Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec

Not to be confused with a different Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches.

Sainte-Perpétue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t pɛʁpety]) is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 916.

Sainte-Perpétue
Parish municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM.
Sainte-Perpétue Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Nicolet-Yamaska
Constituted	March 9, 1878
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Guy Dupuis
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area [2][4]
• Total	71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi)
• Land	71.51 km2 (27.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	916
• Density	12.8/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.5%
• Dwellings	407
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0C 1R0
Area code	819
Highways	R-259

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Perpétue had a population of 916 living in 384 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 959. With a land area of 71.51 km² (27.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km² (33.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Population trend:[6] Census Population Change (%) 2021 916 4.5% 2016 959 2.4% 2011 983 2.5% 2006 959 3.4% 2001 993 3.0% 1996 1,024 1.1% 1991 1,013 1.7% 1986 1,030 0.7% 1981 1,037 1.4% 1976 1,023 3.3% 1971 990 11.5% 1966 1,119 3.5% 1961 1,160 5.8% 1956 1,232 12.9% 1951 1,091 1.5% 1941 1,075 1.3% 1931 1,089 11.6% 1921 1,232 3.9% 1911 1,282 36.5% 1901 939 12.7% 1891 833 79.1% 1881 465 N/A

Mother tongue language (2021)[7] Language Population Pct (%) French only 885 96.7% English only 5 0.5% Both English and French 0 0.0% Other languages 20 2.2%

Attractions

A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec