| Saint-Anicet | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gino Moretti |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Beauharnois—Salaberry |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Huntingdon |
| Area Total Km2: | 179.52 |
| Area Land Km2: | 135.03 |
| Population Total: | 2754 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 20.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 4.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1913 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0S 1M0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Anicet is a municipality in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,754.
Saint-Anicet is located in the southwestern Montérégie region of Quebec, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
In addition to the namesake main population centre, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
In 1788, the geographic township of Godmanchester was surveyed, and by 1795, a group of Acadians had settled in the area, followed by Irish and French Canadians. In 1810, a mission was established, named after Pope Anicetus. It became the Parish of Saint-Anicet-de-Godmanchester in 1827. In 1851, its post office opened.
On July 1, 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Anicet was formed, but merged into the Municipality of Beauharnois Number Two on September 1, 1847 (along with Dundee, Hinchinbrooke, Hemmingford, Godmanchester, Russeltown, and Ormstown). It was reestablished on July 1, 1855.
On December 10, 2011, the parish municipality changed statutes to become a regular municipality.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue Language - Saint-Anicet, Quebec[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 2,185 | 2.8% | 79.3% | 415 | 5.1% | 15.1% | 85 | 70.0% | 3.1% | 60 | 20.0% | 2.2% | ||||||||
| 2,125 | 4.1% | 81.0% | 395 | 0.0% | 15.1% | 50 | 25.0% | 1.9% | 50 | 0.0% | 1.9% | ||||||||
| 2,040 | 9.3% | 80.8% | 395 | 27.4% | 15.6% | 40 | 11.1% | 1.6% | 50 | 54.5% | 2.0% | ||||||||
| 2,250 | 9.2% | 82.9% | 310 | 12.7% | 11.4% | 45 | 43.8% | 1.7% | 110 | 15.8% | 4.1% | ||||||||
| 2,060 | 2.7% | 79.5% | 355 | 21.1% | 13.7% | 80 | 166.7% | 3.1% | 95 | 171.4% | 3.7% | ||||||||
| 2,005 | n/a | 79.6% | 450 | n/a | 17.9% | 30 | n/a | 1.2% | 35 | n/a | 1.4% | ||||||||
List of former mayors:[3]
In the south of Saint-Anicet, the Tsiionhiakwatha/Droulers archaeological site interpretation center is where an important Iroquoian village in Quebec was located. Circa 1450, approximately 500 St.Lawrence Iroquoians established a village near the La Guerre River. The centre opened on May 15, 2010.[4]
Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha was designated a Site du patrimoine constitué under provincial legislation in 2005, and a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007.