Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu


Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the La Vallée-du-Richelieu [Regional County Municipality|Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu]. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,245.

History

In its origin, the municipality was simply named: Saint-Marc. In 1921, the municipality lost an important part of its territory for the creation of the new municipality of Saint-Amable. In 1980, the municipality of Saint-Marc changed its name to the current name of Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu.
On October 10, 2012, the municipality was reportedly the epicenter of an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:
CensusPopulationChange
20212,245 3.4%
20162,172 6.0%
20112,050 9.3%
20061,876 4.1%
20011,957 2.1%
19961,999 8.0%
19911,851 12.8%
19861,641 6.2%
19811,545 32.3%
19761,168 19.4%
1971978 6.1%
1966922 3.5%
1961891 6.4%
1956952 6.6%
1951893 0.9%
1941901 2.0%
1931883 3.8%
1921918 3.4%
1911956 1.2%
1901968 7.9%
1891897 13.4%
18811,036 7.3%
18711,117 18.1%
18611,364N/A

Language

Mother tongue language
LanguagePopulationPct
French only2,16596.4%
English only351.6%
Both English and French251.1%
Other languages150.7%