| Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham | |
| Settlement Type: | Parish municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 45.9333°N -107°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Centre-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Drummond |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 13, 1901 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Réjean Rodier |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Drummond |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Johnson |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 58.80 |
| Area Land Km2: | 57.50 |
| Population Total: | 1384 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 24.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 536 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J2B 8A8 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,384.
The name Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham was chosen in honor of father Majorique-Pierre Marchand who was put in charge of a commission to verify the merits of the residents request to have their own parish separated from the rest of Grantham. The Grantham section was put to emphasize the fact that it was formerly a section of that municipality.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 57.5km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,384 | 0.3% | |
| 2016 | 1,388 | 11% | |
| 2011 | 1,251 | 10.1% | |
| 2006 | 1,136 | 19.3% | |
| 2001 | 952 | 9.3% | |
| 1996 | 871 | 0.1% | |
| 1991 | 872 | 0.8% | |
| 1986 | 865 | 1.6% | |
| 1981 | 851 | 12.1% | |
| 1976 | 759 | 15.7% | |
| 1971 | 656 | 8.1% | |
| 1966 | 607 | 3.1% | |
| 1961 | 589 | 0.2% | |
| 1956 | 590 | 5.0% | |
| 1951 | 562 | 2.9% | |
| 1941 | 579 | 3.4% | |
| 1931 | 560 | 1.8% | |
| 1921 | 570 | 4.5% | |
| 1911 | 597 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2021)[6]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,355 | 98.2% | |
| English only | 10 | 0.7% | |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.4% | |
| Other languages | 10 | 0.7% |