Bonaventure Regional County Municipality

Bonaventure
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W / 48.050°N 65.483°WCoordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W / 48.050°N 65.483°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Effective	April 8, 1981
County seat	New Carlisle
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jean-Guy Poirier
Area[2][3]
• Total	4,401.70 km^2 (1,699.51 sq mi)
• Land	4,375.27 km^2 (1,689.30 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	18,000
• Density	4.1/km^2 (11/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.3%
• Dwellings	8,525
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcbonaventure.com

Bonaventure is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé Peninsula. Its seat is New Carlisle.^[2]

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3) Bonaventure New Richmond Paspébiac

Municipalities (7) Caplan Cascapédia–Saint-Jules Hope Town New Carlisle Saint-Alphonse Saint-Elzéar Shigawake

Parishes (1) Saint-Siméon

Townships (2) Hope Saint-Godefroi

Unorganized Territory (1) Rivière-Bonaventure

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 19,848 —     1996 19,550 −1.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 18,267 −6.6% 2006 17,948 −1.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 18,000 +0.3%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		17,755		14,915	1.7%	84.00%		2,645	5.4%	14.90%		145	107.1%	0.82%		50	75.0%	0.28%
2006		17,730		14,665	3.3%	82.71%		2,795	10.7%	15.76%		70	74.1%	0.40%		200	566.7%	1.13%
2001		17,995		15,170	7.9%	84.30%		2,525	10.5%	14.03%		270	157.1%	1.50%		30	100.0%	0.17%
1996		19,410		16,470	n/a	84.85%		2,820	n/a	14.53%		105	n/a	0.54%		15	n/a	0.08%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[8]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways Route 132

Secondary Highways Route 299

External Routes None

Attractions

• Banc-de-Paspébiac Historical Site (Paspébiac)
• Bonaventure Airport (Bonaventure)
• Canomore Hydro (Saint-Elzéar)
• Gaspésie Biopark/Acadian Museum of Quebec (Bonaventure)
• Gaspésie British Heritage Centre (New Richmond)
• Hamilton House (1852) (New Carlisle)
• Pin-Rouge Ski Area (New Richmond)
• Saint-Elzéar Cave (Saint-Elzéar)
• St-Edgar Covered Bridge (1938) (New Richmond)

Protected Areas

• Petite-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
  • MLPC Campaign Post
• Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC
• Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141115 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2405) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map