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Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
City
	Lac Poulin
	Coat of arms
	Motto: Dieu ayde
	Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM
	Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Location in central Quebec
	Coordinates: 47°00′N 71°12′W / 47.000°N 71.200°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	La Jacques-Cartier
Settled	c. 1830
Constituted	February 11, 1875
Government
• Mayor	France Fortier
• Federal riding	Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
• Prov. riding	Montmorency
Area
• Total	110.40 km2 (42.63 sq mi)
• Land	108.42 km2 (41.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	8,468
• Density	78.1/km2 (202/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	15.1%
• Dwellings	3,343
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0A 3K0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	sbdl.net

Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t bʁiʒit də laval]) is a city in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Its urban area is located in the hollow of the Montmorency River valley, northeast of Quebec City.

The city is named in honor of Brigid of Kildare as a recall the irish origin of the first settlers. The name Laval comes from the situation of Sainte-Brigitte in the seigneury of Beaupré, whose first owner was François de Laval, bishop of Quebec.

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Quebec^[4]
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	2,833	—
1996	3,214	+13.4%
2001	3,383	+5.3%
2006	3,790	+12.0%
2011	5,696	+50.3%
2016	7,348	+29.0%
2021	8,468	+15.2%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval had a population of 8,468 living in 3,203 of its 3,343 total private dwellings, a change of 15.2% from its 2016 population of 7,348. With a land area of 108.42 km² (41.86 sq mi), it had a population density of 78.1/km² (202.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Mother tongue:

French as first language: 97.1%
English as first language: 0.8%
English and French as first language: 0.8%
Other as first language: 1.0%

Government

**Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval federal election results**^[6]
Year		Liberal		Conservative		Bloc Québécois		New Democratic		Green
	2021	14%	563	49%	1,924	22%	851	7%	260	0%	0
	2019	18%	670	41%	1,526	26%	993	7%	279	4%	152

**Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval provincial election results**^[7]
Year		CAQ		Liberal		QC solidaire		Parti Québécois
	2018	55%	2,088	13%	479	13%	506	10%	374
	2014	41%	1,506	35%	1,287	5%	193	13%	473

Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval forms part of the federal electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier and has been represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party since 2015. Provincially, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is part of the Montmorency electoral district and is represented by Jean-François Simard of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.