Sainte-Marthe, Quebec

Not to be confused with Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac.

For other places in Quebec called Sainte-Marthe, see Sainte-Marthe § Canada.

Sainte-Marthe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁt]) is a municipality located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,014.

Sainte-Marthe
Municipality
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
Ste-Marthe Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°24′N 74°18′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted	27 December 1980
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	François Pleau
• Federal riding	Salaberry—Suroît
• Prov. riding	Soulanges
Area [2][4]
• Total	79.92 km2 (30.86 sq mi)
• Land	79.60 km2 (30.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	1,014
• Density	12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	7.6%
• Dwellings	448
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0P 1W0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-201
Website	www.sainte-marthe.ca

The local economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture.^[1]

History

Settlement began in 1835 with the arrival of Irish immigrants. In 1846, the parish was founded and named after Martha, the sister of Lazarus, since the neighbouring parish was called Saint-Lazare.^[1]

That same year, the Municipality of Sainte Marthe was created out of the Municipality of Rigaud, but abolished on September 1, 1847. In 1851, its post office opened.^[1] On July 1, 1855, the municipality was reestablised, which became a parish municipality in 1857.^[5]

In 1928, the village itself separated from the surrounding rural parish and became the Village Municipality of Sainte-Marthe.^[6]

On December 27, 1980, the parish and village merged to form the Municipality of Sainte-Marthe.^[1]

On 5–6 April 2023, a storm of black ice caused 623 person to lose electricity.^[7]

Demographics

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,014 (-7.6% from 2016)	1,097 (2.0% from 2011)	1,075 (-0.5% from 2006)
Land area	79.60 km2 (30.73 sq mi)	79.73 km2 (30.78 sq mi)	79.80 km2 (30.81 sq mi)
Population density	12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)	13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)	13.5/km2 (35/sq mi)
Median age	48.4 (M: 48.4, F: 48.8)	46.7 (M: 47.1, F: 46.3)	44.5 (M: 44.7, F: 44.3)
Private dwellings	448 (total)	451 (total)	430 (total)
Median household income		$68,928	$56,221

Canada census – Sainte-Marthe community profile

References: 2021^[8] 2016^[9] 2011^[10]

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Marthe, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1976 1,046 —     1981 1,099 +5.1% 1986 1,055 −4.0% 1991 1,056 +0.1% 1996 1,090 +3.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 1,094 +0.4% 2006 1,080 −1.3% 2011 1,075 −0.5% 2016 1,097 +2.0% 2021 1,014 −7.6%
Population amounts prior to 1980 are total of Sainte-Marthe Village and Sainte-Marthe Parish. Source: Statistics Canada[11]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Marthe, Quebec[11]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		1,075		875	1.7%	81.40%		150	3.4%	13.95%		15	40.0%	1.40%		35	133.3%	3.25%
2006		1,075		890	5.8%	82.79%		145	20.8%	13.49%		25	150.0%	2.32%		15	0.0%	1.40%
2001		1,090		945	9.9%	86.70%		120	11.1%	11.01%		10	0.0%	0.92%		15	83.3%	1.38%
1996		1,095		860	n/a	78.54%		135	n/a	12.33%		10	n/a	0.91%		90	n/a	8.22%

Local government

Municipal hall of Ste-Marthe

List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):^[12]

• Léon-Henri Bourbonnais (1980–1984)
• Joseph Antoine Wilfrid Germain Roy (1984–1994)
• Joseph Aimé Jean Guy Durocher (1994–2005)
• Aline Guillotte (2005–2017)
• François Pleau (2017–present)

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.^[13]

• École Sainte-Marthe

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.^[14]

• Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of municipalities in Quebec