Saint-Cuthbert

Saint-Cuthbert
Municipality
Location within D'Autray RCM
St-Cuthbert Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°09′N 73°14′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	D'Autray
Settled	1740
Constituted	January 7, 1998
Government
• Mayor	Richard Belhumeur
• Federal riding	Berthier—Maskinongé
• Prov. riding	Berthier
Area
• Total	131.47 km2 (50.76 sq mi)
• Land	131.72 km2 (50.86 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources.
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,821
• Density	13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	2.2%
• Dwellings	917
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0K 2C0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-40	R-138
Website	st-cuthbert.qc.ca

Saint-Cuthbert is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, located between Montreal and Trois-Rivieres, just north of Berthierville. It is part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,821.

History

Church, St. Cuthbert, 2015

The area had its first settlers as early as 1740. In 1766, James Cuthbert (ca. 1719-1798), member of General Murray's staff and lord of the Berthier seignory, donated land to build a church, provided that its patron saint was Saint Cuthbert.

In 1845, the Municipality of Saint Cuthbert was originally established, but abolished in 1847. It was reestablished as a parish municipality in 1855. In 1851, its post office opened. In 1912, Saint-Cuthbert ceded part of its territory to create the Parish Municipality of Saint-Viateur.

On January 7, 1998, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Cuthbert and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Viateur merged to form the Municipality of Saint-Cuthbert.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Cuthbert had a population of 1,821, living in 843 private dwellings out of its 917 total dwellings. With a land area of 131.72 square kilometres (50.86 sq mi) Saint-Cuthbert had a population density of 13.8 per square kilometre (36/sq mi).

Historical Census Data - Saint Cuthbert, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,185 —     1931 1,794 −17.9% 1941 1,792 −0.1% 1951 1,779 −0.7% 1956 1,740 −2.2% 1961 1,654 −4.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 1,726 +4.4% 1971 1,643 −4.8% 1976 1,532 −6.8% 1981 1,730 +12.9% 1986 1,687 −2.5% 1991 1,645 −2.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 1,722 +4.7% 2001 1,899 +10.3% 2006 1,938 +2.1% 2011 1,839 −5.1% 2016 1,862 +1.3% 2021 1,821 −2.2%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes and mergers. Source: Statistics Canada

Historical census populations – Saint-Viateur

Year Pop. ±% 1921 251 —     1931 277 +10.4% 1941 284 +2.5% 1951 271 −4.6% 1956 291 +7.4% 1961 335 +15.1% 1966 272 −18.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1971 288 +5.9% 1976 248 −13.9% 1981 184 −25.8% 1986 235 +27.7% 1991 230 −2.1% 1996 201 −12.6%
The Parish Municipality of Saint-Viateur existed from 1912 to 1998, when it was merged with Saint-Cuthbert. Source: Statistics Canada

Mother tongue (2021):

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French	1770	97.3
English	15	0.8%
English and French	10	0.5%
Other	15	0.8%

Education

The Commission scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois. It serves the Lanaudière region and oversees several primary schools and high schools including:

• École Sainte-Anne

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, headquartered in Rosemere, it serves 14,000 students across 26 elementary schools and operates anglophone public schools, including:

• Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée
• Joliette High School in Joliette

Notable people

• François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec
• James Cuthbert Jr. - son of James Cuthbert, founder of Saint-Cuthbert

External links

• Official website
• Saint-Cuthbert - MRC d'Autray