Sainte-Hénédine () is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,440 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
It is named after Catherine-Hénédine Dionne, widow of Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, who owned the two seigneuries from which the territory of Sainte-Hénédine was detached.
History
The parish was first settled in 1852 and became a parish town in 1855.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Hénédine had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Economy
Most of the residents in Sainte-Hénédine are farmers and mostly focused on dairy farming. A few homes line the main street of the town.
Government +Sainte-Hénédine federal election results Year Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois New Democratic Green 2021 9% 63 55% 389 13% 92 3% 24 1% 10 2019 7% 51 51% 358 13% 87 4% 25 3% 21 2015 19% 99 60% 319 8% 45 10% 54 3% 14 2011 6% 30 55% 286 6% 30 32% 164 2% 8 2008 8% 40 65% 317 14% 69 9% 45 4% 20 2006 4% 21 74% 403 15% 82 3% 16 4% 21 2004 33% 162 23% 114 31% 154 11% 57 2% 10
+Sainte-Hénédine provincial election results Year CAQ Liberal QC solidaire Parti Québécois Conservative 2022 33% 225 4% 24 5% 37 5% 33 52% 351 2018 58% 372 17% 112 10% 64 6% 39 7% 46 2014 49% 347 36% 258 3% 23 9% 61 2% 16 2012 52% 337 27% 174 3% 21 10% 63 2% 15
Sainte-Hénédine forms part of the federal electoral district of Beauce and has been represented by Richard Lehoux of the Conservative Party since 2019. Provincially, Sainte-Hénédine is part of the Beauce-Nord electoral district and is represented by Luc Provençal of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
The parish municipality council consists of 6 councilors and a mayor. As of 2025 the current town council consists of:
Yvon Asselin - Maire Claude Lapointe - Conseillère Pascal Laverdière - Conseiller Christian Roy - Conseiller Francis Tardif - Conseillèr Two more seats are vacant.
The mayor is also a member of the regional county council for la Nouvelle-Beauce.
Services provided by the parish includes:
Recycling and Waste Fire Services - single fire station
Infrastructure Buildings
The smallest buildings in the parish are residential homes and are two stories tall. Large structures are usually barns and silos on dairy farms. The largest and tallest building in town is the Sainte-Hénédine Church (Église Sainte-Hénédine). This is second church built (first in the 1800s), it was blessed in 1912 and consecrated in 1992.
Roads There are a few key roads within the parish:
rue Principale (Route Sainte-Therese or Rue Desjardin) Highway 275 - rue Langevin
The parish is short distance from Quebec Autoroute 73, which travels north toe Quebec City.
Air There are no airports in parish, the closest are Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport and Québec/Lac Saint-Augustin Water Airport.
Education
The parish has a single elementary school, École la Découverte, with the Commission scolaire de la Beauce-Echemin.École la Découverte For secondary education students are sent to Polyvalente Benoît-Vachon in Sainte-Marie.
Bibliothèque de Quebec has branch in Sainte-Hénédine, Bibliothèque La Détente, providing public library access to parish residents.
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