Saint-Didace, Quebec

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

Saint-Didace
Parish municipality
Location within D'Autray RCM
Saint-Didace Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°20′N 73°17′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	D'Autray
Settled	1820
Constituted	August 27, 1863
Government [2]
• Mayor	Guy Desjarlais
• Federal riding	Berthier—Maskinongé
• Prov. riding	Berthier
Area [2][3]
• Total	102.90 km^2 (39.73 sq mi)
• Land	100.23 km^2 (38.70 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	593
• Density	5.9/km^2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	11.2%
• Dwellings	495
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0K 2G0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 348 Route 349
Website	www.saint-didace.com

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Saint-Didace, Quebec[4]

Year Pop. ±% 1991 576 —     1996 583 +1.2%

Year Pop. ±% 2001 589 +1.0% 2006 668 +13.4%

Year Pop. ±% 2011 593 −11.2%

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 282 (total dwellings: 495)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 98.5%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.5%

Education

Commission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone schools:

• École Germain-Caron[5]

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 55924 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 52090 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Didace census profile
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. "Germain-Caron." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.

External links

• Media related to Saint-Didace at Wikimedia Commons
• Saint-Didace - MRC d'Autray