| Saint-Tharcisius | |
| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Motto: | Foi, Fraternité, Travail |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 48.5464°N -67.3406°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1912 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | December 4, 1937 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jocelyn Jean |
| Area Total Km2: | 78.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 78.84 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
| Population Total: | 411 |
| Population Density Km2: | 5.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 199 |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Tharcisius is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.[2]
The village was named after Roman martyr Tarcisius who preferred to be killed rather than desecrate the Eucharist in the 3rd century.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Tharcisius had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 78.84km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Mother tongue (2021):
A French-language elementary school, École Saint-Tharcisius, is operated by the Centre de services scolaire des Monts-et-Marées.[5]