Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka

Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka is a municipality of Quebec, Canada, located within the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,852.

Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
Municipality
Location within Beauharnois-Salaberry RCM
St-Stanislas-de-Kostka Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45.18°N 74.13°W / 45.18; -74.13[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Beauharnois-Salaberry
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean-François Gendron
• Federal riding	Beauharnois—Salaberry
• Prov. riding	Beauharnois
Area [2][3]
• Total	62.29 km2 (24.05 sq mi)
• Land	57.69 km2 (22.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,852
• Density	32.1/km2 (83/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	12.0%
• Dwellings	896
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0S 1W0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	R-132 R-201 R-236
Website	www.st-stanislas-de-kostka.ca

Geography

Communities

In addition to the namesake main population centre, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:^[1]

• Baie-des-Brises (45°11′55″N 74°25′37″W) – a hamlet situated on Baie des Brises to the northwest.
• Hungry Bay (45°13′06″N 74°09′27″W) – a hamlet situated on Baie Hungry to the northeast.

Lakes & Rivers

The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:^[1]

• Baie des Brises (45°12′23″N 74°10′07″W) – a bay located on the Saint Lawrence River.
• Baie Hungry (45°13′02″N 74°09′46″W) – a bay located on the Saint Lawrence River.

History

The municipality was established in 1855 as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, taking its name from the parish of Saint-Stanislas-Kostka (formed in 1853), which in turn was named after Stanislaus Kostka.^[1]

In 1920 and in 1938, the settlement experienced two large fires that practically wiped it out.^[4]

In 2008, the parish municipality changed statutes to became a regular municipality.^[1]

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,018 —     1931 950 −6.7% 1941 977 +2.8% 1951 926 −5.2% 1956 920 −0.6% 1961 921 +0.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 1,117 +21.3% 1971 1,149 +2.9% 1976 1,216 +5.8% 1981 1,426 +17.3% 1986 1,522 +6.7% 1991 1,590 +4.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 1,643 +3.3% 2001 1,630 −0.8% 2006 1,668 +2.3% 2011 1,553 −6.9% 2016 1,654 +6.5% 2021 1,852 +12.0%
Source: Statistics Canada[5]

Canada census – Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,852 (+12.0% from 2016)	1,654 (+6.5% from 2011)	1,553 (-6.9% from 2006)
Land area	57.69 km2 (22.27 sq mi)	57.72 km2 (22.29 sq mi)	57.69 km2 (22.27 sq mi)
Population density	32.1/km2 (83/sq mi)	28.7/km2 (74/sq mi)	26.9/km2 (70/sq mi)
Median age	44.8 (M: 45.6, F: 44.0)	48.1 (M: 47.0, F: 49.0)	46.9 (M: 46.6, F: 47.1)
Private dwellings	896 (total)  788 (occupied)	877 (total)  725 (occupied)	732 (total)
Median household income	$80,000	$63,616	$.N/A

Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2021^[6] 2016^[7] 2011^[8]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec[5]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		1,855		1,750	11.1%	94.3%		55	8.3%	3.0%		25	66.7%	1.3%		20	100.0%	1.1%
2016		1,655		1,575	9.0%	95.2%		60	14.3%	3.6%		15	50.0%	0.9%		10	100.0%	0.6%
2011		1,530		1,445	8.0%	94.4%		70	7.7%	4.6%		10	n/a%	0.7%		5	75.0%	0.3%
2006		1,655		1,570	1.9%	94.9%		65	225.0%	3.9%		0	0.0%	0.0%		20	60.0%	1.2%
2001		1,610		1,540	1.3%	95.7%		20	60.0%	1.2%		0	0.0%	0.0%		50	400.0%	3.1%
1996		1,620		1,560	n/a	96.3%		50	n/a	3.1%		0	n/a	0.0%		10	n/a	0.6%

Local government

List of former mayors:^[9]

• Barnabé Deschamps (1877–1878)
• Henri Sauvé (1884–1890)
• Antoine Leduc (1890–1891)
• Félix Cardinal (1891–1892)
• Narcisse Perras (1892–1897)
• Dosithée D'Aoust (1897–1899)
• Adélard Raymond (1899–1900)
• Joseph Dolor Laberge (1902–1906)
• Joseph Hormisdas Lalondes (1906–1908)
• Alexis Lemieux (1908–1911)
• Joseph Ovila Legault (1911–1913)
• Amable Longtin (1913–1916)
• Joseph Girouard (1916–1919)
• Joseph Laframboise (1919–1919)
• Amable Lemieux (1919–1923)
• Joseph Daoust (1923–1927)
• Omer Vachon (1927–1929)
• Pierre Lapointe (1929–1935)
• Frédéric Debonville (1935–1937)
• Joseph Alfred Potvin dit Montpetit (1937–1941)
• Joseph Stanislas Poirier (1941–1945)
• Émile Brosseau (1945–1962, 1965–1968)
• Eugène Pilon (1962–1965)
• Joseph-Elzéar Maheu (1968–1977)
• Gilles Demers (1977–1992)
• Joseph Stanislas Léonide Legault (1992–2000)
• Maurice Vaudrin (2000–2005)
• Gilles Boulé (2005–2009)
• Jean Pierre Gaboury (2009–2013)
• Caroline Huot (2013–2021)
• Jean-François Gendron (2021–present)

See also

• Beauharnois Canal
• Saint-Louis River (Beauharnois)
• List of municipalities in Quebec