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:| Census | Population | Change |
| 2021 | 2,245 | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 2,172 | 6.0% |
| 2011 | 2,050 | 9.3% |
| 2006 | 1,876 | 4.1% |
| 2001 | 1,957 | 2.1% |
| 1996 | 1,999 | 8.0% |
| 1991 | 1,851 | 12.8% |
| 1986 | 1,641 | 6.2% |
| 1981 | 1,545 | 32.3% |
| 1976 | 1,168 | 19.4% |
| 1971 | 978 | 6.1% |
| 1966 | 922 | 3.5% |
| 1961 | 891 | 6.4% |
| 1956 | 952 | 6.6% |
| 1951 | 893 | 0.9% |
| 1941 | 901 | 2.0% |
| 1931 | 883 | 3.8% |
| 1921 | 918 | 3.4% |
| 1911 | 956 | 1.2% |
| 1901 | 968 | 7.9% |
| 1891 | 897 | 13.4% |
| 1881 | 1,036 | 7.3% |
| 1871 | 1,117 | 18.1% |
| 1861 | 1,364 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue language| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 2,165 | 96.4% |
| English only | 35 | 1.6% |
| Both English and French | 25 | 1.1% |
| Other languages | 15 | 0.7% |