Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec
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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 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 | |
| • Total | 2,356 |
| • Density | 439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  8.3% |
| • Dwellings | 960 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J0H 1S0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |  Route 116  Route 227 |
| 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]
Demographics
Population
| Canada census – Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec community profile | |||
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| 2011 | 2006 | ||
| Population: | 2,356 (+8.3% from 2006) | 2,175 (+8.2% from 2001) | |
| Land area: | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) | |
| Population density: | 439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi) | 406.0/km2 (1,052/sq mi) | |
| Median age: | 36.4 (M: 36.1, F: 36.8) | 35.5 (M: 34.6, F: 36.2) | |
| Total private dwellings: | 960 | 884 | |
| Median household income: | $64,997 | $53,100 | |
| References: 2011[4] 2006[6] earlier[7] | |||
| 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% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
2,355 |
2,305 | 8.0% |
97.88% | 15 | 50.0% |
0.64% | 10 | n/a% |
0.42% | 25 |  0.0% |
1.06% | |||||
2006 |
2,170 |
2,135 | 6.8% |
98.39% | 10 | 0.0% |
0.46% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 25 | 150.0% |
1.15% | |||||
2001 |
2,020 |
2,000 | 1.0% |
99.01% | 10 | 0.0% |
0.49% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 10 | n/a% |
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% | |||||
References
- Reference number 56259 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sainte-Madeleine
- Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-HYACINTHE--BAGOT (Quebec)
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- Boucher, Sarah. De toutes petites histoires / Simple Short Stories. Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke: 2012. Print.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
Media related to Sainte-Madeleine at Wikimedia Commons
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