Saint-Télesphore
Saint-Télesphore | |
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 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. | |
  Saint-Télesphore Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W / 45.300°N 74.383°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 19 April 1877 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yvon Bériault |
| • Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
| • Total | 60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 762 |
| • Density | 12.6/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  0.9% |
| • Dwellings | 361 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-325  R-340 |
Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 762. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.
History
The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD.
Demographics
Population
Canada census – Saint-Télesphore community profile
| 2011 | |
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| Population | 762 (-0.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi) |
| Population density | 12.6/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Median age | 43.1 (M: 43.5, F: 42.3) |
| Private dwellings | 361 (total) |
| Median household income | $47,601 |
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Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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765
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655 |  4.0%
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85.62% | 80 | 33.3%
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10.46% | 20 | n/a%
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2.61% | 10 | 33.3%
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1.31% | |||||
2006
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765
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630 | 4.5%
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82.35% | 120 | 14.3%
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15.69% | 0 | 100.0%
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0.00% | 15 | n/a%
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1.96% | |||||
2001
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775
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660 | 9.6%
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85.16% | 105 | 23.5%
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13.55% | 10 | n/a%
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1.29% | 0 |  0.0%
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0.00% | |||||
1996
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815
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730 | n/a | 89.57% | 85 | n/a | 10.43% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Education
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[8]
- École du Val-des-Prés Immaculée-Conception
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[9]
- Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57684". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Télesphore
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.
External links
Media related to Saint-Télesphore at Wikimedia Commons
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