Sainte-Rita
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Sainte-Rita (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʁita]) is a municipality in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Sainte-Rita | |
|---|---|
the village of Sainte-Rita | |
 Location within Les Basques RCM | |
  Sainte-Rita Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47.95°N 68.9166667°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Les Basques |
| Constituted | January 1, 1948 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Colpron |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata |
| Area | |
• Total | 131.60 km2 (50.81 sq mi) |
| • Land | 129.52 km2 (50.01 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 303 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  1.3% |
| • Dwellings | 216 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-295 |
| Website | www.municipalite. sainte-rita.qc.ca |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Rita had a population of 303 living in 142 of its 216 total private dwellings, a change of -1.3% from its 2016 population of 307. With a land area of 129.52 km2 (50.01 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.3/km2 (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Population
Canada census – Sainte-Rita community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 303 (-1.3% from 2016) | 307 (-1.9% from 2011) | 313 (-11.8% from 2006) |
| Land area | 129.52 km2 (50.01 sq mi) | 129.44 km2 (49.98 sq mi) | 129.84 km2 (50.13 sq mi) |
| Population density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) |
| Median age | 54.4 (M: 54, F: 54.4) | 51.8 (M: 51.5, F: 51.8) | 49.8 (M: 49.4, F: 50.5) |
| Private dwellings | 216 (total) | 224 (total) | 164 (total) |
| Median household income | $51,200 | $41,024 | $37,483 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1,027 | — |
| 1956 | 1,076 | +4.8% |
| 1961 | 1,000 | −7.1% |
| 1966 | 947 | −5.3% |
| 1971 | 747 | −21.1% |
| 1976 | 577 | −22.8% |
| 1981 | 516 | −10.6% |
| 1986 | 462 | −10.5% |
| 1991 | 402 | −13.0% |
| 1996 | 387 | −3.7% |
| 2001 | 388 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 355 | −8.5% |
| 2011 | 313 | −11.8% |
| 2016 | 307 | −1.9% |
| 2021 | 303 | −1.3% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Rita, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
305 |
295 | 3.3% |
96.7% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2016 |
310 |
305 | 1.6% |
98.4% | 5 |  n/a% |
1.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2011 |
310 |
310 | 11.4% |
100.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2006 |
350 |
350 | 2.8% |
100.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2001 |
360 |
360 | 1.4% |
100.0% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
1996 |
365 |
355 | n/a | 97.3% | 10 | n/a | 2.7% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
