# Saint-Ours, Quebec

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**Saint-Ours** is a city located in the [Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality](/source/Pierre-De_Saurel_Regional_County_Municipality) of [Québec](/source/Qu%C3%A9bec) ([Canada](/source/Canada)), in the administrative region of [Montérégie](/source/Mont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie). The population as of the [Canada 2011 Census](/source/Canada_2011_Census) was 1,721. Founded in 1650 and originally constituent of the Saint-Ours Parish Municipality, which merged alongside L'Immaculée-Conception-de-Saint-Ours municipality in 1991, Saint-Ours is one of the earliest settlements in Montérégie. The city is named in honor of Pierre Roch de Saint-Ours, a captain of a company in the regiment of Carignan-Salières, sent by the king to come to the aid of the colonists of New France, in 1665. Pierre de Saint-Ours was the first lord of these lands.

## Demographics

In the [2021 Census of Population](/source/2021_Canadian_census) conducted by [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada), Saint-Ours had a population of 1,723 living in 797 of its 858 total private dwellings, a change of 3.24% from its 2016 population of 1,669. With a land area of 59.23 km2 (22.87 sq mi), it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

**Population trend:**[2]

Census Population Change (%) 2011 1,721 1.2% 2006 1,700 4.7% 2001 1,624 0.3% 1996 1,619 0.6% 1991 1,628 N/A

**Mother tongue language (2006)**[3]

Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,650 97.06% English only 25 1.47% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 25 1.47%

## See also

- [List of cities in Quebec](/source/List_of_cities_in_Quebec)

## References

1. ["Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec"](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224). [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada). February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

1. Statistics Canada: [1996](/source/Canada_1996_Census), [2001](/source/Canada_2001_Census), [2006](/source/Canada_2006_Census), [2011](/source/Canada_2011_Census) census

1. [2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Ours, Quebec](http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2453032&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Saint-Ours&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=)

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