# Saint-Urbain-Premier

Saint-Urbain-Premier (French pronunciation:) is a municipality located southwest of Montreal in Beauharnois-Salaberry, in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,332.

## History

Settlement of the area started at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1804, the first lots were granted. In 1821, the area was officially surveyed and settlers began arriving in larger numbers.
In 1848, the parish of St. Urbain Premier was formed, named after Pope Urban I, who reigned from 222 to 230AD. In 1853, its post office opened, and two years later, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Urbain-Premier was founded. In 1876, the post office was renamed to Saint-Urbain-de-Châteauguay, in order to distinguish it from Saint-Urbain in the Charlevoix region.
In 1997, the parish municipality changed statutes to became a regular municipality.

## Demographics
### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1921 | 1,014 | — |
| 1931 | 879 | −13.3% |
| 1941 | 924 | +5.1% |
| 1951 | 929 | +0.5% |
| 1956 | 982 | +5.7% |
| 1961 | 1,078 | +9.8% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1966 | 1,113 | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 1,112 | −0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,120 | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,160 | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1,151 | −0.8% |
| 1991 | 1,145 | −0.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1996 | 1,179 | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1,144 | −3.0% |
| 2006 | 1,129 | −1.3% |
| 2011 | 1,148 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,264 | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 1,332 | +5.4% |
Source: Statistics Canada :

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Urbain-Premier, Quebec :
| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2016 | 1,265 | 1,195 | 13.8% | 94.5% | 55 | 21.4% | 4.3% | 10 | 33.3% | 0.8% | 10 | 33.3% | 0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,150 | 1,050 | 5.0% | 91.30% | 70 | 22.2% | 6.09% | 15 | 25.0% | 1.30% | 15 | 0.0% | 1.30% |
| 2006 | 1,125 | 1,000 | 4.3% | 88.89% | 90 | 12.5% | 8.00% | 20 | n/a% | 1.78% | 15 | 25.0% | 1.33% |
| 2001 | 1,145 | 1,045 | 8.7% | 91.27% | 80 | 166.7% | 6.99% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 20 | n/a% | 1.74% |
| 1996 | 1,175 | 1,145 | n/a | 97.45% | 30 | n/a | 2.55% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |

## Local government

List of former mayors:
* Joseph Noel Doré (1855–1860)
* Norman Finlayson (1860–1862)
* Joseph Dumont (1862–1864, 1870–1874)
* Antoine Hébert (1864–1868, 1874–1878, 1884–1886)
* Joseph Abraham Defayette (1868–1870)
* Antoine Bouthilier (1878–1880)
* Louis Césaire Sainte Marie (1880–1882)
* Louis Emery Grégoire (1882–1884, 1890–1896)
* Chrystophe Legault (1886–1890)
* Isaïe Polydore Bourdeau (1896–1900)
* Joseph Patenaude (1900–1906)
* Gilbert Mallette (1906–1907)
* Francois Urgel Goyette (1907–1913)
* Victor Ernest Ste Marie (1913–1916)
* Charles Dieudonné Emmanuël Dupras (1916–1917)
* Napoleon Doré (1917–1919)
* Joseph Artias Jodoin (1919–1921)
* Joseph Arthur Lazure (1921–1923)
* Armand Beaulieu (1923–1925)
* Joseph Adrien Ste Marie (1925–1927, 1930–1931)
* Antonio Mallette (1927–1930)
* Joseph Jean Baptiste Elzear Jodoin (1931–1933)
* Joseph Philorum Delphis Doray (1933–1937)
* Raoul Vinet (1937–1942)
* Zotique Beaulieu (1942–1945)
* Edgar Viau (1945–1949)
* Ovila Yelle (1949–1951)
* René Vincent (1951–1953)
* Roméo Gervais (1953–1955)
* Joseph, Arsène Omer Lazure (1955–1962)
* Floriant Victor Lazure (1962–1965)
* Fernand Byette (1965–1969)
* Fridolin Beaulieu (1969–1975)
* Joseph Louis Philippe Valmore Sénécal (1975–1977)
* Armand Miller (1977–1984)
* Jean Guy Brais (1984–1986)
* Jean Marie Lapointe (1986–1989)
* Réjean Beaulieu (1989–1997, 2004–2013, 2017–2021)
* Jean Pierre McKenzie (1997–2004)
* Francine Daigle (2013–2017)
* Alain Brault (2021–2022)
* Lucien Thibault (2022–present)