Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec

Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Municipality
Location within Les Maskoutains RCM.
Saint-Barnabé-Sud Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°44′N 72°55′W / 45.733°N 72.917°WCoordinates: 45°44′N 72°55′W / 45.733°N 72.917°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Les Maskoutains
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government[2][3]
• Mayor	Richard Leblanc
• Federal riding	Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
• Prov. riding	Saint-Hyacinthe
Area[2][4]
• Total	58.10 km^2 (22.43 sq mi)
• Land	57.40 km^2 (22.16 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
• Total	859
• Density	15.0/km^2 (39/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.6%
• Dwellings	346
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0H 1G0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 235

Saint-Barnabé-Sud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 859. It is the birthplace of historian Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Allaire.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec[8]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 880 —     1996 902 +2.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 884 −2.0% 2006 864 −2.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 859 −0.6%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		850		840	2.9%	98.82%		10	n/a%	1.18%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		865		865	0.0%	100.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2001		895		865	0.0%	96.65%		10	50.0%	1.12%		10	n/a%	1.12%		10	n/a%	1.12%
1996		885		865	n/a	97.74%		20	n/a	2.26%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Communities

• Saint-Barnabé-Sud

Death of infant, 2010

On June 7, 2010, police reported that a 20-day-old infant in Saint-Barnabé-Sud had been killed by a dog, a Siberian Husky, that afternoon.^[9][10]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 278441 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Barnabé-Sud
3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-HYACINTHE--BAGOT (Quebec)
4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec
5. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
6. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
7. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. "Dog kills Quebec newborn". The Globe and Mail. Canadian Press. June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
10. "Un bébé est tué par un chien à Saint-Barnabé". Canoe. Agence QMI. June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.

• "Saint-Barnabé-Sud". Commission de toponymie. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
• Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
• Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales