| Sainte-Perpétue | |
| Settlement Type: | Parish municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.0833°N -100°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Centre-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nicolet-Yamaska |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | March 9, 1878 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Guy Dupuis |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 71.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 71.51 |
| Population Total: | 916 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 12.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 407 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0C 1R0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Sainte-Perpétue is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 916.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Perpétue had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 71.51km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 916 | 4.5% | |
| 2016 | 959 | 2.4% | |
| 2011 | 983 | 2.5% | |
| 2006 | 959 | 3.4% | |
| 2001 | 993 | 3.0% | |
| 1996 | 1,024 | 1.1% | |
| 1991 | 1,013 | 1.7% | |
| 1986 | 1,030 | 0.7% | |
| 1981 | 1,037 | 1.4% | |
| 1976 | 1,023 | 3.3% | |
| 1971 | 990 | 11.5% | |
| 1966 | 1,119 | 3.5% | |
| 1961 | 1,160 | 5.8% | |
| 1956 | 1,232 | 12.9% | |
| 1951 | 1,091 | 1.5% | |
| 1941 | 1,075 | 1.3% | |
| 1931 | 1,089 | 11.6% | |
| 1921 | 1,232 | 3.9% | |
| 1911 | 1,282 | 36.5% | |
| 1901 | 939 | 12.7% | |
| 1891 | 833 | 79.1% | |
| 1881 | 465 | N/A |
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 885 | 96.7% | |
| English only | 5 | 0.5% | |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Other languages | 20 | 2.2% |
A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.