Saint-Rémi, Quebec

Saint-Rémi is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located on the south-shore of the Saint Lawrence River and the Island of Montreal. Saint-Rémi is part of Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canada Census was 8 957.

Saint-Rémi
City
Flag of Saint-Rémi
Flag
Coat of arms of Saint-Rémi
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Droiture (Righteousness)
Location within Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM
Location within Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM
Saint-Rémi is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Rémi
Saint-Rémi
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°16′N 73°37′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMLes Jardins-de-Napierville
Founded1815
Constituted20 September 1975
Founded byAlexis Perras
Government
[2]
 • MayorSylvie Gagnon-Breton
 • Federal ridingChâteauguay—Lacolle
 • Prov. ridingSanguinet
Area
[2]
 • Total78.18 km2 (30.19 sq mi)
 • Land78.18 km2 (30.19 sq mi)
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total8,957
 • Density114.6/km2 (297/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 11.1%
 • Dwellings
3,796
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0L
Area Code450 and 579
Highways R-209
R-221
NTS Map031H05
Québec Geocode68055
CLSC TerritoryLes Jardins-de-Napierville (16042)
Websitewww.ville.saint-remi.qc.ca

Name

The territory was known as Saint-Rémi early into the European settling. It is thought that the name was chosen to honor Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle, Governor General of New France from 1665 to 1672, but this fact is still in doubt today.

History

At the start of the 19th century, Lord Christophe Sanguinet experienced legal disputes with the British colonial administration and after two trials in 1805 and 1807, the territory of the Lordship of La Salle was reduced by 20% of its area, the most developed by being removed. He and his successors, his son Ambroise Sanguinet and his grandsons Christophe-Ambroise and Charles-Amable Sanguinet tried to recover this part of the territory while interceding so that the hundreds of threatened censitaires were not expelled from their lands. Christophe-Ambroise and Charles-Amable Sanguinet took up the cause of the Lower Canada Rebellion and were hanged in 1839.

Saint-Rémi is located in the former seigneury of La Salle and on the former township of Huntigndon. The origin of the name Saint-Rémi comes from Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims, who baptized the king of the Salian Franks Clovis I in 496. It was in 1815 that the first pioneer, Alexis Perras, arrived. On 1 July 1825, the parish municipality of Saint-Rémi was officially created.

On 23 October 1859, the village of Saint-Rémi was constituted by detachment from the parish of the same name.

In 1975, the municipal councils of the city of Saint-Rémi and the parish of the same name adopted a by-law authorizing the granting of letters patent to merge the two municipalities into one City of Saint-Rémi.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Rémi had a population of 8,957 living in 3,682 of its 3,796 total private dwellings, a change of 11.1% from its 2016 population of 8,061. With a land area of 78.18 km2 (30.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 114.6/km2 (296.7/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

Historical Census Data – Saint-Rémi, Quebec[4]
YearPop.±%
1991 5,768—    
1996 5,707−1.1%
2001 5,736+0.5%
2006 6,136+7.0%
2011 7,265+18.4%
2016 8,061+11.0%
Canada Census Mother Tongue – Saint-Rémi, Quebec[4]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2021
8,810
 8,145 Increase 5.1% 92.5% 190 Increase 22.6% 2.2% 125 Increase 212.5% 1.4% 315 Increase 103.2% 3.6%
2016
8,061
 7,750 Increase 12.9% 96.1% 155 Increase 40.9% 1.9% 40 Steady 0.00% 0.5% 155 Decrease 11.4% 1.9%
2011
7,185
 6,860 Increase 19.7% 95.5% 110 Increase 46.7% 1.5% 40 Increase 300.0% 0.6% 175 Increase 16.7% 2.4%
2006
5,965
 5,730 Increase 5.5% 96.1% 75 Increase 7.1% 1.3% 10 Decrease 66.7% 0.2% 150 Increase 150.0% 2.5%
2001
5,590
 5,430 Increase 0.7% 97.1% 70 Increase 16.7% 1.3% 30 Increase 20.0% 0.5% 60 Decrease 50.0% 1.1%
1996
5,595
 5,390 n/a 96.3% 60 n/a 1.1% 25 n/a 0.5% 120 n/a 2.1%
Saint-Rémi church

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 57569 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. Répertoire des municipalités du Québec: St-Rémi
  3. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


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