Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec

Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne is a small village in the Portneuf Regional County in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Sainte-Anne River on Route 354, between St-Casimir and St-Raymond.

It is the place where the Canadian-American actor Glenn Ford was born in 1916.

History

In 1893, the local mission was founded, named after Sainte Christine (born Clara Deschènes) who held a senior position at the Daughters of Charity in Quebec at that time. In 1895, it became a parish by separating from Saint-Raymond, Saint-Basile, and Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf. A year later, it was incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Christine and its post office opened.^[3]

The town was also frequently called Sainte-Christine-de-l'Auvergne, Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, or Sainte-Christine-de-Portneuf in order to distinguish it from a namesake municipality in the Montérégie region. In 1991, the place officially changed its name to Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne.^[3]

Demographics

Population trend:^[4]

• Population in 2006: 462 (2001 to 2006 population change: 40.0 %)
• Population in 2001: 330
• Population in 1996: 337
• Population in 1991: 314

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 233 (total dwellings: 469)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0 %
• French as first language: 97.8 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 2.2 %

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