| Rivière-Beaudette | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.2333°N -94°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | 17 January 1990 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Patrick Bousez |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Salaberry—Suroît |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Soulanges |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 25.21 |
| Area Land Km2: | 18.48 |
| Population Total: | 2489 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 134.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 18.7% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1069 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0P 1R0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Rivière-Beaudette (in French pronounced as /ʁivjɛʁ bodɛt/) is a municipality of Quebec, Canada, located in the southwest corner of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality on the border with Ontario along the St. Lawrence River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 2,489.
The area is primarily made up of farmland with residential development along the St. Lawrence River.
This location was first identified as "Pointe au Baudet" as early as 1686 on a map by Deshayes. This name, also spelled "Beaudet" and "Baudette" over time, refers to a small peninsula in St. Lawrence River, and was also given to the stream that empties into the St. Lawrence next to it. Various theories exist as to why this location was called baudet, since this name could refer to a donkey, a type of folding bed with canvas straps, or a trestle for cutting wood.
In 1734, Pointe au Baudet was included in the seigneury granted to Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil. By 1787, a sawmill existed at the "Baudet" River. In 1855, the Grand Trunk Railway was constructed through the area, and two years later, the "" post office opened. In 1887, the Village Municipality of Rivière Beaudette was formed out of territory ceded by Saint-Zotique.
In 1916, the Parish Municipality of Sainte Claire d'Assise was created, also out of territory ceded by Saint-Zotique. On April 1, 1978, it was renamed to the Parish Municipality of Rivière-Beaudette.
On January 17, 1990, the parish and village merged to form the Municipality of Rivière-Beaudette.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Rivière-Beaudette, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 2,170 | 18.3% | 88.0% | 195 | 21.9% | 7.9% | 60 | 100.0% | 2.4% | 45 | 10.0% | 1.8% | ||||||||
| 1,835 | 14.7% | 88.2% | 160 | 5.9% | 7.7% | 30 | 0.0% | 1.4% | 50 | 16.7% | 2.4% | ||||||||
| 1,600 | 8.1% | 86.0% | 170 | 10.5% | 9.1% | 30 | n/a% | 1.6% | 60 | 140.0% | 3.2% | ||||||||
| 1,480 | 10.4% | 87.3% | 190 | 123.5% | 11.2% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 25 | n/a% | 1.5% | ||||||||
| 1,340 | 16.5% | 93.1% | 85 | 43.3% | 5.9% | 15 | 25.0% | 1.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 1,150 | n/a | 85.2% | 150 | n/a | 11.1% | 20 | n/a | 1.5% | 30 | n/a | 2.2% | ||||||||
| Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23% | 323 | 30% | 420 | 34% | 483 | 7% | 100 | 0% | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | 27% | 328 | 11% | 156 | 48% | 675 | 8% | 119 | 3% | 45 | ||||||
| CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 49% | 670 | 18% | 249 | 12% | 168 | 12% | 167 | |||||
| 2014 | 0% | 0 | 46% | 509 | 12% | 138 | 37% | 418 | |||||
Rivière-Beaudette forms part of the federal electoral district of Salaberry—Suroît and has been represented by Claude DeBellefeuille of the Bloc Québécois since 2019. Provincially, Rivière-Beaudette is part of the Soulanges electoral district and is represented by Marilyne Picard of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):[3]
Rivière-Beaudette is home to nine-hole golf course which integrates the natural landscape of the site to maximize the golfers’ experience. This course offers at each hole a choice of 5 different ways to start, allowing many distance and difficulty variations.[4]
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[5]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[6]