Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec
| Sainte-Madeleine | |
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| Village municipality | |
 Location within Les Maskoutains RCM. | |
  Sainte-Madeleine Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°36′N 73°06′W / 45.600°N 73.100°WCoordinates: 45°36′N 73°06′W / 45.600°N 73.100°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Les Maskoutains |
| Constituted | December 30, 1919 |
| Named for | Mary Magdalene[1] |
| Government[2][3] | |
| • Mayor | Alain Paradis |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
| • Prov. riding | Borduas |
| Area[2][4] | |
| • Total | 5.30 km2 (2.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
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There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 2,356 |
| • Density | 439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 8.3% |
| • Dwellings | 960 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0H 1S0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |
 Route 116  Route 227 |
| Website |
www madeleine |
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.
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
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Language
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English |
French & English |
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| 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% | |||||
See also
References
- 1 2 Reference number 56259 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sainte-Madeleine
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-HYACINTHE--BAGOT (Quebec)
- 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec
- ↑ Boucher, Sarah. De toutes petites histoires / Simple Short Stories. Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke: 2012. Print.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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