Saint-Norbert


Saint-Norbert is a parish municipality in D'Autray Regional County Municipality the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.
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History

The municipality is named after Saint Norbert of Xanten. The parish of Saint-Norbert was detached from that of Sainte-Genevieve-de-Berthier in 1848. The church in the centre of the village was inaugurated in 1876.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Norbert had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend:
  • Population in 2021: 1,060
  • Population in 2016: 1,003
  • Population in 2011: 1,059
  • Population in 2006: 1,067
  • Population in 2001: 1,046
  • Population in 1996: 1,070
  • Population in 1991: 971
  • Population in 1986: 947
  • Population in 1981: 957
  • Population in 1976: 946
  • Population in 1971: 998
  • Population in 1966: 1,022
  • Population in 1961: 1,023
  • Population in 1956: 1,031
  • Population in 1951: 970
  • Population in 1941: 977
  • Population in 1931: 988
  • Population in 1921: 1,048
  • Population in 1911: 1,210
  • Population in 1901: 1,292
  • Population in 1891: 1,478
  • Population in 1881: 1,451
  • Population in 1871: 1,943
  • Population in 1861: 1,500
Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 0.5%
  • French as first language: 97.6%
  • English and French as first language: 0.5%
  • Other as first language: 0.9%

Education

Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: