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Saint-Armand () is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...
of
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, located within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality and the Eastern Townships. The population as of the
Canada 2011 Census The 2011 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population on May 10, 2011. Statistics Canada, an agency of the Canadian government, conducts a nationwide census every five years. In 2011, it consisted of a mandatory short for ...
was 1,248. It is located on the Canada–United States border. The Municipality of Saint-Armand and the Village of Philipsburg were amalgamated on February 3, 1999 to become the new Municipality of Saint-Armand. Philipsburg, first known as Missiskoui Bay, was settled in 1784 and was reportedly the first settlement in the Eastern Townships. Saint-Armand, earlier known as Moore's Corners, was the site of the Skirmish at Moore's Corners, an 1837 battle in the Lower Canada Rebellion.


Demographics


Population

Population trend: (+) Amalgamation of the Municipality of Saint-Armand and the Village of Philipsburg on February 3, 1999.


Language

Mother tongue language (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Armand, Quebec
/ref> In addition to its French and English speaking populations, Saint-Armand is home to a number of Germanophones, with about 11% of the population speaking the language as of 2011.Statistique Canada - Enquête auprès des ménages, 2011


Notable people

* Polly Barber, businesswoman * Maria Elise Turner Lauder, writer * Langley Frank Willard Smith, World War I flying ace


See also

* History of Quebec * List of anglophone communities in Quebec *
List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the Population of Canada by province and territory, second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the Provinces and te ...
* Nigger Rocka cemetery of free and enslaved black people


References

{{Authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality Underground Railroad locations in Canada