Saint-Didace is a parish municipality in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Didace | |
|---|---|
 Saint-Didace seen from the church | |
 Location within D'Autray RCM | |
  Saint-Didace Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′N 73°17′W / 46.333°N 73.283°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | D'Autray |
| Settled | 1820 |
| Constituted | August 27, 1863 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yves Germain |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| • Prov. riding | Berthier |
| Area | |
• Total | 102.90 km2 (39.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 99.60 km2 (38.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 688 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.5% |
| • Dwellings | 523 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-348  R-349 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,055 | — |
| 1881 | 2,403 | +16.9% |
| 1891 | 1,954 | −18.7% |
| 1901 | 1,499 | −23.3% |
| 1911 | 1,463 | −2.4% |
| 1921 | 1,050 | −28.2% |
| 1931 | 1,046 | −0.4% |
| 1941 | 1,122 | +7.3% |
| 1951 | 794 | −29.2% |
| 1956 | 704 | −11.3% |
| 1961 | 595 | −15.5% |
| 1966 | 575 | −3.4% |
| 1971 | 506 | −12.0% |
| 1976 | 479 | −5.3% |
| 1981 | 512 | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 521 | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 576 | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 583 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 589 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 668 | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 593 | −11.2% |
| 2016 | 652 | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 688 | +5.5% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Didace had a population of 688 living in 357 of its 523 total private dwellings, a change of 5.5% from its 2016 population of 652. With a land area of 99.6 km2 (38.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.9/km2 (17.9/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.7%
- French as first language: 97.8%
- English and French as first language: 0.7%
- Other as first language: 1.5%
Education
editCommission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone schools:
- École Germain-Caron[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55924". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 52090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Saint-Didace census profile
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "Germain-Caron." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.
External links
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Media related to Saint-Didace at Wikimedia Commons- Saint-Didace - MRC d'Autray
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