Saint-Ours is a city located in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality of Québec (Canada), in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,721. Founded in 1650 and originally constituent of the Saint-Ours Parish Municipality, which merged alongside L'Immaculée-Conception-de-Saint-Ours municipality in 1991, Saint-Ours is one of the earliest settlements in Montérégie.
Saint-Ours | |
|---|---|
 Saint-Ours church | |
 Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM | |
  Saint-Ours Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°53′N 73°09′W / 45.883°N 73.150°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Pierre-De Saurel |
| Constituted | April 17, 1991 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sylvain Dupuis |
| • Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| • Prov. riding | Richelieu |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.00 km2 (23.55 sq mi) |
| • Land | 59.39 km2 (22.93 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,721 |
| • Density | 29.0/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 856 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-133 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Ours had a population of 1,723 living in 797 of its 858 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 1,669. With a land area of 59.23 km2 (22.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.1/km2 (75.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57356". 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-Ours
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (Quebec)
- ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Ours, Quebec
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Ours, Quebec
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