Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël (; unofficially Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël) is a former village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Île-de-Lamèque.
Located on Lamèque Island, the village was formed by the incorporation of most of the local service district (LSD) of St. Raphael sur-Mer and a small part of the neighbouring LSD of Haut-Lamèque.Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act. Contrary to frequent citation, it was not formed by an amalgamation involving a village named Sainte-Marie.
History
In May 1971, an anxious Acadian fishing population demanded a public hearing into the safety of the Marc Guylaine, and 400 people met at the Saint-Raphaël community centre where an "action group" was commissioned to study the issue. Ultimately the last of the "cursed" sister ships was found to be unseaworthy.Davis, Nanciellen. Ethnicity and Ethnic Group Persistence in an Acadian Village in Maritime Canada (New York, 1985), pp. 194-202
On 1 January 2023, Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël amalgamated with the town of Lamèque and all or part of ten local service districts to form the new town of Île-de-Lamèque. The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël 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.
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, New Brunswick Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 940 3.1% 97.92% 15 25.0% 1.56% 5 n/a% 0.52% 0 0.0% 0.00% 970 13.8% 97.98% 20 100.0% 2.02% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 1,125 4.3% 99.12% 10 0.0% 0.88% 0 100.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 1,175 n/a 98.33% 10 n/a 0.84% 10 n/a 0.84% 0 n/a 0.00%
Notable people
See also List of communities in New Brunswick
References