Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot

Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t elɛn də baɡɔt]) is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,637.

Welcome panel for the village of Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot in 2022

Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot
Municipality
Location within Les Maskoutains RCM.
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°44′N 72°44′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Les Maskoutains
Constituted	July 9, 1977
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Yves Petit
• Federal riding	Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
• Prov. riding	Johnson
Area [2][4]
• Total	71.40 km2 (27.57 sq mi)
• Land	73.42 km2 (28.35 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	1,637
• Density	22.3/km2 (58/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	13.2%
• Dwellings	701
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0H 1M0
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.sainte helenedebagot.com

History

This municipality was born from the merger, in 1977, of the parish municipality of Sainte-Hélène, founded in 1855, and the village municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, founded in 1925.^[5]

Geography

Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot is located between Saint-Hyacinthe and Drummondville and is crossed by the Highway 20 - Jean-Lesage, the village on one side and the land on the other.

Its location allowed, in the 1970s, with the construction of a highway between Montreal and Quebec, to become a stopover village.^[6] Several restaurants and service stations are present in this locality of 1500 inhabitants. According to the Ministry of Transport of Quebec, more than 1000 trucks a day stop in this small village.

The municipality was once part of County of Bagot. It is now part of the provincial riding of Johnson.^[7]

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot community profile

	2021	2011
Population	1,696 (+0.5% from 2016)	1,637 (+13.2% from 2006)
Land area	72.41 km2 (27.96 sq mi)	73.42 km2 (28.35 sq mi)
Population density	23.4/km2 (61/sq mi)	22.3/km2 (58/sq mi)
Median age	39.2 (M: 38.8, F: 39.6)	36.0 (M: 36.6, F: 34.7)
Private dwellings	715 (total)	701 (total)
Median household income		$55,586

References: 2021^[8] 2011^[4]

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec^[9]

Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,478 —     1996 1,495 +1.2%

Year Pop. ±% 2001 1,521 +1.7% 2006 1,446 −4.9%

Year Pop. ±% 2011 1,637 +13.2%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec[9]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		1,630		1,600	15.5%	98.16%		10	n/a%	0.61%		5	n/a%	0.31%		15	72.7%	0.92%
2006		1,440		1,385	6.1%	96.18%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		55	83.3%	3.82%
2001		1,505		1,475	0.3%	98.01%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		30	n/a%	1.99%
1996		1,470		1,470	n/a	100.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec