Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-la-Mitis

Not to be confused with the village of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec.

Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc-de-la-Mitis (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒan daʁk də la mitis]) is a municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 217.^[2][3]

Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc-de-la-Mitis
Municipality
Church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-la-Mitis
Location within La Mitis RCM
Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc-de-la-Mitis Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48.4955595°N 67.9615137°W / 48.4955595; -67.9615137[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Mitis
Constituted	January 30, 1922
Government [2]
• Mayor	Michel Verrault
• Federal riding	Rimouski—La Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area [2][3]
• Total	112.80 km2 (43.55 sq mi)
• Land	110.34 km2 (42.60 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	217
• Density	2/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	22.5%
• Dwellings	146
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0J 2T0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-132
Website	www.municipalite.sainte-jeanne-darc.qc.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc-de-la-Mitis had a population of 217 living in 110 of its 146 total private dwellings, a change of -22.5% from its 2016 population of 280. With a land area of 110.34 km² (42.60 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.0/km² (5.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Canada census – Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc-de-la-Mitis community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	217 (-22.5% from 2016)	280 (-10.5% from 2011)	313 (-2.8% from 2006)
Land area	110.34 km2 (42.60 sq mi)	110.55 km2 (42.68 sq mi)	109.86 km2 (42.42 sq mi)
Population density	2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)	2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)	2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi)
Median age	54.8 (M: 54.4, F: 54.8)	50.4 (M: 48.2, F: 51.1)	45.7 (M: 47.0, F: 45.1)
Private dwellings	146 (total)	169 (total)	149 (total)
Median household income	$n/a	$41,280	$34,053

References: 2021^[5] 2016^[6] 2011^[7]

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc-de-la-Mitis, Quebec^[8]

Year	Pop.	±%
1931	794	—
1941	955	+20.3%
1951	1,037	+8.6%
1956	1,099	+6.0%
1961	1,057	−3.8%
1966	951	−10.0%
1971	720	−24.3%
1976	537	−25.4%
1981	483	−10.1%
1986	451	−6.6%
1991	369	−18.2%
1996	371	+0.5%
2001	354	−4.6%
2006	322	−9.0%
2011	313	−2.8%
2016	280	−10.5%
2021	217	−22.5%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc-de-la-Mitis, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		220		210	25.0%	95.5%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2016		280		280	9.7%	100.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2011		310		310	12.7%	100.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2006		360		355	6.0%	98.6%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%
2001		355		335	5.6%	94.4%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		15	0.0%	4.2%
1996		370		355	n/a	95.9%		0	n/a	0.0%		0	n/a	0.0%		15	n/a	4.1%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec