Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec

Sainte-Madeleine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t madlɛn]) is a village municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,356.

Sainte-Madeleine
Village municipality
Location within Les Maskoutains RCM
Sainte-Madeleine Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°36′N 73°06′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Les Maskoutains
Constituted	December 30, 1919
Named after	Mary Magdalene[1]
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Marie-Hélène Demers
• Federal riding	Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
• Prov. riding	Borduas
Area [2][4]
• Total	5.30 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
• Land	5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources.
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	2,356
• Density	439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	8.3%
• Dwellings	960
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0H 1S0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-20 (TCH)	R-116 R-227
Website	www.villestemadeleine.qc.ca

Le Camping Ste-Madeleine, founded in 1967 for visitors to EXPO 67, is the area's principal tourist attraction. The annual musical event, the Festival Country du Camping Sainte-Madeleine, held in late July, attracts approximately 5,000 visitors to the community of 2,356.

Individuals born in Sainte-Madeleine include artist France Jodoin.^[5]

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec^[6]

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	1,847	—
1996	1,993	+7.9%
2001	2,011	+0.9%
2006	2,175	+8.2%
2011	2,356	+8.3%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Madeleine had a population of 2,268 living in 957 of its 983 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 2,233. With a land area of 5.36 km² (2.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 423.1/km² (1,095.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

Canada census – Sainte-Madeleine community profile

	2021	2011
Population	2,268 (+1.6% from 2016)	2,356 (+8.3% from 2006)
Land area	5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi)	5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population density	422.9/km2 (1,095/sq mi)	439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi)
Median age	40.8 (M: 40.4, F: 40.8)	36.4 (M: 36.1, F: 36.8)
Private dwellings	960 (total)	960 (total)
Median household income		$64,997

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

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		2,355		2,305	8.0%	97.88%		15	50.0%	0.64%		10	n/a%	0.42%		25	0.0%	1.06%
2006		2,170		2,135	6.8%	98.39%		10	0.0%	0.46%		0	0.0%	0.00%		25	150.0%	1.15%
2001		2,020		2,000	1.0%	99.01%		10	0.0%	0.49%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	0.49%
1996		1,990		1,980	n/a	99.50%		10	n/a	0.50%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of village municipalities in Quebec