Alma, Quebec

Alma
Town

Coat of arms
Motto: La ville de l'hospitalité

Location within Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM.
Alma

Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.

Coordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W / 48.550; -71.650Coordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W / 48.550; -71.650[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Amalgamation 1962 (of Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.)
Constituted February 21, 2001 (amalgamation with Delisle)
Government[2]
  Mayor Marc Asselin
  Federal riding Lac-Saint-Jean
  Prov. riding Lac-Saint-Jean
Area[2][3]
  Town 230.30 km2 (88.92 sq mi)
  Land 195.59 km2 (75.52 sq mi)
  Urban[4] 41.10 km2 (15.87 sq mi)
  Metro[5] 340.35 km2 (131.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Town 30,904
  Density 158.0/km2 (409/sq mi)
  Urban[4] 26,016
  Urban density 633.0/km2 (1,639/sq mi)
  Metro[5] 33,018
  Metro density 97.0/km2 (251/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Increase 3.0%
  Dwellings 13,884
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G8B, G8C
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 169
Route 170
Route 172
Telephone Exchanges 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769
GNBC Code EFHQD
NTS Map 022D12
Website www.ville.alma.qc.ca

Alma (2011 Town population: 30,904; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Geography

Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay.

Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma.[6]

History

The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial center during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical dam on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.

In 2002, Alma merged with the Municipality of Delisle.

Demographics

Population trend:[7]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 13324 (total dwellings: 13884)

Mother tongue:[8]

Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
Population group Population % of total population
White 29,025 97.7%
Visible minority group
Source:[9]
South Asian 0 0%
Chinese 45 0.2%
Black 40 0.1%
Filipino 0 0%
Latin American 20 0.1%
Arab 15 0.1%
Southeast Asian 60 0.2%
West Asian 0 0%
Korean 0 0%
Japanese 10 0%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 0 0%
Multiple visible minority 0 0%
Total visible minority population 200 0.7%
Aboriginal group
Source:[10]
First Nations 125 0.4%
Métis 335 1.1%
Inuit 0 0%
Aboriginal, n.i.e. 10 0%
Multiple Aboriginal identity 0 0%
Total Aboriginal population 480 1.6%
Total population 29,705 100%

Transportation

Alma is serviced by the Alma Airport, located 4.1 km to the south of the town.

Image gallery

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Reference number 1013 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Alma
  3. 1 2 "Alma census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. 1 2 "Alma (Population centre) community profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  5. 1 2 "Alma (Census agglomeration) community profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-24. The census agglomeration consists of Alma and Saint-Nazaire. In the 2006 census, the census agglomeration had also included Saint-Henri-de-Taillon.
  6. Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  8. "Alma community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  9. , Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
  10. , Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision

External links

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