Saint-Bernard () is a municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,535 as of 2021. Constituted in 1845, it is named after Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.
The municipality is located on scenic Route 171 in Beauce.
On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Bernard. Ten minutes later, they robbed the caisse of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, for a total of $26,000 that day.
All of the victims of the 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident save one, the bus driver, were senior citizens from Saint-Bernard.
Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Census Population Change (%) 2021 2,535 9.2% 2016 2,321 14.8% 2011 2,021 5.3% 2006 1,920 5.3% 2001 2,028 0.2% 1996 2,023 0.4% 1991 2,014 N/A
Language Mother tongue language (2021)2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Bernard, Quebec Language Population Pct (%) French only 2,425 97.4% English only 5 0.2% Both English and French 5 0.2% Other languages 50 2.0%
References
Commission de toponymie du Québec Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire