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Saint-Télesphore

Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W / 45.300°N 74.383°W / 45.300; -74.383
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Saint-Télesphore
Municipality
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
Saint-Télesphore is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Télesphore
Saint-Télesphore
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W / 45.300°N 74.383°W / 45.300; -74.383[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMVaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted19 April 1877
Government
[2][3]
 • MayorDavid Watson McKay
 • Federal ridingSalaberry—Suroît
 • Prov. ridingSoulanges
Area
[2][4]
 • Total60.67 km2 (23.42 sq mi)
 • Land60.10 km2 (23.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total754
 • Density12.5/km2 (32/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 0.7%
 • Dwellings
352
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0P 1Y0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Highways R-325
R-340
Websitesaint-telesphore.com Edit this at Wikidata

Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 754. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe, south of Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, north of Rivière-Baudette and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.

The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD.[1] In addition to the village of Saint-Télesphore itself, the municipality also includes the community of Dalhousie or Dalhousie Station along the Canadian Pacific railway.

History

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Settlement began around 1800 with the arrival of Scottish, Irish, and English immigrants. At that time, the place was called Rivière-Delisle, Lac-Saint-François, or Rivière-au-Beaudet.[1]

In 1877, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Télesphore was created, named after the parish that was formed one year earlier. In 1879, its post office opened.[1]

On August 7, 2010, the parish municipality changed its statutes to become a (regular) municipality.[1]

Demographics

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Canada census – Saint-Télesphore community profile
202120162011
Population754 (-0.7% from 2016)759 (-0.4% from 2011)762 (-0.9% from 2006)
Land area60.10 km2 (23.20 sq mi)60.33 km2 (23.29 sq mi)60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi)
Population density12.5/km2 (32/sq mi)12.6/km2 (33/sq mi)12.6/km2 (33/sq mi)
Median age43.6 (M: 44.0, F: 43.2)40.9 (M: 40.3, F: 41.8)43.1 (M: 43.5, F: 42.3)
Private dwellings352 (total)  345 (total)  361 (total) 
Median household income$54,592$47,601
References: 2021[5] 2016[6] 2011[7] earlier[8][9]
Historical Census Data - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1976 792—    
1981 806+1.8%
1986 777−3.6%
1991 772−0.6%
1996 805+4.3%
YearPop.±%
2001 773−4.0%
2006 769−0.5%
2011 762−0.9%
2016 759−0.4%
2021 754−0.7%
Source: Statistics Canada[10]

Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec[10]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
765
 655 Increase 4.0% 85.62% 80 Decrease 33.3% 10.46% 20 Increase n/a% 2.61% 10 Decrease 33.3% 1.31%
2006
765
 630 Decrease 4.5% 82.35% 120 Increase 14.3% 15.69% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.00% 15 Increase n/a% 1.96%
2001
775
 660 Decrease 9.6% 85.16% 105 Increase 23.5% 13.55% 10 Increase n/a% 1.29% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
1996
815
 730 n/a 89.57% 85 n/a 10.43% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

Local government

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Town Hall

List of former mayors:[11]

  • Camille Gourgon (1878–1883)
  • Jean Baptiste Campeau (1883–1884, 1885–1886)
  • Athanase Daou (1884–1885, 1886–1889)
  • Joseph Pilon (1889–1893, 1897–1899, 1902–1905)
  • Louis Charlebois (1893–1897)
  • Joseph Antoine Moyse Leroux (1899–1902, 1917-1919)
  • Joseph Moyse Beauchamp (1905–1909)
  • François Xavier Cuillierier (1909–1913)
  • Louis Sauvé (1913–1914)
  • Zotique Dicaire (1914–1917)
  • Joseph Alfred Théodule Pilon (1919–1923)
  • Joseph Arthur Hyacinthe St. Denis (1923–1927)
  • Joseph Alfred Louis Charlebois (1927–1939)
  • Joseph Samuel Evariste Braseau (1939–1953)
  • Joseph Arcade Napoléon Bruno St-Denis (1953–1959)
  • Joseph-Elzéar-Rosario-Richard Gaston Pilon (1959–1963)
  • Joseph Jean-Baptiste Rémi Sauvé (1963–1981, 1987–1999)
  • Joseph Marcel Eléonore Descent (1981–1983)
  • Robert Bourgon (1983–1987, 1999–2003)
  • Joseph Albert Patrice Claude Cyr (2003–2009)
  • Yvon Bériault (2009–2021)
  • David Watson McKay (2021–present)

Education

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Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[12]

  • École du Val-des-Prés Immaculée-Conception

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[13]

  • Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57684". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Télesphore". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
  4. ^ a b "Saint-Télesphore, Municipalité (MÉ) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  9. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  11. ^ "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Saint-Télesphore (municipalité) 19.4.1877 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  13. ^ "School Board Map Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.
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