Saint-Télesphore, Quebec

Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 762. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.

Saint-Télesphore
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Saint-Télesphore
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMVaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted19 April 1877
Government
  MayorYvon Bériault
  Federal ridingSalaberry—Suroît
  Prov. ridingSoulanges
Area
  Total60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi)
  Land60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[4]
  Total762
  Density12.6/km2 (33/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
0.9%
  Dwellings
361
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0P 1Y0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Highways Route 325
Route 340
Town Hall

History

The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD.

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint-Télesphore, Quebec community profile
2011 2006
Population: 762 (-0.9% from 2006) 769 (-0.5% from 2001)
Land area: 60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi) 60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi)
Population density: 12.6/km2 (33/sq mi) 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
Median age: 43.1 (M: 43.5, F: 42.3) 42.4 (M: 41.6, F: 43.1)
Total private dwellings: 361 352
Median household income: $47,601 $37,527
References: 2011[4] 2006[5] earlier[6]
Historical Census Data - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec[7]
YearPop.±%
1991 772    
1996 805+4.3%
YearPop.±%
2001 773−4.0%
2006 769−0.5%
YearPop.±%
2011 762−0.9%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec[7]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
765
655 4.0% 85.62% 80 33.3% 10.46% 20 n/a% 2.61% 10 33.3% 1.31%
2006
765
630 4.5% 82.35% 120 14.3% 15.69% 0 100.0% 0.00% 15 n/a% 1.96%
2001
775
660 9.6% 85.16% 105 23.5% 13.55% 10 n/a% 1.29% 0 0.0% 0.00%
1996
815
730 n/a 89.57% 85 n/a 10.43% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[8]

  • École du Val-des-Prés Immaculée-Conception

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[9]

  • Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

See also

References

Media related to Saint-Télesphore at Wikimedia Commons


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