# Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka

Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka is a municipality of Quebec, Canada, located within the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,852.

## Geography
### Communities

In addition to the namesake main population centre, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:
* Baie-des-Brises (45°11′55″N 74°25′37″W﻿ / ﻿45.19861°N 74.42694°W﻿ / 45.19861; -74.42694﻿ (Baie-des-Brises, Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, QC)) – a hamlet situated on Baie des Brises to the northwest.
* Hungry Bay (45°13′06″N 74°09′27″W﻿ / ﻿45.21833°N 74.15750°W﻿ / 45.21833; -74.15750﻿ (Hungry Bay, Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, QC)) – a hamlet situated on Baie Hungry to the northeast.

### Lakes & Rivers

The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
* Baie des Brises (45°12′23″N 74°10′07″W﻿ / ﻿45.20639°N 74.16861°W﻿ / 45.20639; -74.16861﻿ (Baie-des-Brises, Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, QC)) – a bay located on the Saint Lawrence River.
* Baie Hungry (45°13′02″N 74°09′46″W﻿ / ﻿45.21722°N 74.16278°W﻿ / 45.21722; -74.16278﻿ (Baie Hungry, Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, QC)) – a bay located on the Saint Lawrence River.

## History

The municipality was established in 1855 as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, taking its name from the parish of Saint-Stanislas-Kostka (formed in 1853), which in turn was named after Stanislaus Kostka.
In 1920 and in 1938, the settlement experienced two large fires that practically wiped it out.
In 2008, the parish municipality changed statutes to became a regular municipality.

## Demographics
### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1921 | 1,018 | — |
| 1931 | 950 | −6.7% |
| 1941 | 977 | +2.8% |
| 1951 | 926 | −5.2% |
| 1956 | 920 | −0.6% |
| 1961 | 921 | +0.1% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1966 | 1,117 | +21.3% |
| 1971 | 1,149 | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 1,216 | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 1,426 | +17.3% |
| 1986 | 1,522 | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 1,590 | +4.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1996 | 1,643 | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 1,630 | −0.8% |
| 2006 | 1,668 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,553 | −6.9% |
| 2016 | 1,654 | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 1,852 | +12.0% |
Source: Statistics Canada :

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, 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 | 1,855 | 1,750 | 11.1% | 94.3% | 55 | 8.3% | 3.0% | 25 | 66.7% | 1.3% | 20 | 100.0% | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,655 | 1,575 | 9.0% | 95.2% | 60 | 14.3% | 3.6% | 15 | 50.0% | 0.9% | 10 | 100.0% | 0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,530 | 1,445 | 8.0% | 94.4% | 70 | 7.7% | 4.6% | 10 | n/a% | 0.7% | 5 | 75.0% | 0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,655 | 1,570 | 1.9% | 94.9% | 65 | 225.0% | 3.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 20 | 60.0% | 1.2% |
| 2001 | 1,610 | 1,540 | 1.3% | 95.7% | 20 | 60.0% | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50 | 400.0% | 3.1% |
| 1996 | 1,620 | 1,560 | n/a | 96.3% | 50 | n/a | 3.1% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 10 | n/a | 0.6% |

## Local government

List of former mayors:
* Barnabé Deschamps (1877–1878)
* Henri Sauvé (1884–1890)
* Antoine Leduc (1890–1891)
* Félix Cardinal (1891–1892)
* Narcisse Perras (1892–1897)
* Dosithée D'Aoust (1897–1899)
* Adélard Raymond (1899–1900)
* Joseph Dolor Laberge (1902–1906)
* Joseph Hormisdas Lalondes (1906–1908)
* Alexis Lemieux (1908–1911)
* Joseph Ovila Legault (1911–1913)
* Amable Longtin (1913–1916)
* Joseph Girouard (1916–1919)
* Joseph Laframboise (1919–1919)
* Amable Lemieux (1919–1923)
* Joseph Daoust (1923–1927)
* Omer Vachon (1927–1929)
* Pierre Lapointe (1929–1935)
* Frédéric Debonville (1935–1937)
* Joseph Alfred Potvin dit Montpetit (1937–1941)
* Joseph Stanislas Poirier (1941–1945)
* Émile Brosseau (1945–1962, 1965–1968)
* Eugène Pilon (1962–1965)
* Joseph-Elzéar Maheu (1968–1977)
* Gilles Demers (1977–1992)
* Joseph Stanislas Léonide Legault (1992–2000)
* Maurice Vaudrin (2000–2005)
* Gilles Boulé (2005–2009)
* Jean Pierre Gaboury (2009–2013)
* Caroline Huot (2013–2021)
* Jean-François Gendron (2021–present)