# Saint-Michel, Quebec

Saint-Michel, also known as Saint-Michel-de-Napierville (French pronunciation:), is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 3,521.

## History

The place was originally known as La Pigeonnière or Lapigeonnière, named after the Pigeon family. In 1853, the parish of Saint-Michel or Saint-Archange was formed, named in honour of Michael the Archangel. In 1854, its post office opened under the name Lapigeonnière. The Parish Municipality of Saint-Michel was created on July 1, 1855, when the county of Huntingdon was disbanded into multiple municipalities. The place was also known as Saint-Michel-de-Napierville, in order to avoid confusion with Saint-Michel in the Bellechasse region.
On December 10, 2011, the parish municipality changed statutes and became a regular municipality.

## Demographics
### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1921 | 1,194 | — |
| 1931 | 1,262 | +5.7% |
| 1941 | 1,309 | +3.7% |
| 1951 | 1,340 | +2.4% |
| 1956 | 1,394 | +4.0% |
| 1961 | 1,469 | +5.4% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1966 | 1,480 | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 1,516 | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 1,604 | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 1,792 | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 1,739 | −3.0% |
| 1991 | 2,113 | +21.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1996 | 2,451 | +16.0% |
| 2001 | 2,532 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 2,637 | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 2,884 | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 3,186 | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 3,521 | +10.5% |
Source: Statistics Canada :

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Michel, 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 % |
| 2021 | 3,520 | 3,270 | 7.9% | 92.9% | 50 | 9.1% | 1.4% | 110 | 1,000.0% | 3.1% | 80 | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 3,170 | 3,030 | 10.4% | 95.6% | 55 | 37.6% | 1.7% | 10 | 66.7% | 0.3% | 80 | 14.3% | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 2,885 | 2,745 | 7.9% | 95.15% | 40 | 33.3% | 1.39% | 30 | 50.0% | 1.04% | 70 | 133.3% | 2.43% |
| 2006 | 2,625 | 2,545 | 2.0% | 96.95% | 30 | 200.0% | 1.14% | 20 | n/a% | 0.76% | 30 | 50.0% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 2,525 | 2,495 | 5.7% | 98.81% | 10 | 33.3% | 0.40% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 20 | 71.4% | 0.79% |
| 1996 | 2,445 | 2,360 | n/a | 96.52% | 15 | n/a | 0.61% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 70 | n/a | 2.86% |

## Local government

List of former mayors:
* Camille Coupal (1855–1858)
* Joseph Pépin (1858–1860)
* François Coupal (1860–1864)
* Vital Perras (1864–1866)
* Michel Bourdeau (1866–1868)
* Narcisse Doris (1868–1870)
* Honoré Patenaude (1870–1872)
* Pierre Isabelle (1872–1874)
* Amable Coupal (1874–1876)
* Casimir Gagnon (1876–1879)
* Napoléon Coupal (1879–1880)
* François-Xavier Paradis (1880–1881)
* Théophile Robert (1881–1885)
* Adolphe Coupal (1885–1887)
* Pierre Giroux (1887–1888)
* Napoléon Monette (1888–1889)
* Louis Trudeau (1889–1890)
* Siméon Robidou (1890–1891)
* Joseph Toupin (1891–1893)
* Cyprien Doris (1893–1905)
* François-Xavier Coupal (1905–1906)
* Émilien Lahaie (1906–1911)
* Simon Verner (1911–1912)
* Vital Poissant (1912–1913)
* Séverin Coupal (1913–1914)
* Noé Pigeon (1914–1916)
* Adélard Perrier (1916–1917)
* Octave Usereau (1917–1919, 1927–1931)
* David Inkel (1919–1921)
* Alfred Marcil (1921–1923, 1931–1933)
* Hilaire Lemire (1923–1925)
* Joseph Adélard Hamelin (1925–1927)
* Fridolin Blouin (1933–1936)
* Domina Faille (1936–1937)
* Pierre Lemoyne (1935–1939, 1945–1949)
* Joseph E. Ricard (1939–1945)
* Joseph Rodrigue Oligny (1949–1953)
* Ernest Dulude (1953–1957)
* Léopold Marcil (1957–1961)
* Léonard Laforest (1961–1965)
* Lionel Sorel (1965–1973)
* Roland Daigneault (1973–1993)
* Marcel Roy (1993–2005)
* Michel Lussier (2005–2009)
* Pierre Raymond Cloutier (2009–2013)
* Jean Guy Hamelin (2013–present)

## Education

The Riverside School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
* John Adam Memorial School in Delson
* Saint-Lambert International High School in Saint-Lambert