Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t an də la pɔkatjɛʁ]) is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
Parish municipality
Location within Kamouraska RCM
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°21′N 70°00′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Kamouraska
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Named after	seigneury of la Pocatière[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean-François Pelletier
• Federal riding	Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata
• Prov. riding	Côte-du-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	79.70 km2 (30.77 sq mi)
• Land	54.78 km2 (21.15 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,597
• Density	29.2/km2 (76/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.4%
• Dwellings	717
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0R 2A0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways A-20 (TCH)	R-132 R-230
Website	www.ste-anne-de-la-pocatiere.com

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière had a population of 1,597 living in 681 of its 717 total private dwellings, a change of -2.4% from its 2016 population of 1,636. With a land area of 54.78 km² (21.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.2/km² (75.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec^[5]

Year	Pop.	±%
1861	3,406	—
1871	3,134	−8.0%
1881	2,878	−8.2%
1891	2,734	−5.0%
1901	2,434	−11.0%
1911	2,412	−0.9%
1921	2,885	+19.6%
1931	3,063	+6.2%
1941	3,368	+10.0%
1951	3,660	+8.7%
1956	4,073	+11.3%
1961	1,173	−71.2%
1966	1,274	+8.6%
1971	1,007	−21.0%
1976	1,112	+10.4%
1981	1,566	+40.8%
1986	1,758	+12.3%
1991	1,983	+12.8%
1996	1,862	−6.1%
2001	1,889	+1.5%
2006	1,843	−2.4%
2011	1,717	−6.8%
2016	1,636	−4.7%
2021	1,597	−2.4%

Government

• Mayor: Jean-François Pelletier
• Councillors: Sylvain Dorion, Carole Lévesque, Pascale G. Malenfant, Josée Michaud, Natasha Pelletier, Annie Sénéchal

Notable people

• Marie-Claude Bourbonnais, glamour model

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec