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Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 754. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe, south of Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, north of Rivière-Baudette and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.
Saint-Télesphore | |
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Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | 19 April 1877 |
Government | |
• Mayor | David Watson McKay |
• Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 60.67 km2 (23.42 sq mi) |
• Land | 60.10 km2 (23.20 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 754 |
• Density | 12.5/km2 (32/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 0.7% |
• Dwellings | 352 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | R-325 R-340 |
Website | saint-telesphore |
The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD.[1] In addition to the village of Saint-Télesphore itself, the municipality also includes the community of Dalhousie or Dalhousie Station along the Canadian Pacific railway.
Settlement began around 1800 with the arrival of Scottish, Irish, and English immigrants. At that time, the place was called Rivière-Delisle, Lac-Saint-François, or Rivière-au-Beaudet.[1]
In 1877, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Télesphore was created, named after the parish that was formed one year earlier. In 1879, its post office opened.[1]
On August 7, 2010, the parish municipality changed its statutes to become a (regular) municipality.[1]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 754 (-0.7% from 2016) | 759 (-0.4% from 2011) | 762 (-0.9% from 2006) |
Land area | 60.10 km2 (23.20 sq mi) | 60.33 km2 (23.29 sq mi) | 60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi) |
Population density | 12.5/km2 (32/sq mi) | 12.6/km2 (33/sq mi) | 12.6/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Median age | 43.6 (M: 44.0, F: 43.2) | 40.9 (M: 40.3, F: 41.8) | 43.1 (M: 43.5, F: 42.3) |
Private dwellings | 352 (total) | 345 (total) | 361 (total) |
Median household income | $54,592 | $47,601 |
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Source: Statistics Canada[10] |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
765 |
655 | 4.0% | 85.62% | 80 | 33.3% | 10.46% | 20 | n/a% | 2.61% | 10 | 33.3% | 1.31% | |||||
2006 |
765 |
630 | 4.5% | 82.35% | 120 | 14.3% | 15.69% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 15 | n/a% | 1.96% | |||||
2001 |
775 |
660 | 9.6% | 85.16% | 105 | 23.5% | 13.55% | 10 | n/a% | 1.29% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |||||
1996 |
815 |
730 | n/a | 89.57% | 85 | n/a | 10.43% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
List of former mayors:[11]
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[12]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[13]
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