Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec

Not to be confused with a different Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches.

Sainte-Perpétue
Parish municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM.
Sainte-Perpétue Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Nicolet-Yamaska
Constituted	March 9, 1878
Government
• Mayor	Guy Dupuis
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area
• Total	71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi)
• Land	71.51 km2 (27.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• 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.

Population trend:

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)

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

External links

• Festival du cochon de Sainte-Perpétue