Saint-Bernard, Quebec

Saint-Bernard is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,535 as of 2021. Constituted in 1845, it is named after Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.

Saint-Bernard
Municipality
Saint-Georges street, in the village.
Saint-Georges street, in the village.
Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM.
Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM.
Saint-Bernard is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Bernard
Saint-Bernard
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°30′N 71°08′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLa Nouvelle-Beauce
ConstitutedMay 9, 1987
Government
[2]
 • MayorLiboire Lefebvre
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
[2][3]
 • Total90.60 km2 (34.98 sq mi)
 • Land90.10 km2 (34.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total2,535
 • Density28.1/km2 (73/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 9.2%
 • Dwellings
1,048
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2G0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-171
Websitesaint-bernard.quebec

The municipality is located on scenic Route 171 in Beauce.

On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Bernard. Ten minutes later, they robbed the caisse of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, for a total of $26,000 that day.[4]

All of the victims of the 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident save one, the bus driver, were senior citizens from Saint-Bernard.[5]

Demographics

Population Population trend:[6]

Census Population Change (%)
2021 2,535 Increase 9.2%
2016 2,321 Increase 14.8%
2011 2,021 Increase 5.3%
2006 1,920 Decrease 5.3%
2001 2,028 Increase 0.2%
1996 2,023 Increase 0.4%
1991 2,014 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2021)[7]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 2,425 97.4%
English only 5 0.2%
Both English and French 5 0.2%
Other languages 50 2.0%

References
  1. "Reference number 207216 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 26055 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Bernard, Municipalité, Quebec". 21 September 2022.
  4. "Jacques Mesrine". Les grands criminels. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  5. "milestonesoct13". Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  7. 2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Bernard, Quebec



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