Before its creation, the territory where Saint-Barthélemy is currently located was known as Saint-Barthélemi-de-Dusablé. The current municipality was created in 1855 as Saint-Barthélemi. In 1981, the name was corrected to Saint-Barthélemy.
Demographics
Historical Census Data - Saint-Barthélemy, Quebec[4]
Year
Pop.
±%
1861
2,429
—
1871
2,509
+3.3%
1881
2,812
+12.1%
1891
2,527
−10.1%
1901
2,562
+1.4%
1911
2,591
+1.1%
1921
2,382
−8.1%
1931
2,026
−14.9%
1941
2,111
+4.2%
1951
2,105
−0.3%
1956
2,122
+0.8%
1961
2,087
−1.6%
1966
1,969
−5.7%
1971
1,981
+0.6%
1976
1,972
−0.5%
1981
1,921
−2.6%
1986
1,906
−0.8%
1991
1,945
+2.0%
1996
2,075
+6.7%
2001
2,000
−3.6%
2006
2,037
+1.8%
2011
1,883
−7.6%
2016
1,934
+2.7%
2021
2,087
+7.9%
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Barthélemy had a population of 2,087 living in 951 of its 1,072 total private dwellings, a change of 7.9% from its 2016 population of 1,934. With a land area of 105.36 km2 (40.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.8/km2 (51.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Mother tongue:
English as first language: 0.7%
French as first language: 96.6%
English and French as first language: 1.2%
Other as first language: 1.4%
Education
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