Sainte-Sophie

Sainte-Sophie
Municipality
Sainte-Sophie
Sainte-Sophie's church
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Location within La Rivière-du-Nord RCM
Sainte-Sophie Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°49′N 73°54′W / 45.817°N 73.900°W / 45.817; -73.900[1][2]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	La Rivière-du-Nord
Constituted	May 3, 2000
Government [3]
• Mayor	Guy Lamothe
• Federal riding	Rivière-du-Nord
• Prov. riding	Prévost
Area [3][4]
• Municipality	111.50 km2 (43.05 sq mi)
• Land	111.20 km2 (42.93 sq mi)
• Urban [5]	6.78 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Municipality	18,080
• Density	162.6/km2 (421/sq mi)
• Urban [5]	4,687
• Urban density	691.3/km2 (1,790/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	15.2%
• Dwellings	7,490
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J5J
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	R-158 R-333
Website	www.stesophie.ca

Sainte-Sophie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t sɔfi]) is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality.

The new Municipality of Sainte-Sophie was created on May 2, 2000, when the old Municipality of Sainte-Sophie was merged with the Village Municipality of New Glasgow.

Population trend:^[6]

• Population in 2021: 18,080 (2016 to 2021 population change: 15.2%)
• Population in 2016: 15,690 (2011 to 2016 population change: 17.3%)
• Population in 2011: 13,375 (2006 to 2011 population change: 29.2%)
• Population in 2006: 10,355 (2001 to 2006 population change: 15.5%)
• Population in 2001: 8,966 (1996 to 2001 population change: 5.1%)
• Population in 1996: 8,534 (1991 to 1996 population change: 15.7%)
• Population in 1991: 7,377 (1986 to 1991 population change: 17%)
• Population in 1986: 6,304 (1981 to 1986 population change: 8%)
• Population in 1981: 5,838 (1976 to 1981 population change: 42.9%)
• Population in 1976: 4,084 (1971 to 1976 population change: 20.5%)
• Population in 1971: 3,388 (1966 to 1971 population change: 54.4%)
• Population in 1966: 2,195 (1961 to 1966 population change: 46.1%)
• Population in 1961: 1,502 (1956 to 1961 population change: 16.3%)
• Population in 1956: 1,292 (1951 to 1956 population change: 13.3%)
• Population in 1951: 1,140 (1941 to 1951 population change: -0.2%)
• Population in 1941: 1,142 (1931 to 1941 population change: 4.8%)
• Population in 1931: 1,090 (1921 to 1931 population change: 20.3%)
• Population in 1921: 906 (1911 to 1921 population change: -20.2%)
• Population in 1911: 1,135 (1901 to 1911 population change: 2.1%)
• Population in 1901: 1,112 (1891 to 1901 population change: -11.4%)
• Population in 1891: 1,255 (1881 to 1891 population change: -22.8%)
• Population in 1881: 1,625 (1871 to 1881 population change: 24%)
• Population in 1871: 1,311 (1861 to 1871 population change: -22.1%)
• Population in 1861: 1,684

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 7,211 (total dwellings: 7,490)

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Sophie, Quebec[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		18,080		17,125	14.5%	94.7%		340	30.8%	1.9%		200	90.5%	1.1%		370	42.3%	2.0%
2016		15,615		14,950	17.8%	95.7%		260	3.7%	1.7%		105	0.0%	0.7%		260	48.6%	1.7%
2011		13,275		12,690	29.0%	95.6%		270	45.9%	2.0%		105	320.0%	0.8%		175	10.3%	1.3%
2006		10,245		9,835	15.8%	96.0%		185	17.8%	1.8%		25	66.7%	0.2%		195	44.4%	1.9%
2001		8,870		8,490	6.7%	95.7%		225	8.2%	2.5%		15	78.6%	0.2%		135	35.0%	1.5%
1996		8,380		7,955	n/a	94.2%		245	n/a	2.9%		70	n/a	0.8%		100	n/a	1.2%

A supervillain from the DC Comics series Green Arrow, Simon Lacroix, alias Komodo, is originally from Sainte-Sophie. The character was created by Canadian comic book artist Jeff Lemire in issue 17 of the New 52 series of Green Arrow. He appears in the television series of the same name in episode 2 of season 3.

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.^[8]

• École primaire du Joli-Bois
• École primaire Jean-Moreau
• École primaire Sainte-Sophie
• The primary school Sacré-Coeur in Saint-Jérôme serves a section
• École secondaire Cap-Jeunesse and École secondaire des Hauts-Sommets in Saint-Jérôme

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:

• Laurentia Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme^[9]
• Heritage Elementary School in Saint-Lin-Laurentides^[10]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute^[11]

• Media related to Sainte-Sophie at Wikimedia Commons