Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël
Place in New Brunswick, Canada
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Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi sɛ̃ ʁafaɛl]; unofficially Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël) is a former village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Île-de-Lamèque.
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël
Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël | |
|---|---|
  Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël Location within New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 47°47′N 64°34′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Gloucester |
| Parish | Shippagan |
| Town | Île-de-Lamèque |
| Incorporated | May 12, 1986 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 15.84 km2 (6.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 820 |
| • Density | 51.8/km2 (134/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016–21) |  6.7% |
| • Dwellings | 433 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 506 |
| Highways |  Route 305 |
| Website | www |
Located on Lamèque Island, the village was formed by the incorporation of most of the local service district (LSD) of St. Raphael sur-Mer and a small part of the neighbouring LSD of Haut-Lamèque.[2] Contrary to frequent citation, it was not formed by an amalgamation involving a village named Sainte-Marie.
History
In May 1971, an anxious Acadian fishing population demanded a public hearing into the safety of the Marc Guylaine, and 400 people met at the Saint-Raphaël community centre where an "action group" was commissioned to study the issue. Ultimately the last of the "cursed" sister ships was found to be unseaworthy.[3]
On 1 January 2023, Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël amalgamated with the town of Lamèque and all or part of ten local service districts to form the new town of Île-de-Lamèque.[4][5] The community's name remains in official use.[6]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël had a population of 820 living in 395 of its 433 total private dwellings, a change of −6.7% from its 2016 population of 879. With a land area of 15.84 km2 (6.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 51.8/km2 (134.1/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 820 (-6.7% from 2016) | 955 (-3.8% from 2006) |
| Land area | 15.84 km2 (6.12 sq mi) | 15.61 km2 (6.03 sq mi) |
| Population density | 51.8/km2 (134/sq mi) | 61.2/km2 (159/sq mi) |
| Median age | 56.8 (M: 56, F: 58.4) | 48.5 (M: 48.2, F: 49.0) |
| Private dwellings | 395 (total) | 443 (total) |
| Median household income | $41,422 |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, New Brunswick[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 % | |||||
2011 |
960 |
940 | 3.1% |
97.92% | 15 | 25.0% |
1.56% | 5 |  n/a% |
0.52% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
2006 |
990 |
970 | 13.8% |
97.98% | 20 | 100.0% |
2.02% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
2001 |
1,135 |
1,125 | 4.3% |
99.12% | 10 | 0.0% |
0.88% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
1,195 |
1,175 | n/a | 98.33% | 10 | n/a | 0.84% | 10 | n/a | 0.84% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
