Saint-Tharcisius is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.
The village was named after Roman martyr Tarcisius who preferred to be killed rather than desecrate the Eucharist in the 3rd century.
History Saint-Tharcisius was created in 1937 from merging a section of Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre with territories hitherto devoid of municipal organisation. In 1965, a section of Saint-Tharcisius was taken for the creation of Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs.https://histoire-du-quebec.ca/st-tharcisius/
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Tharcisius 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.
Mother tongue (2021): English as first language: 0% French as first language: 100% English and French as first language: 0% Other as first language: 1.2%
Government Municipal council (as of 2024): Mayor: Renaud Arguin Councillors: Sophie Lapointe, Sylvie Simoneau, Michel Gagné, Micheline Jean, Donald Clément, Annie Jalbert
Education A French-language elementary school, École Saint-Tharcisius, is operated by the Centre de services scolaire des Monts-et-Marées.
See also List of parish municipalities in Quebec
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