Sainte-Béatrix is a municipality in the

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geog ...

region of Quebec, Canada, part of the

Matawinie Regional County Municipality Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RC ...

History

In 1736, Lord Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil receives a lordship that will bear his name. It won't be until 1864 that the municipality of Sainte-Béatrix be officially created by splitting away from the municipality of Sainte-Mélanie.

Louise-Amélie Panet Louise-Amélie Panet (January 27, 1789 – March 24, 1862) was a French Canadian artist, educator and writer living in Lower Canada. Life The daughter of judge Pierre-Louis Panet and Marie-Anne Cerré, she was born in Quebec City and was educated ...

and her husband William Bent Berczy are considered to be the founders of Sainte-Béatrix.

Demographics

Population

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1041 (total dwellings: 1300)

Language

Mother tongue:Statistics Canada 2021 Census
Sainte-Béatrix community profile
/ref> * English as first language: 2.3% * French as first language: 95.1% * English and French as first language: 0.9% * Other as first language: 1.4%

Education

Commission scolaire des Samares The Centre de services scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, in the Canadian province of Quebec.

operates francophone public schools, including: * École Panet The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée *

Joliette High School Joliette High School (JHS, french: École secondaire Joliette) is a public anglophone secondary school in Joliette, Quebec. Operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, it is the sole anglophone high school in Lanaudière. it has about 265 ...

in JolietteJoliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.

Notable people

Canadian artist

Céline Boucher Céline Boucher (born 1945) is a Canadian artist working in the fields of painting, drawing and sculpture. Biography Boucher was born in 1945 in Sainte-Béatrix, Quebec. Collections *''Comme un oiseau'', painting, 1983, Musée national des beau ...

was born in Sainte-Béatrix.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sainte-Beatrix, Quebec Incorporated places in Lanaudière Municipalities in Quebec Matawinie Regional County Municipality