Saint-Ours, Quebec

Saint-Ours
City
Saint-Ours church
Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM
Saint-Ours Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°53′N73°09′W / 45.883°N 73.150°W / 45.883; -73.150[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Pierre-De Saurel
Constituted	April 17, 1991
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Sylvain Dupuis
• Federal riding	Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
• Prov. riding	Richelieu
Area [2][4]
• Total	61.00 km^2 (23.55 sq mi)
• Land	59.39 km^2 (22.93 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	1,721
• Density	29/km^2 (75/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.2%
• Dwellings	856
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0G
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	R-133
Website	www.ville.saintours.qc.ca

Saint-Ours is a city located in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality of Québec (Canada), in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,721. Founded in 1650 and originally constituent of the Saint-Ours Parish Municipality, which merged alongside L'Immaculée-Conception-de-Saint-Ours municipality in 1991, Saint-Ours is one of the earliest settlements in Montérégie. The city is named in honor of Pierre Roch de Saint-Ours, a captain of a company in the regiment of Carignan-Salières, sent by the king to come to the aid of the colonists of New France, in 1665. Pierre de Saint-Ours was the first lord of these lands.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Ours had a population of 1,723 living in 797 of its 858 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 1,669. With a land area of 59.23 km² (22.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.1/km² (75.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Population trend:[6] Census Population Change (%) 2011 1,721 1.2% 2006 1,700 4.7% 2001 1,624 0.3% 1996 1,619 0.6% 1991 1,628 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[7] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,650 97.06% English only 25 1.47% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 25 1.47%

See also

• List of cities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57356". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Ours". Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (Quebec)
4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Ours, Quebec
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
7. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Ours, Quebec