title: Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec
text: # Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec
  
  Sainte-Madeleine is a village municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,356.
  
  Le Camping Ste-Madeleine, founded in 1967 for visitors to EXPO 67, is the area's principal tourist attraction. The annual musical event, the Festival Country du Camping Sainte-Madeleine, held in late July, attracts approximately 5,000 visitors to the community of 2,356.
  
  Individuals born in Sainte-Madeleine include artist France Jodoin.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Madeleine had a population of 2,268 living in 957 of its 983 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 2,233. With a land area of 5.36 $km^2$ (2.07 sq mi), it had a population density of $423.1/km^2$ (1,095.9/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec :
  
  | Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
  | 2011 | 2,355 | 2,305 | 8.0% | 97.88% | 15 | 50.0% | 0.64% | 10 | n/a% | 0.42% | 25 | 0.0% | 1.06% |
  | 2006 | 2,170 | 2,135 | 6.8% | 98.39% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.46% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 25 | 150.0% | 1.15% |
  | 2001 | 2,020 | 2,000 | 1.0% | 99.01% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.49% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 10 | n/a% | 0.49% |
  | 1996 | 1,990 | 1,980 | n/a | 99.50% | 10 | n/a | 0.50% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
  