Saint-Isidore, Montérégie, Quebec
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Isidore (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿izidɔʁ]) is a parish municipality in Roussillon Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,769. It is the hometown of mixed martial arts champion Georges St-Pierre and Kevin Bedard.
Saint-Isidore | |
|---|---|
Downtown Saint-Isidore | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.PNG) Location within Roussillon RCM | |
  Saint-Isidore Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45.3°N 73.68°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Roussillon |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sylvain Payant |
| • Federal riding | Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville |
| • Prov. riding | Châteauguay |
| Area | |
• Total | 52.20 km2 (20.15 sq mi) |
| • Land | 52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 2,769 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  6.2% |
| • Dwellings | 1,094 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-207  R-221 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,992 | — |
| 1871 | 1,814 | −8.9% |
| 1881 | 1,591 | −12.3% |
| 1891 | 1,463 | −8.0% |
| 1901 | 1,315 | −10.1% |
| 1911 | 1,166 | −11.3% |
| 1921 | 1,129 | −3.2% |
| 1931 | 1,145 | +1.4% |
| 1941 | 1,122 | −2.0% |
| 1951 | 1,239 | +10.4% |
| 1956 | 1,374 | +10.9% |
| 1961 | 1,496 | +8.9% |
| 1966 | 1,638 | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 1,814 | +10.7% |
| 1976 | 1,954 | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 2,234 | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 2,262 | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 2,247 | −0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,401 | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 2,371 | −1.2% |
| 2006 | 2,489 | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 2,581 | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 2,608 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,769 | +6.2% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Isidore had a population of 2,769 living in 1,072 of its 1,094 total private dwellings, a change of 6.2% from its 2016 population of 2,608. With a land area of 52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 53.0/km2 (137.2/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
Canada census – Saint-Isidore community profile
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| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Isidore, Montérégie, Quebec[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
2,770 |
2,570 | 5.3% |
92.9% | 85 |  0.0% |
3.1% | 25 | 25.0% |
0.9% | 75 | 36.4% |
2.7% | |||||
2016 |
2,605 |
2,440 | 1.2% |
93.7% | 85 | 0.0% |
3.3% | 20 |  20.0% |
0.8% | 55 | 57.1% |
2.1% | |||||
2011 |
2,555 |
2,410 | 5.7% |
94.3% | 85 | 0.0% |
3.3% | 25 | n/a% |
1.0% | 35 | 53.3% |
1.4% | |||||
2006 |
2,440 |
2,280 | 6.3% |
93.4% | 85 | 37.0% |
3.5% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 75 | 66.7% |
3.1% | |||||
2001 |
2,340 |
2,145 | 3.6% |
91.7% | 135 | 237.5% |
5.8% | 15 | 66.7% |
0.6% | 45 | 40.0% |
1.9% | |||||
1996 |
2,385 |
2,225 | n/a | 93.3% | 40 | n/a | 1.7% | 45 | n/a | 1.9% | 75 | n/a | 3.1% | |||||
Notable people
- Georges St-Pierre, mixed martial artist
