Federal riding	Pontiac
• Prov. riding	Gatineau
Area [2][3]
• Total	79.40 km2 (30.66 sq mi)
• Land	61.68 km2 (23.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	588
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)	13.1%
• Dwellings	534
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0X 2X0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.sainte-therese-de-la-gatineau.ca

It takes its name from the Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus Parish, formed in 1934, which in turn was named after Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873–1897).[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2021: 588 (13.1% increase from 2016)
• Population in 2016: 520 (1.1% decrease from 2011)
• Population in 2011: 526 (57.0% increase from 2006)
• Population in 2006: 335 (11.1% decrease from 2001)
• Population in 2001: 377
• Population in 1996: 411
• Population in 1991: 380

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 288

Languages:

• French as first language: 89.7%

References

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