Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ matjø də ʁju]) is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Les Basques Regional County Municipality.
Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux | |
|---|---|
A view of Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux | |
 Location within Les Basques RCM | |
  Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48.18°N 68.98°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Les Basques |
| Constituted | August 18, 1865 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roger Martin |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata |
| Area | |
• Total | 115.20 km2 (44.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 107.27 km2 (41.42 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 691 |
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  8.1% |
| • Dwellings | 573 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Demographics
Population
Canada census – Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 691 (+8.1% from 2016) | 639 (-5.8% from 2011) | 678 (+0.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 107.27 km2 (41.42 sq mi) | 107.82 km2 (41.63 sq mi) | 107.77 km2 (41.61 sq mi) |
| Population density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Median age | 54.8 (M: 55.2, F: 54.4) | 56.3 (M: 57.2, F: 54.8) | 52.0 (M: 52.9, F: 51.3) |
| Private dwellings | 340 (total) | 559 (total) | 556 (total) |
| Median household income | $63,600 | $54,336 | $48,419 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 896 | — |
| 1881 | 1,175 | +31.1% |
| 1891 | 846 | −28.0% |
| 1901 | 893 | +5.6% |
| 1911 | 842 | −5.7% |
| 1921 | 781 | −7.2% |
| 1931 | 858 | +9.9% |
| 1941 | 1,056 | +23.1% |
| 1951 | 1,089 | +3.1% |
| 1956 | 1,193 | +9.6% |
| 1961 | 1,113 | −6.7% |
| 1966 | 1,097 | −1.4% |
| 1971 | 813 | −25.9% |
| 1976 | 723 | −11.1% |
| 1981 | 667 | −7.7% |
| 1986 | 621 | −6.9% |
| 1991 | 560 | −9.8% |
| 1996 | 565 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 601 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 672 | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 678 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 639 | −5.8% |
| 2021 | 691 | +8.1% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
690 |
670 | 5.5% |
97.1% | 5 |  0.0% |
0.7% | 5 | n/a% |
0.7% | 5 | 0.0% |
0.7% | |||||
2016 |
635 |
635 |  4.5% |
100.0% | 5 | 0.0% |
0.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 5 | 0.0% |
0.8% | |||||
2011 |
675 |
665 | 0.7% |
98.5% | 5 | n/a% |
0.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 5 | n/a% |
0.7% | |||||
2006 |
670 |
670 | 5.2% |
100.0% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2001 |
645 |
635 | 11.0% |
98.5% | 10 | n/a% |
1.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
1996 |
565 |
565 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
