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Saint-Hyacinthe
Summary
Saint-Hyacinthe (ˈhaɪəsɪnθ; French: sɛ̃t‿ijasɛ̃t) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River. Quebec Autoroute 20 runs perpendicular to the river. Saint-Hyacinthe is the seat of the judicial district of the same name.
Jacques-Hyacinthe Simon dit Delorme, owner of the seigneurie, started its settlement in 1757. He gave his patron saint name (Saint Hyacinth the Confessor of Poland) to the seigneurie, which was made a city in 1850.
St. Hyacinth's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe. It was erected in 1852.
Municipal history of Quebec
As part of the 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec, on 27 December 2001, the city of Saint-Hyacinthe amalgamated with five neighbouring towns (listed here with their populations as of 2001):
Saint-Hyacinthe (39,739)
Sainte-Rosalie (4,170)
Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (4,000)
Sainte-Rosalie Parish (1,476)
Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur, Quebec (1,151)
Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec (858)
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe had a population of 57239 living in 26870 of its 28096 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 55648. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In 2021, 9.8% of Saint-Hyacinthe residents were visible minorities, 1.3% were Indigenous, and the remaining 88.9% were white/European. The largest visible minority groups were Black (4.4%), Latin American (3.1%) and Arab (1.4%).
71.8% of residents were Christian, down from 88.8% in 2011. 63.2% were Catholic, 5.6% were Christian n.o.s, 1.6% were Protestant, and 1.3% were other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. Non-religious or secular people were 25.0% of the population, up from 9.9% in 2011. The only named non-Christian religions with adherents in Saint-Hyacinthe were Islam (2.
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