| Sainte-Hénédine | |
| Settlement Type: | Parish municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 46.55°N -129°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: | July 1, 1855 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Yvon Asselin |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Beauce |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Beauce-Nord |
| Area Total Km2: | 51.20 |
| Area Land Km2: | 51.53 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
| Population Total: | 1440 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 27.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 13.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 564 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0S 2R0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Sainte-Hénédine is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,440 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
It is named after Catherine-Hénédine Dionne, widow of Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, who owned the two seigneuries from which the territory of Sainte-Hénédine was detached.
The parish was first settled in 1852 and became a parish town in 1855.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Hénédine had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 51.53km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
Most of the residents in Sainte-Hénédine are farmers and mostly focused on dairy farming. A few homes line the main street of the town.
| Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9% | 63 | 55% | 389 | 13% | 92 | 3% | 24 | 1% | 10 | ||||||
| 2019 | 7% | 51 | 51% | 358 | 13% | 87 | 4% | 25 | 3% | 21 | ||||||
| CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 58% | 372 | 17% | 112 | 10% | 64 | 6% | 39 | |||||
| 2014 | 49% | 347 | 36% | 258 | 3% | 23 | 9% | 61 | |||||
Sainte-Hénédine forms part of the federal electoral district of Beauce and has been represented by Richard Lehoux of the Conservative Party since 2019. Provincially, Sainte-Hénédine is part of the Beauce-Nord electoral district and is represented by Luc Provençal of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
The parish town council consists of 5 councilors and a mayor.[3] As of 2013 the current town council consists of:
The mayor is also a member of the regional county council for la Nouvelle-Beauce.
Services provided by the parish includes:
The smallest buildings in the parish are residential homes and are two stories tall. Large structures are usually barns and silos on dairy farms. The largest and tallest building in town is the Sainte-Hénédine Church (Église Sainte-Hénédine). This is second church built (first in the 1800s), it was blessed in 1912 and consecrated in 1992.[4]
There are a few key roads within the parish:
The parish is short distance from Quebec Autoroute 73, which travels north toe Quebec City.
There are no airports in parish, the closest are Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport and Québec/Lac Saint-Augustin Water Airport.
The parish has a single elementary school, École la Découverte, with the Commission scolaire de la Beauce-Echemin.[5] For secondary education students are sent to Polyvalente Benoît-Vachon in Sainte-Marie.
Bibliothèque de Quebec has branch in Sainte-Hénédine, Bibliothèque La Détente, providing public library access to parish residents.