Sainte-Marie, Quebec

Sainte-Marie
Sainte-Marie
City
	Taschereau Mansion and Sainte-Anne Chapel
	Seal
	Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM
	Sainte-Marie Location in southern Quebec
	Coordinates: 46°27′N 71°02′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	La Nouvelle-Beauce
Constituted	April 15, 1978
Government
• Mayor	Gaétan Vachon
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Nord
Area
• Total	108.90 km2 (42.05 sq mi)
• Land	107.55 km2 (41.53 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	13,134
• Density	122.1/km2 (316/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	3.2%
• Dwellings	5,630
Demonym(s)	Mariverains, Mariveraines
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G6E
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways ; A-73	; R-173 ; R-216
Website	www.sainte-marie.ca

Sainte-Marie is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Municipalité régionale de la Nouvelle-Beauce, in Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada. The population was 13,134 as of the Canada 2021 Census, and was 95.7% French-speaking as of 2021. It is located 59 kilometres (37 mi) south-east of Quebec City, on the Chaudière River.

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The seigneurie of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce was granted to Thomas-Jacques Taschereau in 1736. He chose the name in honour of his wife, Marie-Claire de Fleury de La Gorgendière. The religious parish was founded in 1737 and the municipality in 1845.

The territory of Sainte-Marie was divided on several occasions, as population increased, in order to found neighbouring communities: Saint-Bernard, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Maxime-de-Scott (now Scott), Sainte-Marguerite, Sainte-Hénédine, Saint-Sylvestre, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Séverin, Saints-Anges, and Vallée-Jonction.

In 1913, the territory was split again, following the detachment of the village (urban part of the territory) from the parish municipality (rural part). In 1958, the village was constituted as a city and in 1959, Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce was renamed as Sainte-Marie. In 1978, the city and the parish municipality governments amalgamated.

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Historical census population counts
Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,311	—
1931	1,598	+21.9%
1941	1,736	+8.6%
1951	2,431	+40.0%
1956	3,094	+27.3%
1961	3,662	+18.4%
1966	4,192	+14.5%
1971	4,307	+2.7%
1976	4,462	+3.6%
1981*	8,936	+100.3%
1986	9,536	+6.7%
1991	10,542	+10.5%
1996	10,966	+4.0%
2001	11,320	+3.2%
2006	11,584	+2.3%
2011	12,889	+11.3%
2016	13,565	+5.2%
2021	13,134	−3.2%
*() The Town of Sainte-Marie annexed the Parish of Sainte-Marie.** Source: Statistics Canada

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marie had a population of 13,134 living in 5,500 of its 5,630 total private dwellings, a change of -3.2% from its 2016 population of 13,565. With a land area of 107.55 km² (41.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 122.1/km² (316.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]