| Saint-Bernard | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.5°N -79°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | May 9, 1987 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Liboire Lefebvre |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Beauce |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Beauce-Nord |
| Area Total Km2: | 90.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 90.10 |
| Population Total: | 2535 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 28.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 9.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1048 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0S 2G0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
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.
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.[1]
All of the victims of the 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident save one, the bus driver, were senior citizens from Saint-Bernard.[2]
PopulationPopulation trend:[3]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,535 | 9.2% | |
| 2016 | 2,321 | 14.8% | |
| 2011 | 2,021 | 5.3% | |
| 2006 | 1,920 | 5.3% | |
| 2001 | 2,028 | 0.2% | |
| 1996 | 2,023 | 0.4% | |
| 1991 | 2,014 | N/A |
LanguageMother tongue language (2021)[4]
| 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% |