Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
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Lac Poulin
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto:
Dieu ayde
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Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM
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  Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°00′N 71°12′W / 47.000°N 71.200°W / 47.000; -71.200[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | La Jacques-Cartier |
| Settled | c. 1830 |
| Constituted | February 11, 1875 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | France Fortier |
| • Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Montmorency |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110.40 km2 (42.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 108.42 km2 (41.86 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[3]
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| • Total | 8,468 |
| • Density | 78.1/km2 (202/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  15.1% |
| • Dwellings | 3,343 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | sbdl |
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is a cityinLa Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Its urban area is located in the hollow of the Montmorency River valley, northeast of Quebec City.
The city is named in honor of Brigid of Kildare as a recall the irish origin of the first settlers. The name Laval comes from the situation of Sainte-Brigitte in the seigneury of Beaupré, whose first owner was François de Laval, bishop of Quebec.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1991 | 2,833 | — |
| 1996 | 3,214 | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 3,383 | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 3,790 | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 5,696 | +50.3% |
| 2016 | 7,348 | +29.0% |
| 2021 | 8,468 | +15.2% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval had a population of 8,468 living in 3,203 of its 3,343 total private dwellings, a change of 15.2% from its 2016 population of 7,348. With a land area of 108.42 km2 (41.86 sq mi), it had a population density of 78.1/km2 (202.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Mother tongue:
| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
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| 2021 | 14% | 563 | 49% | 1,924 | 22% | 851 | 7% | 260 | 0% | 0 | |
| 2019 | 18% | 670 | 41% | 1,526 | 26% | 993 | 7% | 279 | 4% | 152 | |
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
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| 2018 | 55% | 2,088 | 13% | 479 | 13% | 506 | 10% | 374 | |
| 2014 | 41% | 1,506 | 35% | 1,287 | 5% | 193 | 13% | 473 | |
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval forms part of the federal electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier and has been represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party since 2015. Provincially, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is part of the Montmorency electoral district and is represented by Jean-François Simard of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
2022 administration:
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Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
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| Bellechasse RCM |
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| L'Île-d'Orléans RCM |
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| La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM |
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| La Jacques-Cartier RCM |
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| Québec TE |
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| Lévis TE |
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| La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM |
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¹Does not belong to the CMQ — ²Does not belong to the Quebec City CMA | |
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