Sainte-Perpétue
Parish municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM.
Sainte-Perpétue Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W / 46.083°N 72.467°W / 46.083; -72.467 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Nicolet-Yamaska
Constituted	March 9, 1878
Government [2] [3]
• Mayor	Guy Dupuis
•  Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
•  Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area [2] [4]
• Total	71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi)
• Land	71.51 km2 (27.61 sq mi)
Population  ( 2021) [4]
• Total	916
• Density	12.8/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.5%
• Dwellings	407
Time zone	UTC−5 ( EST)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC−4 ( EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0C 1R0
Area code	819
Highways	R-259

Sainte-Perpétue is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 916.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Perpétue had a population of 916 living in 384 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 959. With a land area of 71.51 km² (27.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km² (33.2/sq mi) in 2021. ^[5]

Population trend: [6] Census Population Change (%) 2021 916 4.5% 2016 959 2.4% 2011 983 2.5% 2006 959 3.4% 2001 993 3.0% 1996 1,024 1.1% 1991 1,013 1.7% 1986 1,030 0.7% 1981 1,037 1.4% 1976 1,023 3.3% 1971 990 11.5% 1966 1,119 3.5% 1961 1,160 5.8% 1956 1,232 12.9% 1951 1,091 1.5% 1941 1,075 1.3% 1931 1,089 11.6% 1921 1,232 3.9% 1911 1,282 36.5% 1901 939 12.7% 1891 833 79.1% 1881 465 N/A

Mother tongue language (2021) [7] Language Population Pct (%) French only 885 96.7% English only 5 0.5% Both English and French 0 0.0% Other languages 20 2.2%

Attractions

A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Festival du cochon de Sainte-Perpétue