Saint-Cuthbert

Saint-Cuthbert is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, located between Montreal and Trois-Rivieres, just north of Berthierville. It is part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,821.

Saint-Cuthbert
Municipality
Location within D'Autray RCM
St-Cuthbert Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°09′N 73°14′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	D'Autray
Settled	1740
Constituted	January 7, 1998
Government [2]
• Mayor	Richard Belhumeur
• Federal riding	Berthier—Maskinongé
• Prov. riding	Berthier
Area [2][3]
• Total	131.47 km2 (50.76 sq mi)
• Land	131.72 km2 (50.86 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources.
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,821
• Density	13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	2.2%
• Dwellings	917
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0K 2C0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-40	R-138
Website	st-cuthbert.qc.ca

History

Church, St. Cuthbert, 2015

The area had its first settlers as early as 1740. In 1766, James Cuthbert [fr] (ca. 1719-1798), member of General Murray's staff and lord of the Berthier seignory, donated land to build a church, provided that its patron saint was Saint Cuthbert.^[1][4]

In 1845, the Municipality of Saint Cuthbert was originally established, but abolished in 1847. It was reestablished as a parish municipality in 1855. In 1851, its post office opened. In 1912, Saint-Cuthbert ceded part of its territory to create the Parish Municipality of Saint-Viateur.^[1]

On January 7, 1998, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Cuthbert and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Viateur merged to form the Municipality of Saint-Cuthbert.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Cuthbert had a population of 1,821, living in 843 private dwellings out of its 917 total dwellings. With a land area of 131.72 square kilometres (50.86 sq mi) Saint-Cuthbert had a population density of 13.8 per square kilometre (36/sq mi).^[3]

Historical Census Data - Saint Cuthbert, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,185 —     1931 1,794 −17.9% 1941 1,792 −0.1% 1951 1,779 −0.7% 1956 1,740 −2.2% 1961 1,654 −4.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 1,726 +4.4% 1971 1,643 −4.8% 1976 1,532 −6.8% 1981 1,730 +12.9% 1986 1,687 −2.5% 1991 1,645 −2.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 1,722 +4.7% 2001 1,899 +10.3% 2006 1,938 +2.1% 2011 1,839 −5.1% 2016 1,862 +1.3% 2021 1,821 −2.2%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes and mergers. Source: Statistics Canada[5][6]

Historical census populations – Saint-Viateur

Year Pop. ±% 1921 251 —     1931 277 +10.4% 1941 284 +2.5% 1951 271 −4.6% 1956 291 +7.4% 1961 335 +15.1% 1966 272 −18.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1971 288 +5.9% 1976 248 −13.9% 1981 184 −25.8% 1986 235 +27.7% 1991 230 −2.1% 1996 201 −12.6%
The Parish Municipality of Saint-Viateur existed from 1912 to 1998, when it was merged with Saint-Cuthbert. Source: Statistics Canada[6]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French	1770	97.3
English	15	0.8%
English and French	10	0.5%
Other	15	0.8%

Education

The Commission scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois. It serves the Lanaudière region and oversees several primary schools and high schools including:

• École Sainte-Anne^[7]

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, headquartered in Rosemere, it serves 14,000 students across 26 elementary schools and operates anglophone public schools, including:

• Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée^[8]
• Joliette High School in Joliette^[9]

Notable people

• François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec
• James Cuthbert Jr. - son of James Cuthbert, founder of Saint-Cuthbert^[4]