Saint-Boniface, Quebec
Saint-Boniface | ||
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Municipality | ||
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Nickname(s): Saint-Bo | ||
Motto: Omnia ad bonum, nihil ad malum ("Everything for Good, Nothing for Evil") | ||
Location within Maskinongé RCM. | ||
Saint-Boniface Location in central Quebec. | ||
Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°49′W / 46.500°N 72.817°WCoordinates: 46°30′N 72°49′W / 46.500°N 72.817°W[1] | ||
Country | Canada | |
Province | Quebec | |
Region | Mauricie | |
RCM | Maskinongé | |
Constituted | January 1, 1962 | |
Government[2] | ||
• Mayor | Claude Caron | |
• Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé | |
• Prov. riding | Saint-Maurice | |
Area[2][3] | ||
• Total | 112.00 km2 (43.24 sq mi) | |
• Land | 109.07 km2 (42.11 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)[3] | ||
• Total | 4,511 | |
• Density | 41.4/km2 (107/sq mi) | |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 7.9% | |
• Dwellings | 2,006 | |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
Postal code(s) | G0X 2L0 | |
Area code(s) | 819 | |
Highways A-55 |
Route 153 Route 350 | |
Website |
www saint-boniface |
Saint-Boniface is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
On April 5, 2003, the village municipality of Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan changed its legal status and its name and became the municipality of Saint-Boniface.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2011: 4511 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.9%)
- Population in 2006: 4180
- Population in 2001: 3998
- Population in 1996: 3998
- Population in 1991: 3813
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1837 (total dwellings: 2006)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 1%
- French as first language: 98.8%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0.2%
References
- ↑ Reference number 377986 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 Geographic code 51085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2451085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/Modavr03.pdf
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
Media related to Saint-Boniface at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (French only)
- Official Facebook page of the Municipal Library of Saint-Boniface (French only)
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