| Saint-Sulpice | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.8333°N -94°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1680 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Steve Mador |
| Area Total Km2: | 52.73 |
| Area Land Km2: | 36.17 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 1.17 |
| Population Total: | 3360 |
| Population Density Km2: | 92.9 |
| Population Urban: | 1769 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | 1512 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 2.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1,517 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Saint-Sulpice (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ sylpis/) is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Assomption Regional County Municipality. It is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River and includes most of Verchères Islands.
From 1680 onwards, French settlers colonized this area, clearing the land for cultivation. At that time it was part of the Saint-Sulpice Seignory that was owned by the Society of Saint-Sulpice. In 1640 the seignory granted a concession to Pierre Chevrier, Baron of Fancamp, and to Jérôme Le Royer.[1]
In 1706, the settlement was assigned its first pastor and in 1715, it had the region's only flour mill in operation. The Parish of Saint-Sulpice was formed in 1722, taking its name from the seignory. In 1845, the parish municipality was formed and in 1854, its post office opened.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Sulpice had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 36.17km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Sulpice, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 3,200 | 3.2% | 95.7% | 30 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 30 | 100.0% | 0.9% | 80 | 6.7% | 2.4% | ||||||||
| 3,305 | 5.3% | 96.6% | 30 | 14.3% | 0.9% | 15 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 75 | 15.4% | 2.2% | ||||||||
| 3,140 | 2.6% | 96.5% | 35 | 133.3% | 1.1% | 15 | 40.0% | 0.5% | 65 | 30.0% | 2.0% | ||||||||
| 3,225 | 1.4% | 97.3% | 15 | 50.0% | 0.5% | 25 | n/a% | 0.8% | 50 | 9.1% | 1.5% | ||||||||
| 3,270 | 2.0% | 98.1% | 10 | 71.4% | 0.3% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 55 | 120.0% | 1.7% | ||||||||
| 3,205 | n/a | 97.7% | 35 | n/a | 1.1% | 15 | n/a | 0.5% | 25 | n/a | 0.8% | ||||||||
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The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: