Très-Saint-Rédempteur
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Très-Saint-Rédempteur (French pronunciation: [tʁɛ sɛ̃ ʁedɑ̃ptœʁ], lit. 'Most Holy Redeemer') is a municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 978. The municipality includes the town of Saint-Redempteur, and lies south of Rigaud along Route 325.
Très-Saint-Rédempteur | |
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 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
 Très-St-Rédempteur Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°26′N 74°23′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 30 December 1880 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Julie Lemieux |
| • Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.20 km2 (10.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 26.06 km2 (10.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 978 |
| • Density | 37.5/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 8.9% |
| • Dwellings | 389 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways | R-325 |
| Website | tressaintredempteur |
The local economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture.[1]
History
In 1732 the territory was concede to François-Pierre and Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil. In 1801 M. Mcdonnel build a mill that became the center of the village.[5] In 1880, the Parish Municipality of Très Saint Rédempteur was created out of territory ceded by the Parish Municipalities of Sainte-Magdeleine-de-Rigaud and Sainte Marthe. In 1882, its post office opened, called Saint-Rédempteur, and closed in 1969.[1]
On January 30, 2010, the parish municipality changed its statutes to become a (regular) municipality.[1]
Demographics
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 978 (+8.9% from 2016) | 898 (4.1% from 2011) | 863 (+17.7% from 2006) |
| Land area | 26.06 km2 (10.06 sq mi) | 26.05 km2 (10.06 sq mi) | 26.10 km2 (10.08 sq mi) |
| Population density | 37.5/km2 (97/sq mi) | 34.5/km2 (89/sq mi) | 33.1/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44.0 (M: 44.4, F: 43.6) | 41.8 (M: 43.2, F: 40.2) | 41.0 (M: 41.5, F: 39.9) |
| Private dwellings | 389 (total) | 371 (total) | 337 (total) |
| Median household income | $72,448 | $62,314 |
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| Source: Statistics Canada[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
860 |
705 |  14.6% |
81.98% | 115 | 4.5% |
13.37% | 5 | n/a% |
0.58% | 35 | 250.0% |
4.07% | |||||
2006 |
735 |
615 | 26.8% |
83.67% | 110 | 46.7% |
14.97% | 0 |  100.0% |
0.00% | 10 |  0.0% |
1.36% | |||||
2001 |
595 |
485 | 4.9% |
81.51% | 75 | 21.1% |
12.61% | 25 | n/a% |
4.20% | 10 | 33.3% |
1.68% | |||||
1996 |
620 |
510 | n/a | 82.26% | 95 | n/a | 15.32% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 15 | n/a | 2.42% | |||||
Local government
List of former mayors:[10]
- John McCabe (1881–1896, 1897–1903)
- François Damien Tessier dit Lavigne (1896–1897)
- Joseph Jean Baptiste Sabourin (1903–1911)
- Ludger Cadieux (1911–1919)
- Joseph Antoine Braseau (1919–1923)
- Pierre Paul Sabourin (1923–1929)
- Joseph Edmond Eugène Sabourin (1929–1931)
- Joseph Wilfrid Sabourin (1931–1935)
- Joseph Jean Baptiste Eucharis Brazeau (1935–1939)
- Joseph Trefflé Ernest Sabourin (1939–1944)
- J. Alphonse Marleau (1944)
- Joseph Henri Paul Sabourin (1944–1945)
- Joseph Antoine Sabourin (1945–1957)
- Joseph Oswald Dasise Sabourin (1957–1965)
- Joseph Treffle Bruno Sabourin (1965–1971)
- Louis Joseph Rojer Thauvette (1971–1979)
- Joseph Gérald Conrad Neault (1979–1982)
- Claude Sabourin (1982–1993)
- Serge Brazeau (1993–1997)
- Joseph Aimé Jean Lalonde (1997–2017)
- Julie Lemieux (2017–present)
Education
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[11]
- École Sainte-Marthe in Sainte-Marthe[12]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.
- Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare[13]
See also
References
External links
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