Saint-Damase is a municipality located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,447. The municipality was created on October 5, 2001, by the merger of the Parish and the Village of Saint-Damase.
Saint-Damase | |
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| Motto(s): Labor et Probitas (Work and Honesty) | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.PNG) Location within Les Maskoutains RCM | |
  Saint-Damase Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°32′N 73°00′W / 45.533°N 73.000°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Les Maskoutains |
| Constituted | October 5, 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Robert |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
| • Prov. riding | Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Area | |
• Total | 80.90 km2 (31.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 79.65 km2 (30.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 2,447 |
| • Density | 30.7/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  1.1% |
| • Dwellings | 1,056 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-231  R-233 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
editPopulation
editCanada census – Saint-Damase community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 2,447 (-1.1% from 2016) | 2,473 (-1.3% from 2011) | 2,506 (+0.8% from 2006) |
| Land area | 79.65 km2 (30.75 sq mi) | 79.70 km2 (30.77 sq mi) | 79.07 km2 (30.53 sq mi) |
| Population density | 30.7/km2 (80/sq mi) | 31.0/km2 (80/sq mi) | 31.7/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44.4 (M: 43.6, F: 44.8) | 43.1 (M: 42.7, F: 43.8) | 41.3 (M: 41.1, F: 41.4) |
| Private dwellings | 1,025 (total) | 1,043 (total) | 1,025 (total) |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $71,296 | $65,287 |
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Language
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| Census | Total | French
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021
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2,445
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2,385 | 0.2%
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97.5% | 20 |  33.3%
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0.8% | 10 | 50.0%
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0.4% | 20 | 60.0%
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0.8% | |||||
2016
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2,470
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2,390 | 2.8%
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96.8% | 15 |  0.0%
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0.6% | 20 | 300.0%
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0.8% | 50 | 150.0%
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2.0% | |||||
2011
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2,500
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2,460 | 1.0%
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98.4% | 15 | 50.0%
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0.6% | 5 | n/a%
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0.2% | 20 | 0.0%
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0.8% | |||||
2006
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2,465
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2,435 | n/a | 98.8% | 10 | n/a | 0.4% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 20 | n/a | 0.8% | |||||
See also
edit- List of municipalities in Quebec
- Jewish Colonies in Canada Accessed October 22, 2012
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 370954". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Damase (Montérégie)
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-HYACINTHE--BAGOT (Quebec)
- ^ a b c "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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