Sainte-Irène () is a parish municipality of more than 300 habitants in Quebec, Canada, located in the Matapedia Valley of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Irène 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.
Government Municipal council Mayor: Sébastien Lévesque Councillors: Nathalie Daoust, Kaven Jean, Carmen Fournier, Nancy Lizotte, Alain Delisle, Nelson Thériault
Political representation +Sainte-Irène federal election results Year Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois New Democratic Green 2021 7% 15 9% 18 75% 148 4% 7 0% 0 2019 24% 41 9% 15 62% 110 2% 4 2% 3 2015 36% 43 7% 8 30% 36 16% 19 1% 1 2011 23% 34 10% 14 40% 58 26% 38 1% 2 2008 32% 44 11% 15 48% 66 4% 6 5% 7 2006 10% 13 21% 26 54% 68 8% 10 6% 8 2004 28% 34 3% 4 63% 75 4% 5 2% 2
+Sainte-Irène provincial election results Year CAQ Liberal QC solidaire Parti Québécois 2022 14% 23 0% 0 5% 8 72% 115 2018 12% 24 8% 15 6% 12 72% 140 2014 11% 20 16% 29 10% 18 64% 117 2012 28% 39 13% 18 6% 8 54% 76
Provincially it is part of the riding of Matane-Matapédia. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Pascal Bérubé, of the Parti Québécois, was re-elected to represent the population of Sainte-Irène in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Federally, Sainte-Irène is part of the federal riding of Rimouski—La Matapédia. In the 2025 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Maxime Blanchette-Joncas of the Bloc Québécois was re-elected and began to represent the population Sainte-Irène in the House of Commons of Canada after the electoral district of Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia was abolished.
See also List of parish municipalities in Quebec
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