Saint-Jean-Baptiste () is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, a Canadian province. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 3,179. It is located within La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality in a valley between Mont Saint-Hilaire and Mont Rougemont.
On November 4, 1998 it moved from Rouville Regional County Municipality to La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.
Demographics
Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Census Population Change (%) 2021 3,179 2.3% 2016 3,107 2.6% 2011 3,191 5.1% 2006 3,035 12.2% 2001 2,704 7.2% 1996 2,913 1.4% 1991 2,953 8.9% 1986 2,711 0.6% 1981 2,726 17.7% 1976 2,317 17.0% 1971 1,980 10.2% 1966 1,797 20.8% 1961 1,488 13.8% 1956 1,308 4.6% 1951 1,251 11.4% 1941 1,123 1.0% 1931 1,112 1.4% 1921 1,128 9.5% 1911 1,246 4.0% 1901 1,298 10.8% 1891 1,455 16.4% 1881 1,740 10.9% 1871 1,953 7.3% 1861 2,106 N/A
Language Mother tongue language (2021)2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec Language Population Pct (%) French only 3,065 96.4% English only 55 1.7% Both English and French 20 0.6% Other languages 40 1.3%
Education
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
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See also List of municipalities in Quebec
References
External links
Municipalité Saint-Jean-Baptiste