Berthierville
The Marie Reine du Canada Pilgrimage column stops at the church of Sainte-Geneviève de Berthierville for Mass on the first day of its three-day walk from Lanoraie to Cap-de-la-Madeleine.
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Berthierville had a population of 4,386 living in 2,166 of its 2,225 total private dwellings, a change of 4.7% from its 2016 population of 4,189. With a land area of 6.77 km (2.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 647.9/km (1,677.9/sq mi) in 2021.
Population trend:
- Population in 2011: 4091 (2006 to 2011 population change: 2.1%)
- Population in 2006: 4007
- Population in 2001: 3939
- Population in 1996: 3952
- Population in 1991: 3854
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.3%
- French as first language: 96.5%
- English and French as first language: 0.3%
- Other as first language: 3.0%
Education
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Centre de services scolaire des Samares, formerly the Commission scolaire des Samares, operates francophone public schools, including:
- École secondaire Pierre-de-Lestage
- École du Chemin-du-Roy
- pavillon maternelle Sainte-Geneviève
- pavillon Sainte-Geneviève
- pavillon Saint-Joseph
- École de l'Île Saint-Ignace (currently in Berthierville)
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
- Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée
- Joliette High School in Joliette
Notable people
- Alexis St. Martin, Gastrointestinal experimentation pioneer
- Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One race car driver
- Jacques Villeneuve (born 1953), racing driver
- Aristide Blais, Canadian Senator for Alberta
- Richard Landry, architect