Saint-Zotique (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃zɔtik], locally [ˌsẽzɔˈt͡sɪk]) is a city 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.

The city 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.

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).

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

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 and in 2023, it became a city.

Historical Census Data - Saint-Zotique, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1976 1,519 —     1981 1,774 +16.8% 1986 2,025 +14.1% 1991 2,515 +24.2% 1996 3,683 +46.4%	Year Pop. ±% 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

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Zotique, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		9,620		8,530	16.3%	88.9%		580	68.1%	6.2%		160	146.2%	1.7%		285	72.2%	2.9%
2016		7,935		7,335	16.5%	92.4%		345	18.0%	4.4%		65	0.0%	0.8%		165	153.8%	2.1%
2011		6,760		6,295	21.1%	93.1%		300	43.3%	4.4%		65	30.8%	1.0%		100	25.0%	1.5%
2006		5,255		4,965	19.8%	94.5%		170	20.6%	3.2%		45	44.4%	0.9%		75	86.7%	1.4%
2001		4,150		3,980	14.1%	95.9%		135	6.9%	3.3%		25	58.3%	0.6%		10	77.8%	0.2%
1996		3,670		3,420	n/a	93.2%		145	n/a	4.0%		60	n/a	1.6%		45	n/a	1.2%

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.

Saint-Zotique federal election results

Year		Liberal		Conservative		Bloc Québécois		New Democratic		Green
	2021	28%	1,278	17%	794	44%	2,024	7%	304	0%	0
	2019	29%	1,333	9%	405	49%	2,230	8%	340	3%	140

Saint-Zotique provincial election results

Year		CAQ		Liberal		QC solidaire		Parti Québécois
	2018	50%	2,284	20%	902	13%	605	13%	610
	2014	0%	0	41%	1,511	12%	438	42%	1,558

Saint-Zotique forms part of the federal electoral district of Salaberry—Suroît and has been represented by Claude DeBellefeuille of the Bloc Québécois since 2019. Provincially, Saint-Zotique is part of the Soulanges electoral district and is represented by Marilyne Picard of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.

List of former mayors:

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.

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.

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

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.

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

• List of cities in Quebec

• Website of Saint-Zotique, Quebec (in French)
• Municipal Beach Website (in French)
• Map of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region