Saint-Frédéric () is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,065 as of 2021. It is named after Reverend Frédéric Caron, first priest of Saint-Frédéric.
History It was around 1800 that the first settlers established themselves in what is now Saint-Frédéric, which at that time formed part of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Beauce. The municipality officially split from Saint-Joseph-de-la-Beauce in April 1856 under the name of Saint-Frédéric-de-Beaucehttps://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/260875, in memory of the first parish priest and founder of the parish, Frédéric Caron. Eventually the name will be shortened to become simply Saint-Frédéric. In 1918 the southern section of the municipality would secede to become Tring-Jonction.
Archbishop Louis-Albert Vachon was born in this parish.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Frédéric 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.
Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Population in 2021: 1,065 (2006 to 2011 population change: 6.8%) Population in 2016: 1,044 Population in 2011: 1,085 Population in 2006: 1,049 Population in 2001: 1,087 Population in 1996: 1,006 Population in 1991: 1,008 Population in 1986: 1,044 Population in 1981: 1,023 Population in 1976: 900 Population in 1971: 940 Population in 1966: 938 Population in 1961: 1,056 Population in 1956: 1,003 Population in 1951: 1,032 Population in 1941: 1,306 Population in 1931: 1,113 Population in 1921: 1,189 Population in 1911: 1,710 Population in 1901: 1,814 Population in 1891: 1,814 Population in 1881: 1,801 Population in 1871: 1,765 Population in 1861: 1,051
Notable people Louis-Albert Vachon, archbishop of Quebec
References
Commission de toponymie du Québec Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire