Saint-Damase, Montérégie
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Damase (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ damaz]) 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: 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[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 codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-231  R-233 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
Population
Canada 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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English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
2,445 |
2,385 | 0.2% |
97.5% | 20 |  33.3% |
0.8% | 10 | 50.0% |
0.4% | 20 | 60.0% |
0.8% | |||||
2016 |
2,470 |
2,390 | 2.8% |
96.8% | 15 |  0.0% |
0.6% | 20 | 300.0% |
0.8% | 50 | 150.0% |
2.0% | |||||
2011 |
2,500 |
2,460 | 1.0% |
98.4% | 15 | 50.0% |
0.6% | 5 | n/a% |
0.2% | 20 | 0.0% |
0.8% | |||||
2006 |
2,465 |
2,435 | n/a | 98.8% | 10 | n/a | 0.4% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 20 | n/a | 0.8% | |||||
See also
- List of municipalities in Quebec
- Jewish Colonies in Canada Accessed October 22, 2012
