Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec
# Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec

Sainte-Madeleine is a village municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,356.

Le Camping Ste-Madeleine, founded in 1967 for visitors to EXPO 67, is the area's principal tourist attraction. The annual musical event, the Festival Country du Camping Sainte-Madeleine, held in late July, attracts approximately 5,000 visitors to the community of 2,356.

Individuals born in Sainte-Madeleine include artist France Jodoin.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Madeleine had a population of 2,268 living in 957 of its 983 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 2,233. With a land area of 5.36 $km^2$ (2.07 sq mi), it had a population density of $423.1/km^2$ (1,095.9/sq mi) in 2021.

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec :

| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2011 | 2,355 | 2,305 | 8.0% | 97.88% | 15 | 50.0% | 0.64% | 10 | n/a% | 0.42% | 25 | 0.0% | 1.06% |
| 2006 | 2,170 | 2,135 | 6.8% | 98.39% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.46% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 25 | 150.0% | 1.15% |
| 2001 | 2,020 | 2,000 | 1.0% | 99.01% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.49% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 10 | n/a% | 0.49% |
| 1996 | 1,990 | 1,980 | n/a | 99.50% | 10 | n/a | 0.50% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
