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Saint-Didace, Quebec

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°20′N 73°17′W / 46.333°N 73.283°W / 46.333; -73.283^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionLanaudièreRCMD'AutraySettled1820ConstitutedAugust 27, 1863Government

^[2]

• MayorYves Germain • Federal riding Berthier—Maskinongé • Prov. ridingBerthierArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total102.90 km² (39.73 sq mi) • Land100.50 km² (38.80 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total652 • Density6.5/km² (17/sq mi) • Pop 2011-2016

9.9% • Dwellings

548Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

J0K 2G0

Area code(s)450 and 579Highways

R-348

R-349Websitewww.saint-didace.com

Saint-Didace is a parish municipality in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Saint-Didace, Quebec^[4]
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	576	—
1996	583	+1.2%
2001	589	+1.0%
2006	668	+13.4%
2011	593	−11.2%
2016	652	+9.9%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Didace had a population of 688 living in 357 of its 523 total private dwellings, a change of 5.5% from its 2016 population of 652. With a land area of 99.6 km² (38.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.9/km² (17.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 0%
French as first language: 98.5%
English and French as first language: 0%
Other as first language: 1.5%

Education

Commission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone schools:

École Germain-Caron^[6]

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55924". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 52090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada 2016 Census - Saint-Didace census profile
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ "Germain-Caron." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.