| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 45.2167°N -90°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Le Haut-Richelieu |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | June 20, 1892 |
| Named For: | Saint Blaise and Richelieu River[1] |
| Government Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jacques Desmarais |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Saint-Jean |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Saint-Jean |
| Area Footnotes: | [4] |
| Area Total Km2: | 72.30 |
| Area Land Km2: | 69.64 |
| Population Footnotes: | [5] |
| Population Total: | 2066 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 29.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 12.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 872 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0J 1W0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 2,066. The town was founded in 1892.
The community is located within the Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality region about 15 kilometers north of the Canada-United States border in the Montérégie region. It is located about 40 kilometers south of Montreal.
The town is located within the provincial electoral district of Saint-Jean which includes parts of the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu situated a few kilometers to its north. It is situated in the western side of the Richelieu River along Quebec Route 223.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 1,945 | 12.8% | 94.6% | 70 | 40.0% | 3.4% | 10 | 66.7% | 0.5% | 35 | 40.0% | 1.7% | ||||||||
| 1,725 | 9.7% | 94.26% | 50 | 9.1% | 2.73% | 30 | 50.0% | 1.64% | 25 | 58.3% | 1.37% | ||||||||
| 1,910 | 3.0% | 93.40% | 55 | 35.3% | 2.69% | 20 | 100.0% | 0.98% | 60 | 20.0% | 2.93% | ||||||||
| 1,855 | 5.1% | 92.75% | 85 | 112.5% | 4.25% | 10 | 50.0% | 0.50% | 50 | 0.0% | 2.50% | ||||||||
| 1,955 | n/a | 94.67% | 40 | n/a | 1.94% | 20 | n/a | 0.97% | 50 | n/a | 2.42% | ||||||||
Source:[2]
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[6]