Saint-Zotique, Quebec

Saint-Zotique (French pronunciation: ​[ˌsɛ̃zɔˈtsɪk]) is a municipality located within the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region located about 45 minutes west of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named for Saint Zoticus of Comana.

Saint-Zotique
Municipality
Motto(s): 
Notre municipalité, notre fierté! (Our municipality, our pride!)
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
St-Zotique
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°15′N 74°15′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMVaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted27 May 1967
Government
[2][3]
 • MayorYvon Chiasson
 • Federal ridingSalaberry—Suroît
 • Prov. ridingSoulanges
Area
[2][4]
 • Total50.30 km2 (19.42 sq mi)
 • Land25.04 km2 (9.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total9,618
 • Density384/km2 (990/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
 21.2%
 • Dwellings
4,164
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0P 1Z0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Highways
A-20
Route 338
Websitewww.st-zotique.com

The municipality resides on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Saint Francis and along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, the most populated area in Canada.

History

The first economic activities in the region started in the mid-18th century with forest exploitation and agriculture. The place was first named "Concession-du-Lac" and "Lac-Saint-François" after the adjacent lake. Subsequently, it was also known as "Longueuil-sur-le-Lac" (because it was part of the seigneury of New Longueuil, and "Moulin-Biron" (named after the owner of the first sawmill built near the wharf).[5]

Saint-Zotique officially became parish near 1849 when it was separated from the parish of Saint-Polycarpe located a few kilometers to the north. In 1854, its post office opened, and a year later in 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Zotique was formed.[5]

In 1913, the village itself split off from the parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Zotique, and eventually the two municipalities merged again to form a new village municipality in 1967. On 4 April 2009, it changed its status to just municipality.[5]

Demographics
Canada census – Saint-Zotique, Quebec community profile
20162011
Population7,934 (17.1% from 2011)6,773 (+29.0% from 2006)
Land area25.10 km2 (9.69 sq mi)25.19 km2 (9.73 sq mi)
Population density316.1/km2 (819/sq mi)268.8/km2 (696/sq mi)
Median age38.7 (M: 38.8, F: 38.7)37.9 (M: 38.0, F: 37.9)
Total private dwellings3,3652,893
Median household income$74,903$66,171
References: 2016[6] 2011[7] earlier[8][9]
Historical Census Data - Saint-Zotique, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1976 1,519—    
1981 1,774+16.8%
1986 2,025+14.1%
1991 2,515+24.2%
1996 3,683+46.4%
YearPop.±%
2001 4,158+12.9%
2006 5,251+26.3%
2011 6,773+29.0%
2016 7,934+17.1%
2021 9,618+21.2%
Source: Statistics Canada[10]

Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Zotique, Quebec[10]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2016
7,935
 7,335 16.5% 92.44% 345 18.0% 4.35% 65 0.0% 0.82% 165 153.8% 2.08%
2011
6,760
 6,295 21.1% 93.12% 300 43.3% 4.44% 65 30.8% 0.96% 100 25.0% 1.48%
2006
5,255
 4,965 19.8% 94.48% 170 20.6% 3.23% 45 44.4% 0.86% 75 86.7% 1.43%
2001
4,150
 3,980 14.1% 95.90% 135 6.9% 3.25% 25 58.3% 0.60% 10 77.8% 0.24%
1996
3,670
 3,420 n/a 93.19% 145 n/a 3.95% 60 n/a 1.63% 45 n/a 1.23%

Attractions
St-Zotique beach

The town is home to a popular beach which can accommodate as many as 10,000 people. Located on Lac Saint-François, nautical sports are among the region's most popular activities and the town also has a golf course.[11]

Local government
Town hall of St-Zotique

List of former mayors:[12]

  • Firmin François Liénard (1913–1915)
  • Joseph Arsène Adolphe Bray (1916, 1931–1933)
  • Joseph Omer Alphonse Méthot (1916–1917)
  • Henri-Pie-Marie-Joseph-Alfred La Rocque (1917–1921)
  • Jean Baptiste Sauvé (1921–1925)
  • Josephat Léger (1925–1929)
  • Hilaire Duval (1929–1931, 1933–1935)
  • Joseph François d'Assise Adrien Cadieux (1935)
  • Joseph Joachim Eugène Bissonnette (1935)
  • Pierre Montpetit (1935)
  • Albert Rochon (1935–1939)
  • Joseph Tancrède Asselin (1939–1942)
  • Cyrille Joseph Albert Richer Laflèche (1942, 1944)
  • Louis Julien Bergevin (1942–1944)
  • Joseph-Wilfrid-Godefroi Blanchard (1944–1971)
  • Joseph Alfred Jacques Claude Blanchard (1971–1985)
  • Joseph-Wilfrid-Maurice-Yvon Leroux (1985–1998)
  • Robert Hovington (1998–2005)
  • Gaëtane Legault (2005–2013)
  • Yvon Chiasson (2013–present)

Infrastructure

Transportation

Located on Route 338 and just south of Autoroute 20 near the Ontario-Quebec border, it is easily accessible from the busiest transportation corridor of the country with direct links to Montreal, Cornwall and Toronto.

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[13]

  • École de la Riveraine
  • École des Orioles
  • École Saint-Zotique
  • École Virginie-Roy
  • 2e Avenue is zoned to École Léopold-Carrière in Les Coteaux[14]

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[15]

  • Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

See also

References
  1. Reference number 402430 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Zotique
  3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
  4. "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Zotique, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  5. "Fiche descriptive: Saint-Zotique". www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca. Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  8. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  9. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  10. 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 , 2016 , 2021 census
  11. Saint-Zotique official website - Recreation Archived 18 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Saint-Zotique (municipalité) 23.4.1913 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  13. "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  14. "Liste des bassins desservis par les écoles en 2017-2018." Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved on 30 September 2017.
  15. "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.
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