Saint-Robert, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Saint-Robert is a municipality southeast of Sorel-Tracy in the Regional county municipality
of Pierre-De Saurel, in Montérégie
, Quebec
. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census
was 1,713. About 20 meteorites from the St-Robert meteorite
shower were found here.
Regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...
of Pierre-De Saurel, in Montérégie
Montérégie
Montérégie is an administrative region in southwest Québec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion....
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
was 1,713. About 20 meteorites from the St-Robert meteorite
St-Robert meteorite
St-Robert is a ordinary chondrite meteorite fell on Quebec on June 14, 1994.-History:The entry of a ~2 tonne meteoroid into the earth's atmosphere produced a daylight fireball visible from Quebec, Ontario, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. The terminal point of the fireball was located...
shower were found here.
Population
Population trend| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1,713 | 4.5% |
| 2001 | 1,793 | 5.9% |
| 1996 | 1,905 | 3.1% |
| 1991 | 1,848 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue language (2006)| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,645 | 96.20% |
| English only | 15 | 0.88% |
| Both English and French | 10 | 0.58% |
| Other languages | 40 | 2.34% |